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being inclusive at the expense of consistency is not pretty cool, that’s what we are sussing out. Introducing an alien race that is...

You seem to have made up your mind, so I'm not really interested in going down that road.

Launches tomorrow! Thanks again to @Timespike @dm_fromscratch and Akeem Favor for their excellent work on the book, and to Grant at...

Systems are just compilations of mechanics. Advice crosses the line into mechanics anywhere that "should" or "best practice" in a...

Because they are different parts of what makes an RPG, and represent two very different design approaches to the same ends. So while...

Fair enough. I suspect non-book readers will miss out on Dunk's internal monologue which IMO adds a lot, unless the show figured out a...

It should be lighter in tone and smaller in scale; that's the appeal of the stories -- a look at the common people, not continent-wide...

I'm not saying you are, but I if the result is the same what difference does it make if one is called "mechanic" and the other "core...

Please tell me what the meaningful difference is to you. Obviously I don't see it, since the result in both cases is the same.

To the bolded: those are mechanics IMO, only at a top level rather than a specific rules level.

When you say "steer(s) the narrative", is that intended to mean something different than, say, "drive(s) the fiction" would? I ask...

I think this really depends on the type of players you have at your table. I have some players who're very active and will pursue leads...

It sounds like you just don't care for traditional games and traditional GMing styles. As you say, that's just a personal, subjective...

Ok I’ll have to double check. If all the sign language is towards the dad than that tracks, but I thought some of the other Betazoids...

What are the categories you're saying can't be distinguished between? As I read you, it sounds like you have one called "trad" and one...