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It does have virtues and flaws, however, which can still force players to play their characters in ways they wouldn't, which was my...

I must point out this thread is not only about D&D.

How is that functionally different from the way Psychological Limits or things like Berserk could force behavior, though? Both of them...

unfortunately, the fighter, even when it's extra feats are dedicated to combat, isn't really all that more of a stand-out at combat than...

I do like surprises. I just don't like narrative-based mechanics. Random, curated tables are more my speed.

Agreed. Level Up's more granular version of 5e's skill system, including varying degrees of expertise (and hindrance) and skill...

This whole discussion is one of the reasons i prefer skills based games. Heck, even 3.x D&D based skills are better than 5e "skill"...

unfortunately, the mental stats lend themselves to actions and situations expressed through roleplaying, which too often end up...

Sounds like WotC used to be more interested in providing guidance in this area.

Not to be lazy, i just checked ability descriptions in 3.5 PHB and 5e2014 one. 3.5 one is much more defining and goes more in depth...

If you mean, "play to find out" in the narrativism sense .. that's not how I play RPGs, even solo ones.

I do like a good random table (or lots of them) for my solo play... :)

See my message above. Not playing WotC's version of 5e fixes this problem.

Modeling and gameplay and bound together. A modeling issue will IMO inevitably lead to a gameplay issue.

"Fluff" is no less important than mechanics, more so IMO. You can't model the world if there's no good description of it.