But that's the type of thinking that lead to 4th Edition!
Note: If memory serves, I could replace "4th Edition" with the SEIGE engine of Tunnels and Trolls
He also works on other things besides the comic itself. Like calendars to pay the bills, Kickstarter promises to keep, and secret future projects we can only guess at...
Would you rather the GM write up/buyl a hundred pages of setting knowledge and give players access to certain parts based of class/background/intelligence/etc. ???
This will also require a system of gaining access to more bits based on PC actions.
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Which is why WOTC should sell paickable locks for DMs to have players actually pick during play. Instead of rolling a dice, a GM can pull out a lock and some picks have the players do IRL lockpicking!