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So you kinda have a system of "sublevels". At Level 1.5, you recover all your hit points, spells and abilities. At Level 2, you recover...

I think that is because leadership and shareholders need their yachts, and the designers and other employees need their food. They can...

..." Too the same extent" is doing A LOT of heavy lifting there. It was harder to nova because classes outside the wizard (and lesser...

You get another "samenyness" thing then - it is almost inevitable that a few powers are so good that you end up spamming them in favor...

That works for me. Wizards certainly notice whether they gain all their spells back after a good night's sleep (even if it happens in...

Right. A good test of whether something is simulationistic is to see whether it makes sense for the people in the setting discuss about...

I don't want to speak to Hussar, but I think the point was that you're not solving the problem of players picking the most boring...

That's way too young! My condolences to his family, friends and fans.

It is worth noting that, consistently, statistics from video games indicate that, for most games, players overwhelmingly (like more than...

It always feels to me that the mandatory +1/level bonus from Pathfinder Second Edition is its biggest flaw. It makes the range of...

Flat math is here to stay. When you look at how designs are trending, games designed after 5e have even flatter math. Draw Steel, Fabula...

One of the things I notice: Most measures against 15 minute adventuring days or 5 minute nova loops also affect more "reasonable" play...

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1334.html I particularly like the literature reference.

You had an XP generator machine and destroyed it? Madness! :eek:

I will say this. 4e combat's could be long its true, and the grind in the early days was a real thing (that was thankfully fixed in...