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Because, as we all know, the internet only supports the extremes. We can embrace the broad space between "the GM is all-powerful" and...

Yeah, I tend to think of HP in most TTRPGs simply as a "pacing mechanic," which is generally how they operate in video games too.

Then why do HP go up with level?

Fate points are only abstract in the sense their effect isn't specified until you use them. And are abstract in that way so they CAN...

And this is why HP are not a sim tool: they change what they represent from moment to moment, monster to monster, encounter to...

I was watching a GDC talk by one of the designers of Magic, and he was tossing out a number of lessons he’d learned over his 20 years...

Pretty much this, yes. If setting lore doesn't impact play, a person playing is not likely to give that lore priority in their mind.

This pretty much was the reaction of the more Sim-oriented approaches of RuneQuest and BRP. BRP basically exists because people thought...

Except that hit points don't represent damage. Things and people that are damaged are weaker and less capable. Hit points represent your...

If it's not fun it's not a good game. And I you've put your finger on an issue with simulationism - all we have is guesses backed by...

No. They ARE how much damage your can take before being taken out of play. They don't represent anything in the fiction, though. The are...

First Rolemaster is second in my sim game list (behind, of course, GURPS) and is definitely underappreciated. But the problem it has in...

From Instagram, here is a photo of the 400 player Epic Stormlight Bronze Age module being run at Dragonsteel.

So Brotherwise had their big panel about Cosmere games today, I heard some tidbits via Reddit but will share more here when they do an...