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I've seen this attempted numerous times over the decades, including by myself a few times during 1e. In all that time and in all those...

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It's not a strawman, it's perfectly valid. Breathing, walking, cooking, fetching water, eating, pooping, laundry, hunting, cleaning your...

Mora Pol shows up twice. The 'look like the scientist that raised him' bit appears to be a reference to being a brown haired Caucasian...

I think there are better ways to do it than making combat with weapons fundamentally worse if not useless. Have you thought that a...

Soldiers are trained to keep their gear well maintained. It becomes as automatic a routine as breathing. Now, you might think it would...

Nevermind. I guess I’m not in on the joke.

The creature approached with strangely jerky movements. Its plasticine-like lips drew back, revealing its tombstone teeth. It asked that...

No, but some players just want to hit stuff in combat. They may well be very good improv actors, or really into other aspects of the...

managing my gear HP is as fun as filling out tax returns for the dragon hoard we pillaged last week.

If they are controlled they are out of the fight. That's offense. Removing hp is something that can be done at leisure. Doesn't matter...

Your main offensive tool is the wizard.

I wasn't entirely sure what your goal was - you didn't mention realism but you also never mentioned fun either. "Realism" is the only...

To repeat myself a little, the problem is that players who want to put increased amount of thought into playing a fighter already have...

I had this, it's very heavy and simulationist, and takes months to play. It leans heavily into the "you can't communicate faster than...