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Can totally work in an RPG. It wouldnt be D&D to me though.

Flex Mentallo!

I would rather do away with skills and keep the abilities. You can just 1e things based on your ability.

A fantasy RPG without ability scores could be lots of fun, and I would definitely try it. But it wouldn't be D&D. Ability scores...

I wouldn't call it Dungeons and Dragons.

Not particularly. Glen;'s hammy performance was the only thing I enjoyed. Flick had major act 3 problems too.

So the best linear campaign of any system is The Enemy Within. Five parts. There’s a lot of agency within each part. It’s got the best...

I saw it last week on the stream. I thought Glen was great he hammed it up in Arnie fashion. This remake felt right, looked right, but...

ok, so when is the long term then, and also who is to say how it does in another 10 or 20 years based on whatever iteration they make in...

Being a but pedantic, but 5e was an increase in complexity... from 4e. 5e didnt swing as far back as 3e's very granular crunch. As a...

I want to agree with this, I basically do in that 5E is too simple for me. Yet, I see all the time, here and all over the internet, that...

it’s been over 10 years, no other edition came close to having good sales for more than a year or two. When does the short term end? I...

5e had very strong initial sales numbers, larger than 4e's very strong sales. But while 4e couldn't maintain the numbers, 5e numbers...

Your argument actually supports 4E damaging the brand and 4E inheriting a decent ecosystem from 3E. 5E even at launch overperformed...

I also have a soft spot for The Shackled City AP. It was the first 'AP' from what became Paizo in Dungeon magazine. It's a little...