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I don't think this is really consistent with a simulationist approach, is it? Or the idea that we should avoid abstractions that are at...

How is that any different from the startled cook? Instead of a cook in the kitchen, we have limbs of trees that bend and break in just...

The point being, turn based combat means one person acts at a time.

Turn based combat. Eg: If you line up a million people and each one uses a free action to pass a piece of paper (or whatever) from one...

It was actually a part of my thesis… we were simulating falling in RPGs!

Quantum weak spots! Quantum aiming! I mean, we already resolved the hit with the roll to hit. Why are we now reading the damage roll...

OK? But if you give Batman damage reduction or a dragon's worth of hit points, that's not "diegetic". And if you don't give Batman...

Always remember the 5 D's of D&D: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge!

Anyone living after being struck by a boulder hurled by a giant!

Here’s a classic - a two-foot short sword injuring an 80-foot red dragon.

People unable to wear armor unless trained in it, and such training not being trivially easy to obtain. Minimum strength requirements...

I can confirm this is accurate. My buddy and I both jumped from the roof of a 5 story building. I landed and shrugged, thanks to my...

In general, I'm a firm believer in just talking about what the expectations for the game you will be running. Meta-analysis of its place...

I agree that there are absolutely people who hyperspecialize in one game or genre, but I don't think I'd define them as the "norm"...

Levelling, and specifically how high level characters can take on multiple low level characters at no risk. Levelling, and...