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The problem is bounded accuracy. What do I mean by that? I mean they wanted to have bounded accuracy. They demanded it. In some form...

Here is the thing: a lot of people find 5E super fun.

I think I'm failing to see what reason WotC has to do all this. What's the evidence that the current 5e rules are causing any commercial...

I think it's a pretty natural upshot of combining resource-based play with GM authority over pacing. Originally, D&D was not designed...

But if the majority are still playing below the guidelines and having fun...what is WotC motive to change anything? If they change the...

And a tighter design might disrupt that whole spectrum.

I would say that “easy mode” was the secret sauce that made 5e so attractive to casual gamers. They wouldn’t have taken up D&D if they...

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

This is interesting. Over the past few years, I've had exchanges on these board where some posters talk about verisimilitude not by...

The specific "Roll 2 d20s simultaneously, and use the higher result" mechanic was an Avenger class feature in 4e. I can't say it was...

I must have been avant-garde then, because I gave each player a dieroll mulligan each session in my AD&D games in the 90's lol

I think that verisimilitude remains important for modern audiences but it's hardly uniform. While it is a trite point for me to make...

I think a contributing factor is the lack of a middle ground when it comes to PC resources. 4e has powers that can be used at-will, per...

Players will fight tooth and nail against changes that force their PCs into being the subjects of attrition play. They will try very...

Players will fight this tooth and nail - and they won't be wrong to do so. As a player I would fight it tooth and nail - or more likely...