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I haven't read REH, so it's difficult for me to answer. I mean, would Conan ever just let himself be executed? (I've heard Crom wouldn't...

Yeah a lot of sim priorities just seem to be describing role-playing. (for me the sim part is the disclaiming decision making bit, which...

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.

Related to this: when it comes to RM attack table, it is as much about the relationship between them. For instance, if changes were made...

Most people can probably agree that RQ, and RM, are designed to support a simulationist approach to RPGing. But they contain plenty of...

Having to have a book with you is not an inhuman level of required system mastery.

So? I don't respect an actual person's desires for believability or verisimilitude, why would I respect a book's? That 'rule' in of...

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

In the Diamond Throne / Arcana Evolved setting by Monte Cook, there were "Runechildren". People would manifest mysterious runes that...

I laughed; but as I reflected I thought this is a really interesting reply that implicates a whole lot of assumptions that are present...

No, the gods intervene! :)

Can a high level D&D fighter voluntarily submit to execution at the hands of an ordinary axe-wielding executioner? Gygax's hp rules...

If a person declares they are standing stock still while an ogre is swinging a club at them then they are not actively attempting to...

That is basically the compromise between me and you, if the lore says that Tabaxi's act like this(inhuman) but so many players play them...

I picked it for the crunchiest version I could find to show the breadth of the hobby. Not the one I would play (notwithstanding that I...