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I think it's worth considering that if everyone else at the table is sitting around -2 on this axis (using your numbers) then someone...

The only thing that I'm denying is that my inability to grow an epic long white beard makes me a Warlock, not a Wizard.

So a wizard putting their highest ability score into INT, and later picking up feats that help their spellcasting or INT, are loopholes...

For everyone talking about players who are optimizers who are also not upholding the community/social contract aspects. I challenge you...

Wow. Just...wow.

A huge percentage of the posts here on ENWorld are ultimately about people desperately trying to deny that they're aging.

I tend to find that the designers make the game one way and the optimizer players find the loopholes to use or exploit depending on your...

Yes. It’s not the only part that is actively destructive - arguably having any publicly traded companies controlling any major sector...

Private capital is capitalism metastasized, full stop.

The idea that mechanics don’t matter much to horror is a product of the fact that many gamers have never seen many mechanics that have a...

I think the issue with VtM 1E and 2E is that they were never primarily horror games. Particularly not 2E. It'd be a re-writing of...

Oh, yeah. If you're just going to die or fail there's no tension and most horror scenarios are designed so your characters have a...

Hmmmm. This will be an unpopular opinion, perhaps, but here it is. What makes a successful horror game is the GM and players...

My arguing with Fred Hicks about powerlessness was a substantial part of the Fate Horror Toolkit existing, so count me as another voice...

Yes this. This is what I would say is indeed the main factor, based on having played in a number of much more successful horror games...