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Yeah, that 1:1 correlation is way beyond where I'd go in that direction, too..

Oh I tend to agree, you need a personality/backstory which is compatible with the mechanical character, but the idea that a build has to...

I would say connections to/in the setting and goals and defined personality things (if not the BIFTs in 5e) would qualify--though the...

I agree with you, but the entire game includes to me also DM restrictions and limitations. I never even played in a game where Volos...

I found one of my grandfather's hats... It's a bit too small for me. It needs a careful cleaning, reblocking, and to be about 2 sizes...

Just read the 2025 Pulitzer winning James by Percival Everett. It's a (sort of) re-telling of Huckleberry Finn, from the perspective of...

Oh hey I might be able to help with that... Although... I'm not 100% sure what you mean by "use minimum effort"??? I am of the...

You're choosing to use half the accepted definition of the term, where both the rules and what happens in play are the game; you are...

Me and my little dude Dorian, during last weekend's Brindlewood Bay game.

I was much happier hacking the XP rules, so the players got XP because I Did GM Things. The only times I used anything like Intrusion...

I am just joining a Cypher system game so I am new to the system but it sounds like any time the opponent hits really hard you want to...

Yeah. IME, most rules issues are not because people are cheating, but because they don't understand the rules (or because a rule isn't...

It might be because my tables are made up primarily of other DMs, but if we see someone make a rules mistake, we call it right out. The...

I still snitch, I just do it discreetly after the game. "Hey, I noticed that Bob got flanking with his conjuration during that last...