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Yes, mundanely exceptional due to their journeys in life. Not because they are inherently exceptional.

I don't want to know as a player what my character does not know. There should be a reasonable chance to understand what the risks are...

When you say, "make sure everyone understands the assumptions they're making", I want you to know that IMO that often comes off as...

You'd be surprised how many people place a higher priority on their own play at their table than they do on the play of folks with whom...

This I think is why some people don't like fail forward. Your expectations of play are different. I know this seems obvious, but for...

This is a good description of the difference. I want to feel like things I don't know matter and have weight, because it amplifies the...

I think this is a fair point. The difference both in scale principally considered and in gamist vs. simulationist priorites. OD&D and...

I bypass all this using my patented Despotic Tyranny First approach.

The old classic. High stats lead to overconfidence, lead to death.

If I know what it is, I will probably call it what it is. If I'm not sure what it is, but am thinking about possibly drinking it, I am...

Not to mention the broken skill curve. Agrar spent her whole life training to be an armorsmith, and the forge is basically everything...

I dislike the idea that crafting has to be inserted into everything, and that if you're not doing it you're falling behind (as per...

What if your preference is to participate in a range of different games where different levels of exceptionalism are appropriate? What...

My broad preferences are to mix it up, with maybe a slight lean towards preferring games where they start as mildly exceptional. I also...

Not just every campaign is different.... This is a genre choice. The main characters being "special" or just being normal people are...