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You're overthinking it. Adjust the Xp based on the monster's general capacities. That's it. I made an excel spreadsheet to model the...

If they're being generated by me, then most likely by the allocation of AC, HD and few other key values, and certainly not by following...

I totally agree that in many newer games, especially those of more narrativist style, the mechanics drive the story in significantly...

I think this issue of NPC and PC build and stats is an interesting one. D&D did not try to establish any sort of parallel or...

The problem with this as I've mentioned before is that players usually know the mechanics to at least some extent, and knowledge of the...

You're missing the point. People aren't going to stop thinking that way just because a game tells them to. Some approaches to engaging...

As I note above, I don't think the arrow points only in one direction there. In some cases it was design choices to reduce load that...

I'm not going to speak for Micah--we don't share that much in taste, though not nothing--but my feeling is that reducing GM overload...

Most people who play 5e don't follow any news of any 3pp coming out - they're extremely unplugged to the RPG scene outside of (maybe)...

I don't know what was edited either. Maybe I'm also reading it too harshly, but it did initially come across to me as, "Oh, you don't...

Only if you assume all choices are binary, and intentionally pick silly things to be the opposites to the things you like. If you don't...

To me, a reaction roll is something I rely on to guide my behaviour when it's not clear how an NPC will react. While it may result in...

It's certainly not my intention to be making such a claim. I think my very last paragraph there is possibly the most important. Note...

I would be very hesitant to allow for a broad generalisation that traditional mechanics hamper play in the way you describe, but have no...

I gave numerous examples in the post of mine you originally quoted, of ways in which I believe modern mechanics can drive play and...