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I think it's important. But I also think some people on the internet treat it as being more important than it actually is. IMNSHO...

Yeah didn't realize the general forum at first as the posts had veered into D&D so should have been more specific. And yes I was...

I get that, and I know most people play that way, and I played that way for years, and honestly I sometimes still do when I'm caught...

To be clear, I'm not trying to convince you of anything. If what you're doing works for you, it works for you -- it just happens to be...

Whereas I'm typically fine with status quo as a possible outcome. Sometimes, "no, you're not able to pick this lock at this time, try...

I'm just pointing out that I've seen advocates for and participated personally in this playstyle outside of the OSR (including much more...

I developed this style of play because I grew up running Rolemaster, where any given roll has a chance of disaster. This naturally...

I always check, but that's because I know that I generally need to avoid throwing opinions around in 5e threads. For someone who is here...

I am (pleasantly) surprised by the amount of love for RM going on in this thread. Even if RMU specifically is of no interest to me, I'm...

Maybe, but there is something quite appealing about the world described by MERP and the I.C.E. Middle-earrth supplements that could be a...

I still feel RM has one of the best class and level system implementations for that reason. By the time you got all the 2e Companions...

If it’s at the printers now (it is), then it will be an early 2026 release!

If they're in a game with dozens of class and race options, then they're most likely there for people who want dozens of class and race...

A lot of this conversation seems to be begging the question, to me. If I like a setting, if I'm inspired to run a game in that setting...

Bluntly? Inform the mechanics in some fashion. Nothing else will matter to some of them, and even for those who it can matter to, on...