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I think this idea, which may be true for some and not true for others, is worth a little exploring. I happen to agree with Jahydin here...

I'll agree. I was never a fan of this cover. My reference was to that specific cover. I even said: As you can see, I was referencing...

I think you're missing the point, which is this picture tells a story (low-level heroes face off against a superior adversary and are...

I agree, it is a posed picture. But, if you look at my response, I am talking about the contextual meaning of the picture. There is an...

Again. The entire point of my post was to show that the picture is taking the game's mechanics, specifically level, into account. That...

It's always been strange to me when people mock this picture. It's like they don't understand the game that it is supposed to represent...

My library of printed RPG works, which at one time was vast, is gone to the Great Landfill, but of the dozen or so books remain, City of...

To be fair, I think the argument revolves around "Do you need lyrics that are good or make sense to have a popular song?" Of course, the...

I came across it on Yahoo Images. I tried accessing the webpage it came from but ran into a dead end. :( If this fella was in 5e, I...

I don't know if lore is the "primary driver of mood and tone". I think mechanics can often drive mood and tone as well. Like, if the...

Its not intrinsically harder; if its pulpy, you can handle the problem with luck points and the like. If not, and not having good...

I'm sorry, my brain broke at this point.

I think 2nd edition was the first time I'd ever been disappointed in a new edition of a game I had previously enjoyed. I cannot...

Fluff and Crunch should have a coherent relationship. If the dice are regularly telling a different story than what the fiction of the...

I don't know about the lore, but I do think the mechanics of a game need to support the tone and genre the game is going for. If I'm...