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Yes! This is exactly what I was going for. Fear reduces guilt about being "fair" so you can instigate shenanigans, and the players are...

Yes, though considering you also have essentially the opportunity to do the same on any failed roll, any time the PCs give you a "Golden...

Ok, ran the game for the first time. An incredibly positive experience for me personally and for pretty much everyone at the table (6...

I was really pleased that Daggerheart's no initiative system allows specialists to shine if that's how everyone wants to play. The game...

I've softened my stance on optimization from in the past, where I thought it was a pox on the hobby. Optimizers are not only perfectly...

I mean, non-optimizers benefit massively more from both of those changes than optimizers lol. Optimzers will usually have PCs with...

Maybe. I can see an argument that either you're thinking about it or you aren't, though it might not be your top priority and/or you...

Guys, the Ignore List exists for a reason.

Yeah I think the balance point of that spectrum is not halfway between good and bad decisions, it's "generally making reasonably...

This is exactly what I've been thinking about the last few pages. In the RPGs I mostly play, optimization in chargen (and progression)...

Sorry, you can attempt to optimize -- be an optimizer -- even if you don't understand the rules well. You'd just not effective at it...

Yeah, again, that's really what I meant by "session zero". It's become a named, formalized thing, but every campaign I've ever played...

It can even be worse when the person doing better is avowedly not in the same niche, but is still outcompeting someone in that niche...

Forget it, Jake, its Bloodtide.

Niche protection comes up a lot in those kind of comparisons, too. Many groups (but not all) are okay when the combat specialist does...