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Yep, and the story is still chuggin' along. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Sometimes you succeed and get closer to (or even...

And I'm saying that the world doesn't stop spinning just because the only result of a specific action is that the action specified...

Success with complications first requires a 'success' to be rolled on the die. To get what you're after you'd have to lower the DC for...

Oh, I dunno - random NPCs as collateral damage matter too, especially when the PCs (rightly or wrongly) then get billed for a boatload...

Because I prefer games where the player's choices don't affect the world beyond what their PC can do.

I would never run a game where the player's choices were determine by anything other than the player, so I don't see how that complaint...

If the cook example is bad, why was it used as an official example of the technique? And if you're supposed to be really good for the...

My apologies; you're right. I do find the monsters perceiving light as a threat to be plausible, though. Not for every monster, but in...

I was not responding to your response about my point about targets being more visible. I was responding to your claim that Which I have...

I was responding to your point about light making the targets more visible.

Yes, certainly.

"Is fudging ok if my players can't tell", and more at 11. I'd suggest they find a different table; our styles aren't compatible. I...

Why the heck would you think anyone ever confuse an imaginary thief for real people at the table? Are we idiots? Don’t answer that...

How so?

Of course they do. It's impossible for a DM to detail out even 5% of a world, so there are going to be gaps and things the DM forgot or...