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Compared to whom?

Healing potions are such a crutch in D&D. Reminds me of the old Popeye cartoons where whenever he was in a jam, Popeye'd just pop a can...

None. In 5E, so many classes have healing features that I simply don't bother.

With all due respect, that's not how Metacurrencies work. They're a resource that's spent to "help the character"...

IME when we see the novel's/film's protagonist endure severe injuries to win the battle, I wouldn't say - from a ttrpg perspective -...

The last sentence contradicts the first. And adrenaline only does so much. A ttrpg attempting to emulate combat needs rules for blood...

Can you name a ttrpg more important to the hobby and industry?

Bullfinch's Mythology was my gateway to ttrpgs (Basic then AD&D). People give Tolkien credit for mythological creatures he didn't...

When I first got into D&D I tried to figure out how to shoehorn Tolkien into it but pretty rapidly figured out that that wasn't actually...

I discovered Tolkien before D&D. Therefore I think D&D is nothing like Tolkien, despite the presence of elves and orcs et al.

I've seen this complaint about "combat death spirals" for years because they incapacitate a PC leaving the player with nothing to do...

Depends on the system. D&D & most of its clones is 1d4 damage for daggers and a 1HD normie would never survive 10-30 stabs. Ever. Even...

I thought this recent article by Monte Cook was relevant https://montecook.substack.com/p/using-rules-to-define-genre

Never tried it myself, but I've seen it happen. You just gotta be willing to put a lot of time into it. For myself, I find I need to...