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There are lots of players whose fun seems to come from solving. What I find interesting is when it doesn't and how impactful that is...

As best I can tell, minimizing non-tactical injury is working as intended there. Its certainly a different paradigm than the...

I think there's absolutely a difference between two tracks of damage points, one that you automatically proceed into if the first is...

Max tends to hate having his picture taken. My wife thinks she took too many pictures of him when he was a puppy.

There also isn't agency, just cause and effect. I'll just note you used the phrase "today" there (assuming for the moment you're correct).

So, in your game, there's likely a rule that says something in the neighborhood of, "When your character runs out of hit points, they...

I don't personally believe you can separate those two the way you're trying to there.

That's what I wondered. At that point it runs into the general problem of hom sap trying to coexist with entities that are by moral...

It probably depends on what you mean by "genuinely".

Its like the way I feel when pretty dedicated lit science-fiction fans react to Clifford Simak's name with "Who?"

Not totally. I suspect its still common in parts of the OSR. But the days when it was common are very long gone. I mean, after all...

That is a subjective thing. If it is not for you, it is not for you. I have players in my own group who are not into rules light for...

Yeah, that's not something I generally want to see in play, either. At least, not for very long. A little color here and there is one...

Very much not. I think there's intrinsic problems with it, but that doesn't mean everyone sees it that way or would be likely to run...

I respect your opinion, but I've never seen a rulings based approach here that I actually thought paid for its downsides with its upsides.