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It was an example of where I think the line gets fuzzy. Some people would probably find the village-as-encounter odd too.

Some people just don't want that from their game experience. Its not fundamentally any different than why some people don't want to...

so, while playing elite dangerous I finished up listening to Red Thunder via audible, and decided to listen to Dragon Day with Hayley...

And there are plenty of people outside the D&D sphere who have some issues with 5e but don't think a lot of the OSR choices are actually...

-- "Hmm I'm interested in this thing." 5 seconds into looking into it. "I'm bouncing off this thing harder than any game I've seen...

The Tick was, is and always will be awesomesauce!

I’ve known a few people who have gotten substantial windfalls ($5M+) for a variety of reasons. I also studied windfalls in college &...

I have no such thoughts about myself. I would conceal my wealth as much as possible, keep living in my current rented townhouse (moving...

There are settings that are models that would work for me, but they're all fiction sources, and either don't have a game for them or I...

Jamie Tartt is a character from Ted Lasso - he starts as the best player on the team, technically. But, he's a ball-hog on the field...

I don't disagree, I just think the line isn't entirely clearcut here. I think I could quite see generating a village as an encounter...

Sure. I was just noting that the fact the game normally defaults to advancement, and most people probably expect some, doesn't mean you...

Though I have to point out nothing intrinsically requires a game otherwise mechanically in the D&D-sphere to require advancement...

I've seen people who would have been perfectly capable of describing finding a set of ruins as "an encounter" though.

I'm not seeing that as true; a few may allow some of them in, but I'd be really surprised to find a werewolf in the Rosicrucians or the...