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Function as an enabler. That's all most tools ever do. (Though I think you're eliding the fact that even the most competent can use...

Again, you're reading me saying things I'm not. I'm not talking about the main thrust of this thread (as its evolved) and am not sure I...

Unless it's an explicitly goofy one. I mean, if someone thinks mine is funny, that's in the intended range.

I don't really agree, because I'm not here to do freeform roleplaying; as such, a GM can "really know their stuff" and it doesn't help...

The lack of something doesn't make it a good tool for a job; at best it means its not actively interfering, since its not providing any...

I don't think that's a VTT/online-play specific problem. It happen when gathered together as well.

For me, I'd assume crocheting was like a fidget - something you do with your hands to let you focus better. ADHD is well represented in...

I don't recall mentioning rules at all in my post.

That's as it is, but my statement still stands for probably the majority of games out there; a dead end can be, if not planned for, a...

The oldest known wild bird in the world. You go, ma’am...

Also perfectly fine to change specific rules if you don't like them. I do it all the time.

I have to point out outside of sandboxes, that isn't always true. Sometimes there's no apparent path forward at all if a particular...

I can see some of that (though I think the token thing is being kind of picky) but most of it seems to apply to FTF, too. Like I said...

I guess I've just seen periods when most of a group had some technical problems some of the time. I don't think its terrible etiquette...

There are a lot of games where larger and more damaging opponents don't hit better than weaker ones; in some cases they may hit worse...