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There's an in-joke there you're probably not exposed to the right ancient-gamer material to get.

That's my point though; you've already accepted that in that situation a roll may make your character behave in a way you think is...

But you get that's a personal taste thing, right? I can probably say without too much loss of generality there's a lot of people out...

Reminds me of the paranoid guy who booby trapped his house, mislabeled chemicals in his house, basically, just, everything he could do...

The bang is cool and all, also you don't really care about your hearing when you are a kid... but if you want more "bang" for the buck...

With no offense, @VelvetViolet, I can think of multiple examples of at least your second, fifth and sixth cases out there. A few of...

I have a few thoughts on Ironheart. First thought- it was fine. I did not regret watching it. I will continue to say that the problem...

Kinda, yeah. But I've written about the problems and nature of second-order design before, as well as the issues and differences with...

I actually think the problem is the inverse; two groups may be appearing to do something very similar (especially when you judge the...

Yeah, I empathize with that. My take is that all this churn mostly comes down to struggling with the underlying nature of what we're...

Wow, that one stings more than a little... I commented back in the day it was amazing how many things became explosive if you nitrated...

The GM has more power than the players do, even in the most player-friendly of games. These rules are here to prevent an imbalance of power.

I know this is a not-uncommon line some folks draw (and to be clear, I understand why its one as it involves buy-in from the player)...

Failing a saving throw can get you killed, but we accept those, and that's about as permanent a removal of character volition as you can...

Fair enough, I suppose, but I don't really get the issue. Like, to turn this around the other way: The books themselves for...