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Well, it’s restating an OSR maxim that I personally think is poorly thought out in its original form and this just included an example I...

I'll note that it's entirely possible for someone you disagree with about just about anything to be much more a hero than a villain (by...

I found a bunch of stock art I like! Seems the guy doing a bunch of the Shadowdark stuff is part of a group. I'll be able to finish all...

Old age/old injury damage should be in d4s, the most painful of all dice.

Its one of those ideas that plays well with selective parts of the hobby.

Well, that was the point; that was often a houserule (even if not called that) by the late OD&D period because there was nothing else to...

A few auxiliary rules and and systems leaned into simulation to some degree. They kind of stood out in that regard for pretty much the...

That's very possible too, but it wasn't like there was a massive tendency in that direction early on or certain games would have ended...

Though with some of the optional rules baked in, the actual results don't feel particularly unrealistic, even if the process as you say...

Its why I say trying to be too realistic with rates of fire is almost pointless; most of that metal ends up not going in your target...

Some DMs will let you sleep in Full Plate, without any ill effects. I once rolled out of bed wrong, tweaked my back, and spent the next...

Well, D&D has the advantage it has paranormal healing, so it doesn't have to work that way; you can have a game system that does basic...

@Ruin Explorer, I think that's what The Secret World is aimed at, its just over in the MMO sphere (which I can see some reasons might be...

Do those things get shown to players? In Dungeon World, the only things actually shown to players are that they need to have Bonds with...

That doesn't matter. What I'm talking about is how many people playing RPGs, especially fantasy ones, are mostly concerned with good a...