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I feel like I'm feeding a troll here, but I'll bite... Several sessions ago, the party was in a series of interdimensional ruins, some...

But as I've noted, I'm not just talking about me. I'm talking about a lot of people, and a lot of kinds of campaigns and genres where...

Even if there's one pregenerated, there's often no way to introduce them into the game for a while, and I have to point out the majority...

Seeing messages from a bunch of friends on their way to GenCon and wishing that I could be seeing them. Then remembering that it would...

You're apparently confusing my point with being about simulation. Its not and has never been. I have had two points and only two in my...

I just think that to the degree you can reasonably expect the system to tell you that, expecting the randomizer to be the part doing...

Yeah, the idea that with an even quasi-realistic combat system that you aren't going to see a lot of character deaths, some even among...

There’s the other reason it’s bad value to you (other than not running the games) you see game prep as a chore. As work. The game prep...

Ah, so you're in a situation where reselling unwanted game books is both easy and cost effective. A fairly atypical one for most people...

And I'm sorry but I still don't see it, and I don't think you've conveyed how its true in any meaningful way.

I see nothing in the rest of your post to convince me your premise here is correct. Nor do I see the style of game as being relevant to...

Let's be honest, trying to make grits more interesting is a key part of eating grits.

So are hit points. In the most basic form they help you not die from attacks that can theoretically kill you. They, in fact, at some...

So it would seem.

Though there are some low or high incidence results that a D20 fails out on; chances less than 5% or greater than 95%. Whether those...