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No. It's more similar to 4e except there are no daily powers. Characters have a set of abilities, some of which can be used at will and...

Right, the alternative way to look at this is that most things should be minions and that having hit points is the unusual factor. Take...

Not when its absolute. I've played a number of games with armor training rules (Alternity comes to mind, as does AGE) but they don't...

Game systems that evolve (in the actual sense of change to fit new environments) are going to leave some people behind. That's not a...

You mean the things (particularly immersion) that people disagree about what helps and hurts all the time as-is? I think you're being...

Had one of the later until comparatively recently.

Given I'm specifically talking about hit points here, that's kind of a nonsensical ask. The whole point with talking mooks is mostly...

Yeah, I think there is value there, I participate in some of those conversations, but...I wish there was a bit more moderation on some...

Sure. The problem I'm suggesting is a lot of people want overlapping things. They aren't going to be easily separated out because they...

I don't really think so, because I think there'd be both too many silos, and some that were counterproductive (in that they separated...

No. Because some of us are doing some of the same things as others who don't share some of the others. There's no way to separate...

Depends on your definition of metagaming. Is taking information you’ve learned from past adventures into account metagaming? Is...

You just run "Trap Fodder Randy" face first into every buzzsaw until you get them dandy rolls. Having a Randy is part of skill play too...

I'd be interested to know how they're doing so reliably, however; I played a gunslinger, and there's actually fairly few ways to push up...

And the people you're responding to disagree with that "necessarily". I don't think that's that complicated. Talk to the people who...