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I can't even get past a bunch of things I don't buy often being stuck in my head with the prices they had 5 or 10 years ago, in spite of...

Not everyone feels that way, and where they draw a line varies considerably. Nope. But you aren't everyone, and I have every reason...

I think you seriously underestimate what players will put up with if they have limited options when to play. A set of house rules has...

I think that's a big assume. In some cases the person talking about it may not have thought about all the workarounds. When talking...

Given I've expressed that position multiple times in this thread... But in this particular context, it almost doesn't matter; the point...

In which case there's no intrinsic reason you can't do that with houserules players suggest, either.

Bluntly, so what? That's exactly the reason I'm saying houserules aren't a useful answer to everyone. I've explained this more than...

Above and beyond anything else in the thread, this is a lesson I wholeheartedly embrace and wish more GMs would heed. Doesn't matter...

It depends on two factors: 1. What are the PCs going to be doing? If they're going to be doing a lot of things involving countering...

And when I have evidence the majority of GMs are good at that, I'll consider it more of an answer.

Well, to tell the truth, neither is stealth in most versions I've seen. I'm not going to speak specifically about 5e because I don't...

I'm not suggesting that violence has its roots in only those things. Violence has existed as long as a being has desired something that...

I think the problem is some other games that still feature violence don't derive much of their approach from Westerns or Manifest...

Though you can run into the straight-line problem with hexes even when not indoors, but some of those can come up with either; both...

On the other hand I've seen GMs get an idea of a houserule that seemed good on paper, but created serious problems in play because they...