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Out of curiosity, can you explain why the difference (barring my last sentence in my post above)?

Like I said, you're not alone, but I have to point out dealing with most mechanics involves "getting out of character" to one degree or...

That doesn't overly suprise me in either direction. As someone who probably has (undiagnosed) ADHD, its a pain the behind in sometimes...

Moving my former real life group onto a VTT has lead me to an interesting issue where one player, on account of their ADHD, is much more...

The problem--which may or may not be a problem from an individual point of view--is that it can get to the point where it becomes...

Are you KIDDING me? I've been playing this game for over 40 years. I AM an old customer. And I can tell you that NOBODY is ignoring me...

I remember years ago back playing Living Grayhawk (3e), there was a casual mention of a lesbian couple. One of the players was...

The value of the disadvantage should at least be reduced, however.

It is relevant, however, when someone pulls out an anecdote showing the game is ‘broken’ but that anecdote didn’t actually follow the...

Well if you don't like metacurrency, you don't, but I do have to point out its nothing much but a roundabout way to reward the player in...

But if the rules don't matter when you don't want them to, then why place any value on what's in the book versus what isn't? We can...

I have to ask: is there a driving need to always follow the cultural zeitgeist? And by this I mean that I think SJG is doing the right...

Well, part of that was because 3e was the edition that often fished people back in who had long since drifted away, and what brought...

Though I'll note people are really, really bad at acting like qualifier words aren't in a statement. If my experience has taught me...

Well, I'd argue that's because they've too frequently hit too many people who act like the default when talking to them is the contrary...