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Not mutually exclusive, you know.

It was probably an extrapolation from the various suprise and secret door checks that were applied in various situation. I would not be...

Oh, that's interesting. I see two distinctions here: Backstab isn't a distinct action declaration, it's a modifier to an action that...

Just as a side note, the first version of the ranger I saw (admittedly in the SR rather than an actual book, but the TSR people seemed...

The buyer at my local grocery store loves all of the freaky Oreo, Pop-Tart flavors and novelty Coca-Cola flavors. Some of the less crazy...

You can make a distinction between things that simply "work" (in that if there is a resolution roll associated with them, they are...

In this sense/context, how is a "skill" different from a "power" that isn't just (slightly) different mechanics? Is it just that...

Just wanted you to know, @Baron Opal II that I had a somewhat longish response to your post (agreeing with a few things, disagreeing...

You really feel like opening the can again about whether that's an informed prefence in most people? Because that's where this kind of...

Well, at the end, because a lot of people like class systems with their baked in niche protection. Whether you prefer a class system...

At the very least, I'd expect that to make some of the "talking past each other" arguments less common. (There's a complex argument...

Yes. I suspect its an artifact of them, essentially, looking at how things need to be in the system they're designing while being...

From the 1st to the 12th of this month Monsters and Memories did their longest open beta test so far. It's an old-school inspired MMO...

The simplest answer to this question is because games that don’t have skills and use class and level for everything have to have...

Its like my note that the combat capability in the Hero System is acquired being distinct from the way other kinds of skills are is an...