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Over and above any general feeling about maps, that seems to limit the kind of structures you can use there, and of course its of no use...

I'm sorry, I think I either missed or forgot context for what you're talking about here.

Again, I disagree. If you think both of those are required to be "exploration", then you're going to have to supply a word for a game...

Check your map memory skill again to see if you pass! Its the oldest trick in the book to deliver XP.

I think there is a lot of relying on the tried and true recipes and not trying to step in it when constructing a unique species and it's...

Well, the simple answer to that for at least some people is that they like the set dressing and stat bonus. They don't need another...

No, but since I'm usually talking about what I think gamers as a group think (and when I'm not, I try to make that clear), you're going...

Though that still assumes the map element is important. It deals with the "is this a player skill or character skill?" question, but it...

To kind of expand on what my thoughts were and to explore concepts of gaming in general for discussion = The depiction of non-human...

I'd say they're even moreso. Far as that goes, I'd question how deep most people's play of elves even gets to the Tolkein elves; its...

I think you're making a categorical error here. Let me explain why. Both Middle Earth and the Witcher's setting has a previous...

IME, with most players that's liable to just cause them to gravitate toward clerics unlikely to run into that, and if they do anyway...

And the latter phrase is the part I was trying to get you to clarify. Note "exploration" and "mapping" do not automatically go...

The simple answer to that is "No, it appears something odd happened along the way." Being coy there only matters if you consider...

It was a highly siloed site. Black Twitter and Gay Twitter, for instance, were really supportive and rich communities that were more or...