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I don't have any single game that's my goto; haven't in years. I'm not generally a great fan of the D&D style paradigm...

Wasn’t there a comment about tilting at windmills earlier?

Since its been bemoaned to some extent for half a century, I'm not holding my breath on the latter.

Perhaps, perhaps not. I would be quite surprised if they aimed much lower than 60%. It's less a matter of feeling heroic, and more a...

Okay, that explains why I haven't seen it, since I rarely even get a core book in physical form any more (only when I'm certain I'll be...

While it is likely that people are assuming that number, I was given to understand that 60% to 65% is the target hit chance WotC has...

I'm guessing this must be about wanting certain physical books that are lumped together with other material at higher tiers? Because I...

I think, though, they still don't have the advantage of people coming to them with interest in the lore already implanted. (Oddly, D&D...

"Groups" is doing some heavy lifting here, however. At least in some areas "groups" could include hundreds of people who's groups...

Since I come by my opinion honestly, and with as much sampling as I think was possible at the time, I'd suggest your wants here are...

While to some degree this is true, if you did things like play at game clubs, conventions and other widely spaced groups, and...

I think you're confusing "inflicting random, arbitrary death to exert dominance" with "Were excessively hard and rigid in a way that...

A number of versions of it have some really hard breakpoints, though, and that can create problems of certain sorts.

How would we be able to tell the difference?

While I dearly loved Carrie and Salem's Lot when I first read them, over time I became less and less enamored of his novels, though I...