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I think they are expensive. I consider complexity to be a cost (and extra subsystems to be a form of complexity) - and different people...

This largely about how folks use them. There isnt anything inherently wrong in pointing out classic design vs modern. Though, folks tend...

We can approach this with a more extreme example: Would you use the same mechanics to run a game that's supposed to make players feel...

I don't think that is true. it is based on vibes emulation of those Appendix N books, because that is the inspirational litertaure for...

Well, one has to note the heroic fantasy that inspired D&D varied rather more significantly, and in many cases a serious attempt to...

Yeah. When talking about D&D's magic poorly representing fantasy, I very carefully use older fantasy for a reason; enough modern...

I'm not sure I consider the second, and possibly even the third a genre supporter. Levels are just a bookkeeping convenience (not one...

I’ve found extraneous search results to be an endemic plague when shopping online, regardless of search engine or website. And I shop...

As an overall set.* Statistics do not actually tell you what will happen in a limited set of results though. They just tell you what...

Notice the prior post of mine said that the last few posts on this topic were not directed at you? Perhaps you should read that...

I don't assume its automatically used universally. I think there are people who have made it clear that they're measured to various...

But it can't, because that's only statistical. It can't deal with what individual events can occur by its nature. Whatever the...

Which is why I've been trying to extract that for pages now. As phrased, its been pretty absolutist. I don't think that's absolutely...

Yes, but the question is, under what circumstances is that true? As you phrased it, it sounded like it was in any conflict at all.

I'd appreciate if you did not ascribe motives for my questions. I've given you the benefit of the doubt on part of what I'm talking...