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When one is permanent in its effect, and one is transient, yes. Any other questions?

You could get away with this a little bit back in the OD&D days becaue the semi-geometric levelling meant you'd probably mostly-catch up...

I typed up an effortpost arguing why someone's position was very stupid but managed to just close the tab instead of hitting post...

This was a major issue for me regarding both shows named "Roswell", at least the second show named Roswell was filmed in new mexico.

For me it helps to have other things going on in my life. When I have loads of free time it can be hard to avoid negative social media...

While you're correct, its less contrived than showing the particulars of how Lanefan playes and expects (in the sense of thinks it the...

They've always struck me as a pacing mechanism serving primarily game and story purposes; game to give players time to figure out a...

I think I may not have expressed myself well. All I was noting was that if you have a run of bad die luck the otherwise most balanced...

Frankly, I'm disappointed.

I'm just note that especially with games that have a limited lifespan, a balanced character generation method can still end up feeling...

We should remember that these positions get spoken of in abstract terms, and that's a problem. As in, the GM giving something up is not...

I'm not a meditative expert who has learned to keep multiple complex formula in my head as a matter of course.

I don't disagree, but I'm not sure to the same degree.

I'm not sure how that relates to my statement, which was not about a permanent loss like lifedrain. A lot of people would be pretty...

I won't go as far as the latter sentence, but I agree with the first and second.