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Okay. As a general rule, the only time I assume in my points D&D is when D&D is directly what the thread is about (and even then I may...

Which is why I don't consider my own decision that someone is roleplaying badly particularly relevant most of the time. The legitimate...

Ignore, no, but treat it as the only relevant advice isn't legitimate either. I've pointed out there are very much games that expect...

Heck, back in the days when I did contract editing, there was at least one case where I had an engineer at one company read my edit copy...

But the player chose the concept and assigned the stats, so presumably they assigned them so that they match the concept and if they...

Well, you just added that. I think that someone failing to play low INT to your liking isn't affecting anyone but you, but I'm sure a...

I'd suggest it happens pretty frequently. Its just that most of them are polite enough to keep it to themselves unless it seems to be...

I also have to note that assuming in all cases it would only take 30-40 minutes would, IME, be optimistic. I've seen groups where that...

To me it's mostly waste of session time. But i witnessed it few times, both as a player and as a DM, with few different groups. It...

I suspect you'd just have people arguing that none of the established traits was appropriate, sometimes as a legitimate perception of...

I suspect I was using "really open setting" in a different way than you read it; I was talking about it in the context of permitting...

I do expect the player to play that themselves. That doesn't mean in all cases they do, and some cases can be pretty egregious, and in...

There's something to that on day-to-day life, but I'd suggest the rubber meets the road a bit more on the often intense planning and...

Though this should't be applying to WOTC, I also feel a need to point out that its unlikely much of the hobby gets as much money thrown...

Editing- in all forms- is underappreciated. So are continuity bibles. I remember running into a particular editing/continuity issue in...