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As far as I can tell from people who've indicated all discussion is done in-character, there's a physical tell if you need say something...

Not like there aren't game systems that don't get by without dedicated classes; they just let you buy discrete chunks of ability to get...

Well, at least "functional". If other people in the group are covering the same ground as you are, in a lot of cases, one of you might...

Well, it depends on whether you consider "niches" desirable. Traditionally it so in groups of any size you don't have redundant...

I won't claim moral superiority, but once you end up learning several languages - for whatever reason -, you realize how rewarding it...

I feel like this take doesn't actually understand how the market works, particularly not how it worked when most people obtained RPGs...

Well, the fact character-classes were a big-blunt-object solution to character definition and distinction even at the start...

I disagree with all of this.

I'm playing a low Int, above average Wis character atm. Not good at math, or multiple step planning, but has common sense.

Though I've found that a mixed bag. Some stuff still holds up reasonably. Some stuff I'm unable not to see the politics of much more...

At least I got to rewatch "The Prisoner" in that class. it was a good example of being stuck in an interpretation, with the final...

Though that one is tricky. When it comes to film and TV, any time there's anything that stands out of the background, chances are...

The author might tell themselves that they don't mean anything by an inclusion, but they're a product of their environment and, a lot of...

Yeah, there used to be a couple of Carl's Jrs I went to, and one never made a single error, while the other I needed to hold their feet...

Naw. Not really convinced this is going anywhere enough to go through the effort and the likely back and forth that would follow.