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Because an encounter is a thing that occurs. If no encounter occurs, then what is it that was bypassed? The answer seems to be - the...

Well, yes, obviously. The problem is the natural usage of the word encounter means to actually, ya know, interact with something...

Notice how important "planned" is in that definition being viable, and how much it assumes a norm of pre-planned, module or...

I've never heard anyone describe missing a party as a missed encounter. Because they're not encounters - when you miss a party, you...

OK? Then why do you keep posting replies to my comments (and threads that I've started over the years) about the analysis of game play...

This is why I said, in the post that you replied to, "as I already posted that would be a weird and dysfunctional thing - it would...

I am fairly certain you are likely to have read various novels and stories where the mystics/psionics needed/used material components...

I think I would describe the most sandboxy games I have run as more of the opposite of the mix suggested in OP. Rather than starting out...

Heh, to be clear. The spell components are worthless and pointless, and do nothing for game balance anyway. Ignoring them makes little...

Agree to disagree. That period of complexity and novelty was the high point of the 3e era to me.

But D&D, particularly 5e, is a game about fantasy superheroes.

Because one is very new and there is very little play experience with it yet for most folks and the other has been around for decades...

Green. I want to see if WoTC's Psion can outdo Laser Llama's Psion* and @Steampunkette 's Esper. :p Some 3pp designers just do better...

Just out of pure curiosity, do you consider this a short or long campaign?

To me, 24 sessions feels pretty long. Something going to 50 sessions would feel eternal. Looking back, the most sessions I've ever...