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There's a big difference between giving agency towards what kind of scene will be presented versus how the scene will be resolved. Many...

<raises hand> I love 4e, and I'm ride-or-die for Skills and Powers 2e.

Oooof. I have got big feels on this subject. I was an ardent fan of D&D through the 90s and most of the 00s, but the mechanical paradigm...

spherical cow meatball can be used to produce it's own cheese.

On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese.

Looks pretty awesome. I’m on board with turning it into an isekai-type situation.

Yeah it’s a story to me. I’m making character choices based on what they would do but it’s through the prism of value rather than...

Given the terms you used, I'd call RPGs "story generators." IMO there should be no inherent plot or story, but the GM should provide...

Yep. Dissatisfaction with Vancian casting was pretty rampant in 3e’s heyday in the mid-00s. It’s why you saw so much experimentation...

That is not the same thing as saying they tried to recreate WoW's mechanics in 4E. At the time, WoW was decimating the TTRPG community...

I’d like to introduce you to my friend Spherical Cow.

To me, it seems that you're not fully responding to the bits that I've bolded: The worry about "do I want to find out if I can be as...

I'm talking about the 1989 PHB, the one with the fighter charging with the orange-y background. I don't have it handy, but I remember...

Huh, well, I don't think I completely agree. My first disagreement is that contract bridge players are somehow the straight equivalent...