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I find that this need for control over the PC correlates to the player’s ability (or lack thereof) to influence the game in ways “beyond...

It depends on the game. I'm more prone to want avatar-stance play in an OSR-style game focused on problem-solving, whereas I'm more...

Isn't D&D about fantasy escapism? If the weather actually influenced my gaming purchases, I'd be way more interested in a book about a...

I'm running a homebrew reverse Skill Challenge. If the PC decides to be auto persuaded they give a success in terms of the Skill...

So, basically frame tests of character as true judgment calls, exactly like what I said. A choice has to be made two or more options of...

And to me it feels like a violation of the Czege principle. I want players to have agency over judgement calls, where there are two...

I'm not admitting anything; I'm celebrating it. What you view as poor design, I find more compelling.

If I already know what my character would do in a situation before it comes up, than why did the GM run the scene? To me, there's few...

Yes. They may not buy the story provided because abc reason. Yes. I think 10 + Insight (Wis) as the DC - along with disadvantage from a...

The problem I have with this is that it puts a game like Pendragon, widely regarded as Greg Stafford's magnum opus, in the category of...

For me, RPGing is not a poor cousin to virtual reality. It's a creative, imaginative activity. The various resolution systems in a RPG...

Warriors will have a much easier time using larger weapons that do 2d6 or 3d6 damage, because they generally have higher Strength. And...

Here's an example, from the last Torchbearer 2e game that I GMed: The PCs are in a room which has many weapons, of various sorts and...

Exactly. If you sum the modifiers of all six stats then it's impossible to get stuck with a sum less than zero (unless you actually...

It means you don't ever have a character where the sum of their stats is below 63 (the average sum of stats for 3d6 down the line) if...