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So. coming in way late: The circus troupe happens because if you have a menu with 20 items on it and 5 people ordering you're unlikely...

Whereas I'm typically fine with status quo as a possible outcome. Sometimes, "no, you're not able to pick this lock at this time, try...

I try to have a few character ideas in mind when I get to play. I keep at least one of them generic (meaning, PHB only) but I will...

I prefer a system where character skill is more important than player skill, and where the player-skill element is more a matter of...

That's very setting-dependent- how widespread such knowledge is, communication between towns, etc.

It would be to show that some are good at it and some are not. Those who train at disarming traps (generally thieves/rogues/Indiana...

As you say: "That's one philosophy, but not mine." Or rather there's another trade-off. Yes it's nice when player cleverness aligns with...

Things are bad if I think you are too wordy. No, I really don't like his writing. I think he seems like he'd be an A+ GM, assuming...

I hope you aren't too offended if I am not that impressed with The Angry DM. There are a lot of nuggets in his essay that are...

I'm going to snip out the majority of this, because it's very kind of you to acknowledge everything you're agreeing with. It sounds like...

Fair. I guess "neutral arbiter GM" is yet another term with a wide range of potential meanings...

Interesting. I totally see your logic here. But I definitely associate Neutral Ref with OSR texts/advice, especially in the context of...

Just to understand: If I build a character who spends resources to speak Elven, but I've myself never studied Professor Tolkien's...

I am fortunate to not have been burned by this myself over much. However, the sort of language I constantly see go hand in hand with...

I understand that. But I assume the expert lockpicker is…an expert lockpicker. They will eventually open most locks. So why roll? But...