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That's not how probability works.

It absolutely is an unfair measure - specifically because of the next bit you say: It's not the whole story, so trying to treat it like it is doesn't result in fair measure of what the whole story is. A lot of pages are spent on combat rules, and there are reasons for that - but those reasons...

I think it is hilarious when people equate word count needed to make fair and functional rules for a thing with the importance the game puts on that thing, so they see the book as being "all about combat" because those rules take more words than other rules do. Never mind how the book says to...

The functional difference is that the spellcasting class feature doesn't have universal language - some class can cast spells they have prepared because of their spellcasting feature, and other class can cast spells they know because of their spellcasting feature. Which is directly relevant to...

Yeah, for all the "Mike Mearls is ruining D&D!" nonsense that happens, the reality is actually that he's trying very hard as a designer to not impose his own ideas on everyone else without consideration of what they want. That's why we have multiple guidelines for designing 'balanced...

No. What you mean when you say "a more generous rogue design" would absolutely not benefit everybody - there are those for whom your proposition would cause an issue if we were to implement it. Which is why you should stop trying to "benefit everybody" and focus on benefiting your own table...

Neither - he is saying he doesn't want that type of thought to ever have to occur to a player, but isn't saying anything like that he thinks the rules should change so that it doesn't happen in the places it already does (and given his comments on invalidating player's handbook materials, I...

You're asking the wrong person - I'm not the one that was curious about doing it, just the one that covered what the rules say on the matter (a matter which I'd never even considered before seeing the post I was answering earlier). You are basically just listing the definition of a house-rule at...

The spellbook feature is explicit about dealing with spells written by wizards, so you can't just jot down whatever sorcerer spells that happen to also be on the wizard list into your spellbook - you'd need to either actually find the spell in written form (scroll or book) to decipher and copy...

That's not what the rule-book says. Compare the wizard class " If you prepare the 1st-level spell magic missile, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot." to the sorcerer class "For example, if you know the 1st-level spell burning hands and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell...

And in the case of the feats (or other sources) which say you learn the spell, it's important to remember that not all spell-casting classes can spend spell slots to cast any spell they know - such as the wizard, who only casts spells they have prepared.

Call of Cthulhu both supports (and assumes, just like most RPGs) recurring player characters and has mechanics for characters improving their capabilities over time (though it does so without experience point tracking of any sort, as that is neither a requirement to be considered a "leveling up...

No reason to be rude. You think I'm failing to read something properly, maybe quote it for me instead of making vague claims about it that don't appear to have back up from facts - I don't see the word "incompetent" nor any of its synonyms anywhere in the OP, nor anything that supports your...

No, and no. "whatever they want" is to play some D&D, and yeah, they get XP for doing it. That doesn't mean every campaign is or has to be any particular way. Also, it's still not clear to me why you quoted me mentioning it seemed like you have too much experience with players that don't mesh...

Who said they were?

It sounds like you've been DMing for too many players that don't mesh with your style. I say that because you are coming off as believing that the players not taking the hooks you've planned out is a personal disrespect to you and your efforts as a DM... where I, and possibly many other DMs...

As iserith has pointed out, milestone XP is more like "1200 XP each for killing that dragon, and another 1000 XP each because you had a reason for doing it" than it is "you only get XP for events I've pre-determined." And as such, I love to use it because it makes my players want to set clear...

That's not a rule - that's a vague suggestion. Which is why I credited 5th edition with making that particular thing a rule.

Look at threads started by other people; the ones that actually go somewhere useful is because their first post - the one that sets the tone for the entire thread for everyone reading it, especially those people that assume "They hit the post button, so they must have included everything they...

You really don't see how those two details are at odds, do you? Your message could have been crystal clear in the title of the thread, and if not there, then definitely in your first post in the thread - which was not the case this time around. I think it seems like there are significant enough...