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Meh, the stats are self-balancing. If a stat is less useful less characters will prioritize it giving this that do rarity value and niche utility.

“munchkin”

Its not about the hooks its about whether you can spit the hook out .

Id cautiously err on the side of unfantasticalness. Once play is underway, id much rather turn up the fantastical dial than turn it down.

I will happily hoist the black flag and pirate any AI created content. No human creator: no copyright harm done.

yes a thing now is like a past thing because. checkmate, luddites !

FR65 Elminster scrapes the barrel

Lizardfolk etc live in far off hot places Gimmick - ive not used the right word - all those pointless ones that are just orcs with a twist, so they might as well just be an orc clan with a special cultural feature.

easier to tell you what im not having: dragonborn, tieflings, drow, 1/2-species, nonmammalian humanoids in temperate climes, gimmick humanoids.

humans, gibberlings and qullans you know i am right

but in most rpgs the opponents skill level and the referee and the screams of the crowd are determined by the GM. Hell the whole thjng may be an illusion or a scam. Are these things part of the “rules” and if so isnt player certainty incompatible with exploration? Is player agency “i want to...

Random Thoughts My hunch is your definition of agency is Narritivist and doesnt work for other agendas. Afficionados of sandboxes will describe their preference in terms of “player agency”. If not actually agency that a sandbix gives what is it? By rules Do you mean mechanics or the whole...

Yeah a Campaign is one of them gygaxian mileu type things. to the OP: how would you describe the difference between a (D&Dish) “railroad” and “sandbox”?

Rings Of Power. No point in chucking good money after bad.

Conclusion: you are no.2 pretending to be no.1 to fashion a gotcha. Goodbye forever.

Ez Is you one of them there newfangled indy narratavistical types decrying the amount of DM control in D&Dish games even in those selflabelling as “sandbox”? Or is you some grumpy trad illusiionist sore at the sandboxers being mean about your shiny railroad ?

There is “no difference” between a buffet, a menu, and a set menu. All rely on a chef deciding what to cook. (note, some games are more like a potluck. Or a bbq where evryone brings food, but one person is the designated griller)

metric, im not a barbarian

Im gonna run module N5 next, but change the village name to “Creedence”.

If you have more than 6.5 megadoodahs of player agency you are in a sandbox and if it drops below 3,7 you are on a railroad.