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You're not overthinking; you're making sense. This is why Modos 2 doesn't have an Intimidate skill. Persuade is for changing minds about facts, and Deceive is for changing minds about falsehoods. While on the subject . . . persuade and deceive work only against intelligent creatures. You...

I think you mean pessimistic. To the extent that anything has meaning.

Guessing you meant "social skill checks" above, because "I want to use my skill to hop over the fence," isn't usually followed by, "okay, you think you hopped over the fence." Except, that's not what most skill checks do (that I've seen, anyway). A skill check, in D&D, is a success/failure...

Covers don't count. And Pandora makes sure I hear it on a daily basis.

Speak for yourself. I want good creatures in the game because I'm an equal-opportunity killer. And the bounties on evil creatures tend to have much more competition than those on good creatures.

So you think it's fine for a vampire to persuade a PC to be friends with her, but it's a bridge too far to get a PC to hand over his favorite magic item? Because handing over his life to the vampire is less valuable? There's not much I can say to that. I do this somewhat frequently. "The...

I can think of a couple competitors. Heck, an entire class of people comes to mind . . . Well, there's the old-fashioned way, as a statement of, "hey, don't run away from your masters or commit robbery." Being such a simple symbol, it could be used for just about anything. Anything starting...

Thanks for going outside your comfort zone for us! Be careful though - I heard the Great GURP rumble when you said a game without fluff isn't a game.

So I'm the only one who hasn't heard the term "zero day" before? I've heard of patient zero, but I think that's different. This Netflix show needs George Clooney in it.

At the D&D table. In some games, a player decides that she damages an NPC, and the dice say, "no, you didn't. " In others, the dice say "okay, but not very well." No, you don't cut a player. But you do threaten, bribe, mislead, and reward a player. As I said earlier, player and character...

Interesting distinction here. The player is in charge of making the choices (persuading someone) while the dice are in charge of deciding quality (as though the character had a silver tongue). So what happens when the player makes a choice about quality? Or what if a quality decision of the...

You'll probably encounter a good amount of gear-grinding because of action-type differences. Opportunity attacks are no longer a science in 5e. And there are probably broad-stroke differences in attack and damage bonuses, but those are just tinkering issues. So converting all the rules would...

Magic or spellcasting? It looks to me that stripping them of magic is full-on hamstringing them; stripping only spellcasting is close. I support the "take rogue" suggestions above because the ranger is just broken. Look at the signature Hunter's Mark ability: "You magically mark one creature...

Agreed, but that kind of thinking could open the floodgates. I rue the day that one of my PCs says, "I want my next character to be a bullywug with a walrus mount. Anything can be a mount, right?" AKA the Grin and Bear It Lodge?

You'd have to break more than rules. At least two things come to mind about riding bears: Bears are much more capable (and probably willing) to roll on the ground than horses. Which would be helpful for removing annoying riders. Failing some rolling, I've also seen bears rub their backs...

Bonnie Gordon: "If we could take (PCs working together for a common goal) and put it into real-world thinking, how much brighter and happier this place would be." I'd add to that the example of Stranger Things, which was referenced earlier in the article: more bike riding.

I don't think your friend will be encouraged to DM, knowing that a starter adventure takes more than one session, two types of online software, and advice from an online forum. I think the soviet is on the right track.

Sure, you're entitled to a stand-alone skill called "intimidate." But then I'm entitled to a Swimming and a Running skill, instead of "Athletics". . . A combined "persuade" skill should be used for talking someone down from the ledge. Whether the target is fearful, confused, or flattered...

They're just victims of the in-house drive-by. I smell hyperbole. That being said, intimidate is persuasion, and should be included in that skill. I blame Acquisitions Incorporated. And/or the 5e WotC staff that carried over from 3e, some setting the tone from the top. Old habits die hard...

Didn't notice if anyone else mentioned this, but MMORPGs are a great source of adventures: Talk to quest-giver. Go to far-away place. Kill monster or get item. Return to quest-giver. Collect reward. Millions of Morpgee players can't be wrong! But they might suggest that you switch to D&D...