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Why is it that we are told GMs will only ever make decisions in the best interests of the game, but if you give players even an inch they will attempt to climb rainbows and persuade the King to give them his kingdom?

I think that 'Resists drinking alcohol out of a religious belief' is a much more interesting trait, and allows the system to determine when that works or doesn't. 'Will not drink alcohol out of a religious belief' is just a stonewall. The PCs threaten to abandon their meeting if he won't...

Isn't this quite punitive on fighters and barbarians? They gain from the Intimidation thing but they have to spend two extra skill slots to stay where they are, and other characters can buy a skill that gives them half proficiency in one of their main saves. This would need to be paired with...

I would also want to keep the classic 6 for reasons of nostalgia and tradition. I guess the trick then is finding ways to even up the value of each stat for different characters. INT could become the initiative stat Death saves could become a WIS check (willpower) Not sure for CHA. It could...

And the name of that new player? E Gary Gygax.

I killed Moley the Moleman! I was running a fantasy game. Moley the Moleman was one of the first of a new race themed around the Earth element. He wasn't called Moley, the group named him and really took to him when they met him. He was part of a small attacking force that was being sent to...

Dude, no he isn't, this is his schtick

I think for sure if the ninja special skills thing was the intent, it was not communicated well and got lost in translation as the game took off. Almost everyone understood thief skills to be fairly mundane.

Wait, you literally set aside time at the weekend to run an appeals court for players to contest your rulings?

? That's all I do. 'Yes Mr Player sir, thank you, I'll be quiet now'. They'd hit me otherwise. Are you saying that's not typical? 😏

My recollection from Old Geezer's posts on rpgnet many years ago was that the thief % abilities were intended to be basically ninja stunts above and beyond what regular people could do. So, anyone can hide if there's something to hide behind. No roll required. But a thief has a chance to stay...

? I'm not asking for your advice.

You're talking about marketing by the publishers. I think the comments were directed at fans advocating for those games here. I think it is difficult here to enthuse about different games or techniques without getting responses along the lines of 'D&D already does that' and getting drawn into a...

Even disregarding 4e, this varies considerably between D&D editions. TSR editions are very different to WotC editions for a start.

If they don't, why are they desperate for the stats for them?

The Burning Wheel genre, and Torchbearer specifically

I take it you also have rules for sleeping, pooing, weapon sharpening, etc?

Character classes I get because each one is a big wodge of rules text. But really, GMs were unable to make up stats for gold dragons without a published text? It's impossible to just use red dragon stats and change a couple things?

In Other Worlds they do explicitly have the ability to add elements to the gameworld - eg if they are an elf, they get to make up stuff about elven culture and history, etc. It's specifically a group worldbuilding type game. But when I run other games they do not. I think your perception that...

? Which games do you think do not allow this? Mine certainly allows it.