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I'd even go as far as saying most people would consider over emphasis, or constant worrying, about those things are actively detrimental to their enjoyment of the game.

I want you to know I will be reporting you for that and hope you get PERMABANNED!!!!

What if the PCs (either intentionally or accidentally) kill all the orcs? Do you have an alternate plan to get them the info they need to proceed with the planned story arc?

That's fine. But how do you define "combat balance"? There are so many moving parts. So many unknowable variables. So many aspects of play that change, or have differing degrees of weight, based on how the game is being played. And the preferences of those playing it. That's why, to me at least...

Given that's your personal take on how combat "is", and you want people to take their action in a blind bubble, that's fine. Do your thing. You aren't actually doing that "thing", though (because you never can--that is virtually impossible on any practical level). Which is why I find it odd you...

Thanks. Disappointed not even a half-hearted effort to define "balance" first. But not surprising, either. Its something easy to demand, but impossible to actually define. Oh well. Ignore works both ways, thankfully.

Looks like shidaku underhandedly quoted me, then immediately put me on ignore, so I am unable to see what they said. Low behavior, if you ask me. Shame on them. If whatever was said is inappropriate, I'd appreciate if someone would report it. Since I cannot. Thanks.

Hold up. So now you are agreeing with my original post. That practical table "balance" is achieved via spotlight management. Good for you, getting on board. Awesome.

Yeah. I tend to smell out strawmen rather quickly. You should probably start by defining what exactly you mean by "balance", first. If you are going to trot out a personal metric with which to size people up. Good luck with that. ...he says on a 5e specific forum, in a thread tagged with...

First, you have a huge "IF" there. I caught that. Besides that, not only is what you say unproveable, but absurd. Unless you are saying a player, who wants to focus on whooping bad guys is instead being told to be great at scouting. But that's not a balance issue, either. More baseless...

Or, "balance" is a spoon. And there is no spoon. What if the only real "balance" that really matters is in spotlight time? Then, all of this handwringing over making sure rests are fair to different classes can fall away as inconsequential. IMO, one way is too treat the symptoms. But another...

"Roll Every Round" has pros and cons. But I think cyclical has a certain kind of "fairness" I don't think has been addressed yet. Let's say we have six "entities" in a battle, with the following initiatives: 21 - Elf Archer 18 - Halfling Rogue 15 - (3) Hobgoblins 12 - Human Cleric 11 - (8)...

This. And pretty much only this, really. When it all boils down.

I don't say this very often at all, but, I think you may be doing it wrong. What I mean is, I believe you still are missing the whole intent of what a DM's job really is. I get that you say you are a DM. But you've repeatedly admitted to being lazy about your role and expecting the writers to...

I'm not disagreeing that your narrative preferences inform your opinion. I even get where you are coming from. I just wanted to point out that, millions of people around the world today take a one-hour lunch brake during their work day. And so many of them do far less strenuous, tense...

No, what? What are you telling me I know? From where I'm sitting, this flies in the face of all evidence. I'm genuinely shocked to hear you make such a claim, given your posting history. Heck, you've got quite a thread going on right now where you rail once more against the very heart of the...

One of the DMs I play with has been doing this for a while now. It gets regulated at the table a bit more rigidly than I feel is necessary in some instances, but it works okay.

I'm starting to get the impression you don't feel the DMG does this...

Give a man a fish...

My comment wasn't addressing resting specifically at that point. But rather the modern need, by some, to have everything spelled out for you and handed to you. See robus' last post about learning guitar.