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The game uses two massively difference scales to calculate skill DCs. If you are level 8, and the GM uses a medium level DC, you are attempting a 24 DC. If instead, the GM is using a simple expert DC, you are instead attempting a DC 20. If you are a player with zero ability to affect whether...

It is always thus: if your GM agrees with you what the problems are, and agrees with your proposed fixes, then you will be able to play the game you want. Otherwise, I don’t think it is very productive to respond “it is an easy fix” or “there is an optional rule”.

The facts strongly suggest you are wrong. You do not play in this style, yet you have many, many posts complaining about “bad players”. Meanwhile, many of the posters with a more “player-creative style”, @Manbearcat , @pemerton and @BookTenTiger have given multiple example of engaged players...

This is very true. My group started the Kingmaker AP, which we ended up dropping because so many elements on the DM-side were contrived that it was impossible to maintain immersion. It was also difficult to make considered decisions since you never knew whether any element would follow actual...

But where does she stand on “GIF” vs “JIF”?

I am a huge fan of 19th century authors but I still agree with your point.

This entire paragraph also works for your local library.

I think you need to be realistic about your expectations concerning this being a Golden Age of RPGs. Yes, more people are trying and playing RPGs. BUT, if you are a 30-something-plus looking for other people your age to play, a lot of them have full-time jobs, families, dating and other...

Hypocrisy is the practice of criticizing others for beliefs and actions one holds. Note that it is a particular weak criticism: the fact that a person fails to live up to their own standards doesn’t make their claim any less valid. A smoker that tells you not to smoke is being a hypocrite...

It doesn’t. Most players are able to separate what they know from what their characters believe.

I would only disagree with the point that there aren’t other outliers. The DMG discusses success at a cost in its section concerning DMing. Which kind of reinforces @pemerton ’s point: when you makes a skill roll, and you roll poorly, you might fail, or you might critically fail, or you might...

True, especially if the party’s approach to enemies is kill them all.

If I yell at people to stop being conflict-averse, will they engage in difficult discussions so I’ll stop yelling? 😀

I certainly hope that is the most common. It’s the one that I personally tend to use.

You are talking about belief. I am talking about effects. Upwards, @Chaosmancer gives the example of a 5th level cleric of Agriculture doubling agricultural production. That same person is likely purifying the food and water used in the village, and healing wounds that would be fatal in...

And ignoring that 5e, Level Up etc. all have MAGIC. Seriously, the point that you have actual gods in the setting who reward their most devout followers with magical spells is the point where “history+” becomes somewhat meaningless.

Agree 100%. In my gaming circle, in the last two months, two campaigns have fallen apart. The GM started from the premise “I really like/am knowledgeable about this RPG system and I’m enthusiastic about the campaign. Therefore, the campaign will be great!” The players duly learned the...

I sincerely doubt it. To quote @Clint_L , when I was in high school, we were a bunch of straight 14-year-old white boys playing D&D (not from Nanaimo). Nowadays? It’s lot more likely that the group will have a girl at the table, or a guy who’s out, or a friend with two dads, or a kid who was...

Hey, if you don’t want to admit that bangs looked stupid in the ‘00s, that’s on you!

Counterpoint: many movies in the ‘80s and ‘90s were pretty bad when dealing with black people, LGBTQ people and women, but they were by snd large better than the movies from the ‘40s and ‘50s. So yes, we are better at dealing with sensitive topics now than 30 years ago.