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I am confused by your definition of abstract is. No one has hit points and they are definitely abstract descriptions of how a character absorbs damage. If I swing a sword at someone and do 1d8+ whatever modifiers of damage that does not translate to literal damage. If that total is 13 it's...

Honestly, the way it was used in one particular thread is probably why it irritated me. Like I said in my original post, it normally doesn't bother me.

RPGs and their mechanics are usuall,y meant to be absractionsand character sheets are meant to be a I view this as a duty of the DM; not allowing the character to use an attribute to justify their character doing what ever they want. If in a more modern game a player said "My character has a...

Your post was one of the posts I read this morning but it wasn't the one that annoyed me, it was in an older discussion I was reading and didn't participate in so no worries. Don't forget, I even said I was a grumpy old man :LOL: . I will be turning 57 next month and started playing with the...

I was reading various threads today and the word "grognard" came up a couple of times and, for some reason, the last time I saw it it really grated on my nerves even though it never had before. I am aware of the origins of the word, from Napoleon's Old Guard to today's usage in gaming, which...

If your DM showed up that infrequently and the rest of you didn't just start a new game without him you are far more tolerant than I would have been.

I never understood the hatred of THAC0. Granted, it's been years since I played 2E but my memory of it was that it wasn't hard to use. Has it been replaced by an "easier" system in newer editions? Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but the level of difficulty behind THAC0 was pretty...

I am currently a player in a Pathfinder 1E campaign and we just started so the honest answer is I don't know, but since it's a pre-published adventure the odds are good there is a BBEG. The last campaign I ran, a Savage Worlds Plot Point adventure, had one. When I create my own adventures...

I don't play PF2 but was an avid PF1 GM (and still occasionally am a player) so maybe my unfamiliarity with PF2 makes this confusing but I don't get it. Don't the subclasses still end up different from the main class, effectively making them their own class with some overlap? Is it the overlap...

Cheers, The Good Place, The Sopranos, M.A.S.H., Babylon 5 & Star Trek: The Next Generation

I've carried around a copy of Starfleet Battles for decades and can't remember the last time I played it. I loved the game though.

I've downsized before and over time bought more games although I am not near where I once was. If the target is four games I would miss it by one but I would keep: Pathfinder 1E - I no longer run the game but one of my players picked up the GM duties and I am still the go-to rules guy so I...

"Probably should" and "can" only require a business plan if you are starting a business. It doesn't ever seem that @bmfrosty was trying to start a business based on the original post.

No, but they do have a bearing on what @Moonmover thinks about the various settings. Maybe I shouldn't speak for someone else but I didn't read anything in the post you replied to about the history of TSR or their financial troubles, all I saw was a player's opinion on how much fun it was...

Crap, We're going to die (had to call it a night in the middle of a fight that we probably shouldn't have gotten into)

If that's the case then there is a communication breakdown somewhere because I am pretty sure (although I admit to not going back through the thread to find quotes) pacing was specifically mentioned as a problem but if you don't think that's what's causing the problem then that's fine. My...

Obviously, your experiences are your own (and I may have mentioned this similar point earlier) but I don't think laying the blame on slow DM pacing is fair. I can't think of a campaign that I stopped playing in or that just fell apart that had anything to do with DM pacing, it's always been due...

Well, everyone's got an opinion...

Well, I wasn't raised on them (too old) but am old enough that I have enough disposable income to spend on stuff I find interesting, as is the majority of my gaming group, even if I don't use it. I don't play 5E but I would buy a new Greyhawk setting just to read it because I have fond memories...

I certainly agree here. Once people reach a certain age some distractions are less likely to occur.