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Yes, I agree.

Well put. I'd also add that it's important for a game system's "risk of sudden death" to be balanced with the game system's "ease of making a new character".

Here's what I see as the yin-and-yang of publisher-driven metaplots. (a) Short-term, it increases sales as some number of people are completist and buy everything related to a certain campaign setting. (b) Long-term it fragments the player community because some people are not completist and...

This is the only one I'd object to. It was made clear in 1E that NPC's would not want to be polymorphed -- remember, there was a system shock roll, about 50% chance for instant death in either direction of the polymorph. If you put it in 3E terms, a chance of losing their mind would be just as bad.

Other: Nothing.

Sounds good at first blush... but truthfully that's passive-aggressive, and the reality will be having a miffed, silent player at the table while the other players uncomfortably try to go on with the game. Yuck. What you really need is a direct, honest statement: "You need to come up with a...

(Re: RC's last post) And there was much rejoicing. :)

IMO, that's exacerbating the flavor-error. I would prefer a fix to the problem you identify (and I agree with), such as (a) reduce clerical healing, or (b) make a reason why clerical healing only works within hours of a "fresh" injury (first-aid), or (c) get rid of clerics entirely (as I did in...

LOL. Now that's good D&D. :)

I wouldn't call it a "line" but I've seen it be stinky. It needs to be made clear that all players have a responsibility for coming up with a reason for why their PC is working together on this team. My last playgroup had to practice for a while before that became evident, and they became...

Big, big legal debate on that: H. P. Lovecraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Okay, fundamentally that's what's done in my "Diminutive d20" (link below -- really just using UA's Generic Classes which does the same). The only spellcaster is the Wizard using spontaneous casting. For flavor issues I would like more frequent "re-studying" via a spellbook, maybe be able to...

Hmmm. And here I thought the thread had gotten noticably more civil over the last two days. Whatever. MR, thanks for the reply, later.

Yeah, I honestly don't see any difference in the way you describe those two cases. To me, they both look narrative. And so it goes.

It's funny, because to me, gamism might be associated with "anti-narrativism", and therefore I'd prefer the former. But to other people gamism might be associated with "anti-simulationism", and therefore they'd prefer the latter.

Not so. 1E DMG p. 82: Each hit scored causes some amount of actual physical harm. Possibly only a small amount. That's the key thing about hit points that has apparently changed from 1E -> 4E.

How 'bout the Wilhelm scream: Wilhelm scream - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sounds like you didn't read the article. Here are some other options: - Public education - Progressive taxation - Minimum wage legislation - Subsidization of "essential" goods and services such as food, healthcare, education, and housing. Again I recommend you read the article: Economic...

There is very well-established research that high rates of economic inequality have direct effects on lessening social cohesion, higher homicide rates, and reduced public health. I recommend you read up on it here: Economic inequality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well, the discussion back in posts #151-153 was about hit points, so when you mentioned "that essay in the 1e DMG" you made it look that way. Precisely. That is categorically not "don't think about it".