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I've seen this complaint about "combat death spirals" for years because they incapacitate a PC leaving the player with nothing to do while everyone else is playing. But that's exactly how combat injuries work - they harm, maim, incapacitate and kill. Best way to avoid the "spiral"? Avoid...

Depends on the system. D&D & most of its clones is 1d4 damage for daggers and a 1HD normie would never survive 10-30 stabs. Ever. Even with Death Saves. Once the ongoing stab damage pushes hit points to -maximum HP (-8 in this case), game over...

I thought this recent article by Monte Cook was relevant https://montecook.substack.com/p/using-rules-to-define-genre

I'd define your "Fringe" as "casual". Mainly because you don't actually play ttrpgs

Always. Otherwise you end up in a situation where you're playing a D&D Barbarian and thinking Conan the Barbarian, but the gameplay feels more like Order of the Stick :rolleyes: If I'm aiming for 'Sword & Sorcery', I'd use The Riddle of Steel or GURPS Conan in order to have a lethal game...

Great insight. Don't they call that Argumentum Verbosum or something?

There's a lot of "whirlpools in your waves": Conan was long identified as Sword & Sorcery, but his stories also included Horror and were also considered 'dark, grim & gritty' by many literary scholars (and fans). Adventure Fantasy & Epic Fantasy run right into each other with LotR. Your list...

The link is literally from the FR site. Sometimes the supernatural beings "travel", like how Asmodeus is in Greyhawk, the Realms and Golarion.

Sometimes finding new people is the best solution IME. But, I get that it isn't easy finding them. I used Meet-Ups and lurked Facebook to find new groups. Playing online (VTT or play-by-post) is another possibility, as well.

But can you prove VISA & MC are SPECIFICALLY TARGETING the Queer content creators? I'm no lawyer but doing so would be extremely difficult - and equally expensive in court.

Having been in more than my share of street fights and done a little amateur boxing, nope. Evading attacks is far easier and far less taxing physically than actually throwing punches, grappling & kicking. Actually, wearing armor affects your overall speed and coordination, so yeah, if "realism"...

How did we forget The Shining One? He's one of the setting's major deities. https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Pelor

We can have rational discussion IF we choose to. If we agree on what terms mean and express our ideas as clearly as we can.

Well. If you're not having fun, there's also a chance your playstyle preferences don't match what the game or group delivers. It 'aint always the system. I've been there, especially regarding "sunk-cost" (PF ... M&M ... SR ...)

And D&D, which IME is more about roleplaying superheroes than adventurers.

I usually roleplay above-average charisma as the character being amicable, in most games that have the trait. Roleplaying high INT but low WIS usually presents as a character who lacks the insight to get the most out of being smart (the MCU's Iron Man comes to mind). I haven't played SW enough...

1. You can play the game however you like 2. If your rule changes significantly alter how the game plays, you're probably playing the wrong game