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Check out Fragged Empire. Mid-crunch system where all characters are defined with primary (non-combat), vehicle combat and personal combat skills which means that you cannot specialize completely out of non-combat usefulness.

Meta-gaming is a form of cheating, typically accomplished by means of improbable character narration. I fail to see the point of the OP.

Grappler already won thiz.

I have played in a pay-to-play campaign. But the amount of money would hardly allow the DM to drop his day job.

They have created a problem. Good! Now let them figure out how to solve it. Dont tip them off. Dont force information down their throats. That is just rail roading.

A level 7 hunan hunter ranger custume is one obvious candidate

There is probably a significant regional variation. Around here Numenera didnt even make it to nerd stores. The only way to get a physical copy is private import.

There is no guarantee you will wake up from anesthetics either. Hence the analogy holds, provided the group genuinely believes they can resurrect and that they genuinely do not believe they can get their friend out in the vegetative state. Motives are important. Also: he doesnt "end up" dead...

Surgeons today in the real world can keep a patient sedated in such a way that his breathing is shut off. They can even stop his hearth and keep him on entirely artificial life support until then. Mercy kill->gentle repose->resurrection is just the fantasy equivalent. Yes, things can go wrong...

Have the mind flayers grapple the warlock then :)

Slightly off-topic here, but in 5e there is actually nothing wrong with a strong wizard. Bashing in skulls is a perfectly viable option compared to spamming cantrips. Ofc, you need to adjust and plan your character to support such a concept but it is quite doable. On topic: I think it is...

1) Well, in MMO's you only level in the beginning. The majority of the time you spend in the game is spent at max level where gear is your only way of progress. 2) I was thinking more about the dungeons being detailed in the rules. Here are the rules for your RPG and here are the ten defined...

Not for me. I never felt tinkering with rules or making rulings to be a particularly fun part of the roleplaying experience, so for me the less rulings the rules need and the more they can "just work" the better they are. But: I fully realize that I am in a tiny minority here.

That can be discussed. 5e is WILDLY popular. The desire for clear and precise rules that you and I share is apparently not particularly widespread.

And just like gumeshoe the Cypher system has gained very little following despite being well supported with gorgeous products and well-known writers. Numenera made a minor splash when it arrived but the Strange went into the water like a professional diver: without a ripple... I think that for...

One question: What level was your party? Just looking at the Elder Brain + Adult Blue Dragon(?) encounter I can't really figure out how the blue one-shotted a ranger that was even close to a relevant level for this encounter.

I don't think the problem is the TPK, I think the problem is "giving them hint" and resurrecting them with some larger than life NPC. The last problem will be further aggravated when they found out that you were just pulling their leg. If the player characters die: Just. Let. Them. Die. It is...

Oh, one more. 5) Aggro mechanics. You can't really get the old school MMO experience or implement the holy trinity without a solid aggro mechanic.

I agree that it is a great idea. I don't think the healing surge it a particularily good example however. The healing surge is quite unique as a healing limitation since it is attached to the recipient of the healing as opposed to the healer. Some things I would like to see explored in the...

Out of curiosity, what MMO has healing surges?