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I have no idea what you have in your games! :lol: First off, unless the enemy spellcaster is in their bed when they wake up, I would assume that some context existed before this came about. Second off, because the players "obviously failed" in making choices, it doesn't then follow that the...

Yes, well I'm still not seeing what in the quote is not the result of player choices, and what is the result of luck. Sorry, but you did say "generally having a party low on resources too early is very common". I disagree. Having a party low on resources is, IMHO and IME, only common in games...

Disagree. One can change the fluff in such a design, although that may also require changing the mechanics. Note that one always has the option with a "fluff first" design to lock in mechanics over time. This is, in fact, how many groups often played long TSR-D&D campaigns. If you make a...

Unless it is subjective, of course, such as "Any DM who I catch fudging repeatedly is not going to be my DM any longer"......or must be true such as "Any DM who has blonde hair is blonde." ;) RC

I've lived in cities; I've lived deep enough in the woods that my nearest neighbour was five miles away. I've moved to places where I knew no gamers, and had to simply create them out of the people I knew. I've lived in places where there were many gamers to choose from. In none of these...

No...I'm addressing the idea that, when the party has pushed past the breaking point, the GM either makes allowances or quickly finds himself out of a job. I can go back and get the exact quote if you like. It depends upon whether you expect the game to get you out, or if you expect you to...

They are actually in the process of an update now (playtesting has created many refinements and changes). Follow the link in my sig.

Not if the GM says, "You wake up and are hit with a type F poison," no, otherwise, I disagree that it has nothing to do with player choice. Vehemently. I think you misunderstand, somewhat, how a sandbox is intended to work. Or I do. Every player in a sandbox game is strive toward one or...

I disagree about dropping the hammer on PCs who use up their resources. I agree whole-heartedly that 3e and 4e combat take too long. RC

Not in my experience, which goes back over 30 years. In fact, my experience is exactly the opposite. The GM who pulls punches because he wants the mitigate the result of player choices will not remain a GM for long. As a point of fact, I have never wanted for players. I have had to decide...

:erm: Obviously. But, equally obviously, so does the shift in "shifty". Which is, actually, a good way to describe this part of the debate. If those terms have meaning within a general context, fine. If not, fine. If you expect to shift from one to another, as needs suit, that's shifty...

I am not at all certain that you can separate our the design question from the results of the design. But, I agree, you can do it without claiming that one way is objectively better than the other. Mechanics-first, as I noted, can be enormously freeing in terms of narration, but you cannot...

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The silver coin is old and tarnished, and you do not recognize its make. It is about five times as heavy as the silver coins you are used to, and seems to be of pure metal, as far as you can tell. The voices from the south quiet down after a bit. The sun is still hiding between grey clouds...

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This. If you don't want to keep books and watch trends, you shouldn't open a store. RC

Thanks you for that respect. My position is based upon an important rule: "Life is too short for games you're not enjoying." Unfortunately, both Pathfinder and 4e are far too combat-oriented, and take far too long to resolve the least important fights, for me to consider them as games of...

The problem here, as I see it, is that 4e is chock full of keywords that don't, apparently, mean what they mean in the dictionary. I can be "bloodied" by words, influence geniuses and programmed things to Come and Get It, push dragons or giants around, have square fireballs that avoid friendly...

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