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"A typical potion consists of 1 ounce of liquid in a vial." The entry on the equipment list presumably includes the container, as well as a significant amount of rounding.

I don't really get the realism argument. Assuming a six second round, with lots of circling around and casting spells and such... how long does it really take to gulp down a potion? I know characters in movies do it in a pitched melee.

Arguably, using an accessible potion should have been an Interaction in the first place.

Well, it is kind of a white room thing. The designers assumed more exploring, and more pressure by the GM. But the typical playstyle turned out to be tactical puzzle-solving. The DMG has given (fairly accurate) estimates of what encounters will make the game run as intended. And many, if not...

I usually only make major encounters hard. It's okay for things to be a bit swingy, when the PCs know the fate of the kingdom/universe/ etc. is at stake. Conversely, for normal encounters, they might use less resources, use ambush tactics. etc.

The game plays better if the DM is ready for the boss to go down quickly sometimes, and if the players are sometimes attacked when they haven't had a chance to rest.

GURPS Lite comes in at 32 pages.

Fate Core is a 310 page rulebook. The rules are challenging to teach to new players, investing new player options is difficult, and the rules aren't something I retain in my head at all times. Just because Fate doesn't have a lot of crunchy little bits does not make it simple. It requires...

I would rate Pathfinder 2e is more complex. I would rate GURPS as less complex than 5e.

Aside from the ones in your OP, Trinity Continuum, Fate.

I think sometime in the 2010s, complexity stopping being a pendulum. We are in a state of permanent diversity.

Focus on positive feedback. If they ask you a direct question about some of their rules, just be honest.

It's a better revision of 2014 than 2024 is, IMO, but nothing too radical. For me the weird part is that it appeared in the midst of the OGL Kerfuffle, but they have only released a limited SRD under various licenses. Not the whole books. This is in contrast to, say, Paizo, who continues to...

I resigned from the official licensees program.

Princess Leia's hair style was inspired in part by a hairstyle seen in photographs of some of Mexico's revolutionary women. The Rebellion is multi-planetary and multi-racial; the Empire is human-centric with other friendlies in subordinate roles. The Rebellion embraces Jedi spirituality, an...

I think when people watch Star Wars, they do often miss that it's critical of American Imperialism. There really was a point where the duly elected leader of the Republic created the first Grand Army of the Republic to crush a rebellion. That leader was Abraham Lincoln. It's a kid series but it...

I didn't like the Thrawn novels. Mara Jade was okay but I didn't like her storylines. The Yuzhan Vong were Star Trek villains that accidentally wandered into the Star Wars galaxy. I didn't like Rodians getting the Planet of Hats treatment. I was actually pretty happy with the EU being jettisoned.

A lot of people think of Star Wars as a "Planet of Hats" setting, but if you look at the main sources, members of species have all sorts of various professions.

So basically, if you were a rogue, the best options were a rapier, or a more rapier-y rapier. That's part of what threw me into this chain of thought. I previously envisioned rogues using mostly short swords, or depending on the edition, maybe a long sword, or maybe they have a variant trait...

Then demonstrate it. You claimed they were used in battle all the time, and then for your example gave a musket unit from near the end of the rapier's life. I didn't make you say any of that. If by demonstrably false, you mean, definitely true. Look, we're all trying to have a good time here...