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Most traps in uninhabited dungeons and ruins that have existed for centuries, if not millennia. (Also most traps in inhabited dungeons too. Imagine the cleaning costs every week!)

Choosing to use or wear equipment that fits means you take on the possibility of losing it due to a mishap or a rust monster.

This is completely FINE, and not unwelcome at all. I've had lots of fun as a player at a table that has more or less portrayal, sometimes in the middle of the same session (after a break, for example)!

I lean this way also. Most of this is mentioned in public or oral speaking, and it isn't necessary to be theater trained to use above with great effectiveness at the table. Take a minute or two privately to try. Listen to monologues, sermons or speeches from different people. Try recording...

I'd mention that theatrical productions of fantasy stories happen with more frequency, and most, if not nearly all, place their performance in spaces that examine or push against the romanticized elements of the original work; this goes beyond setting the time period to a less distant time...

When I read the Banneret, I thought immediately of the draft Paladin class proposed for Shadowdark. Why has the Paladin migrated away from this concept? As described, this is a character I would want to adventure with! >.<

-Family Feud meme here-

I'm behind with some of these announcements so I apologize if this was clear. Wasn't there supposed to be a recent Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game due out soon that used Cubical's C7 d6 system? Is this WHFP, but a different time period? I'm rather confused.

"Take this. A far superior relic to that old jelly you were chained too. Try it on for size. And, erm, it was... very nice to have met you...Terribly sorry, my friend... Ta." -- Volo, shortly before fleeing camp after performing eye surgery on you, Baldur's Gate 3

It's popped up several times now; when people mention this film I immediately go to the one long take w/ main cast through the building.

I'm currently rewatching the Arcane series right now; still in the first season, but it is a struggle compared to the first time. It's an animation, yet I am not in the mood. I feel in this post you recognize a current state you may be in; this is a good thing. If you feel like you have a...

Having only looked at rule set briefly, I think so? From PbtA's that I've read, I tend to like distinct, evocative playbooks that I can look at once, make one or two decisions and say, yes, let's play. Distinct, yes. I'd like to know more about what their stakes are against each other. At...

2001 (& 2010 on coat tails): ...I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. (chilling) Arrival: I liked the creativity and cinematography decisions that went into the communication scenes. Aliens: Remember the sentry guns scenes? I still do. Back to the Future: Watched many times; the only bit...

The three or four options kindly mentioned by others above are viable choices, and they've made cogent arguments for each. You may have to weigh more intangible factors like how easy a character in your head fits vs. say, how interesting it is your character pushes against particular aspects of...

One thing I wanted to add with V:tM's surge in popularity apart from Rice's fans/readership; this wave was transpiring everywhere. There were BBS/IRC channels with over a hundred players were role playing vampires/supernatural characters online. LARP story games had a big influence, especially...

I enjoyed reading this perspective, although I felt at instances a little too much is made of the cage set up around combat in D&D. It's set up, you can always take it down. What prevents you (or your table) from doing so? Another thought that came to mind is that having awareness of what...

This is Belonging Outside Belonging's (Dream Askew/Apart, Wanderhome, and so on) rule set. All your Moves and Strong Moves featured in a character's Playbook require you to spend a token. To gain a token, you submit to a Weak Move. You begin with zero.

Reasons to multiclass: It sounds fun. You want to optimize. It fits a predetermined concept you had of your character. Something occurs that you did not foresee in the adventure/campaign, that provides a basis to multiclass. e.g. You are a Fighter, but you perish in combat; before you roll up a...

A... trauma patch, if you will.

Since Titania was mentioned as a cultural touchstone, worth mentioning the disorder Titania explicitly notes in A Midsummers' Night Dream that arises as a result of their dispute between her and Oberon. It causes all manners of horrible weather, which negatively affects the natural world and...