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I feel like you're reading too much in here, Umbran. I don't know what he's choosing not to respond to. And he's explicitly not gatekeeping because he's commenting here rather than replying to them, right? If it was a post along saying something as untrue as "a class and level system is...

Makes me wonder if Tom Stoppard took any inspiration from that for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. The play debuted just 8 years after The Hidden Fortress...

Meaningful work absolutely adds to psychological fulfillment for many, if not most, people. Even less-meaningful work does for a lot of people (no guess here as to %), because being productive is a positive feeling, and for many people spending time with a cooperative team helps fulfill social...

Arguably there's no LFQW in old school D&D in the first place, given the fragility of M-Us and the ease of interrupting their spells. And the way saving throws progress, and how Magic Resistance works. M-Us get absurdly powerful spells at high level, but they don't have all the other factors...

So by that light is not Aragorn Tolkien's Mary-Sue? He's certainly more perfect than Conan. Or maybe Beren, whose name Tolkien had put on his grave stone? Sorry for the digression, but writing a man you wish you could be is not what a self-insert means.

I've always seen it less about refereeing than about A) spells doing increasingly world-altering things which open up completely new tactical options and strategies at higher levels, while Fighters are often stuck just swinging their sword more times and having more HP, and B) Systems which...

Conan isn't Howard. It seems pretty straightforward. He doesn't look like Howard or talk like Howard, he doesn't have Howard's name or a background or a history similar to Howard's. A lot of authors have written heroes whom the authors wishes they could be, or be like, but that's not the same...

Appears that Bryce at Tenfootpole hasn't gotten around to it, but there are definitely some reviews which pop up with a quick Google inquiry.

He's what Howard wished he could be, but he's not a self-insert.

Had the energy and time so went back again last night (Wednesday). As an experiment (and in the hopes of inducing some actual chest soreness, which I virtually never get), I hit Smith barbell inclined bench again and did the same weights for the same sets (three, drop setting on the latter...

This version of the chart is 23 years old now! I remember when I was first reading Brunching Shuttlecocks, back in the late 90s.

Heck, I could have actually just googled it for the image.

Eh. I don't think all Heroes should be dismissed as Mary Sues or Gary Stus. Mary Sue was specifically an author self-insert by fan fiction into an existing IP/universe, making herself the center of the plot, better than and admired by all around her, and able to resolve any problem with minimal...

Agh. Typo'd WHFB when I meant WHFR - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Which used percentile skills but also d6s for some things.

Also his speed, his agility, his indomitable will, his quick thinking and quick reactions, his cunning, his preternatural senses, his charisma, his instant good judgement about when to run or to fight... He's a Hero. Or likely Superhero, in Chainmail/OD&D/AD&D terms (8th level Fighter).

I may be thinking of WHFB or Dark Future, maybe. Definitely Blood Bowl, though.

Oh, I've lost a bit of strength, for sure, on some movements. Others I'm holding basically steady. A couple of less-frequent movements that I'm still learning I've been able to add a little weight. Thanks!

I have a "Medic flow chart" T-shirt a friend designed at a veteran apparel company. Does it hurt? Y - MOTRIN N- WATER Then both lead down to - CHANGE SOCKS