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thank you for clarifying that so I don't have to argue with you anymore. I simply disagree with you. Good luck in your games.

not if the powerlevel trivializes the lower level PC's. In 1E levels weren't a good indication of power level.They were simply markers for each PC. Thus your paladin and Your Mage would be lower level than the rogue and the Warrior but they'd all play together just fine. As long as it works...

generally the fudging I've seen with DM's has possibly messed up the encounter, or just had a stupidly long string of ridiculous rolls, and I don't want to break thier game, kill the player etc. I think you are in general talking about handwaiving of trivial things which is not the same as...

It may be that 2e has more supplements. I don't remember them being particularly problematic for most games Like a lot of the 3.0 supplements. Maybe I"m wrong but 2e seemed to be a lot more tightly monitored, controlled and had better quality stuff released. It wasn't perfect but all the...

that's fine for a one off module. It gets really freaking old in a long ongoing game. Even for me when I'm DM'ing.

nah downtime is when the railroad stations get built. I also find it creates great starting points for the next games after those characters retire.

that's true but even people who aren't nuisances get frustrated and fights occur when they buy rule books and are then told they can't use the new "flavor of the month" prestige class, race etc. The lack of control over what they released and how it interacted with the game. (to be fair...

see I don't agree the base game was badly designed. I'd argue the lack of control in the splat books and supplements just destroyed the core design. If you are very picky about which supplements you used 3.0 isn't a bad game. If you just use everything it's a freaking swamp.

the biggest problem with 3.0 was that the players found cool stuff in splat books that DM's refused to allow and then all hell broke loose. I had 2 groups, and one longtime player during the 3.0 years almost melt down over my refusal to allow things that jsut didn't fit the game or in one...

i suspect the fact that they haven't finished might mean they are discovering that there is no easy way to keep the crunch, balance it and keep the players. A lot of the "fun" stuff in crunchy games is the stuff that is unpredictable and in some scenarios overpowered. PF2e got the balance but...

I much prefer the no interpersonal skills on the character sheet and let the GM and players role play it out. Games just flow more naturally from what players say and do when the system is like that. I do miss my old TMNT/Rifts Group.

I think the problem usually occurs that when you've been playing D&D finding people who play the other games can be difficult. And just because you are tired of DND and want x, y or z doesn't mean anyone you play is wanting the same thing. It can be like telling people I've left twitter for...

It was also a time when they experimented with making revenue off of supplements and magazines and adventure modules which requires a lot of space and as poined ot above there were a lot of competitors for that space and large retail stores don't like inventory heavy models which was necessary...

So you are using the scientific definition of simulation to describe how to do a role playing game? Does that mean we all need supercomputrs to make our worlds and simulate out what happens with each change? Come on.....but by that definition the person making the simulation gets to decide...

Most publishers that print magazines only sell a fraction of them. In college the store I worked at got new magazines every week. They'd take the old ones (most of them) that didn't sell and throw them in the dumpster It's why the publishing industry got so excted about digital. They don't...

Well if they can't pay their bills then we get nothing.

All creatures are wired to resist change because nature change usually means pain and death. It hard coded into our DNA. Te default reaction to almost any change anywhere is no. You can hate it. but is a part of nature and the human condition.

We have a language, a dictionary that drives what words mean, and the purpose of all that is to facilitate accurate useful communication. Deciding on your own what words mean is like deciding to speak in a foreign language and expecting non-speakers of that language to understand you. You...

I just ordered a used one from half price books

Not in the US. Now if it's state court I have no Idea But federal bankruptcy the guys with the biggest loss and best lawyers usually end up getting all the money. The small guys usually get nothing