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I have nothing to add, just wanted to say how beautiful it was to read that @Whizbang Dustyboots offered the perfect concrete explanation and @Morrus followed seamless with the perfect "meta" explanation. It was a joy to read!

Ok I have one last question, because you liked the comment where it was stated that The Great Gatsby is one of the best novels of all time and it is short. Do you think The Great Gatsby would've been even better if Fitzgerald would've bloated the novel to 800 pages? Or just never trimmed it...

Even if @Parmandur will suffer, I really hope that the trend for fantasy books to become longer and longer will stop and reverse at some time. Most of them are just too long. They think they are Tolkien or Martin, but they are not and its just a slog to read them. GoT is one of the rare...

I think the comparison doesn't work completely for me, because I enjoy music in a very different way than written content. I want to say though, that most pop music is short and shallow, something I did put in my ranking below long and deep. But ok I get it, you want length no matter what. Its...

And they make those 1000 page tomes much more enjoyable because you only have the weight of your e-reader!

I cannot imagine such a life. You must be blessed to never be confronted with persons - writers or not - who are babbling on and on without getting to a point. But a long book doesnt need to justify its lenght? Could I write a 3000 page Twilight fan fiction and you would love it? Agreed, its a...

I know that is what you said, I was disagreeing with it :D my ranking is Short/Deep (Elegant in quality, Elevating/Inspiring as effect on me) - typical 4.5-5 star book for me>> Long/Deep (Richness in quality, Immersive as effect on me) - typical 4-5 star book for me >> Short/Shallow (Simplicity...

delightful its not the term I would use haha. I just hate thick books that don't have much too say, its a waste of time. Delightful is for me when a book is a dense snack. Deep in content, shallow in page number. A rare sight to see, but whenever I got one I feel I have found a white whale.

That person doesn't know the movies where that trope was made famous.

These anachronisms are also my only criticsm for the book which moved it from 5 to 4.5 stars. I will also never forget the rich people complain about their yachting crews at the ball. But maybe the empire is supposed to be more modern? The author was specialised in historical fiction before this...

Yes, thats the one. Almost all characters come back and its bit like "what becomes of humans when they were already so soulless and cynical as teenagers" It has a bit more of a plot though, Less Than Zero was more like a collection of scenes to showcase the apathy and ignorance of the...

No please not. Let damage dealing go, spell casters don't need to be better at martials in everything. Spell effects should be interesting in other ways IMO. But remove boring control spells effects like strong save-or-suck-effects.

But these are not the problem community members they were talking about who are negative only, without constructive criticsm. The haters. Yes, toxic positivity can be a problem too, but the constant negatives in many communities is the main issue that was adressed here. See every fan subreddit...

I always play some different new type mechanic-wise, but most of them are on the dumber side. And I prefer martials over casters. Its hard to pick a favorite. I had a dumb drunken master monk in 5e which was a lot of fun. I originally played him like the dumbness and drunkness was fake to make...

That was a bleak one, needed a palate cleanser after that. The sequel is a bit more "sophisticated", but still very uncomfortable to read.

The irony of that. Thanks for the knowledge drop! But that makes it even more bizarre to use in RPG context.

I am really interested in your reports from your table! I once already considered something like the escalation die from 13th age for my game, but didn't follow up and your homebrew is more well-thought out. In general I like the idea of rewarding pushing forward instead of punishing early and...

yes, posting and reflection also really helps. Thats why I enjoy this thread here too! I also track and post on storygraph but I am considering going away from that and having a analogue book journal only for reflection (and this thread here ofc).

pssst don't summon it! On the other hand - a medicine check to recover luck - would that be the D&D-equivalent of a placebo?

Interestingly enough medicine is far from the least useful skills at my table. I think it is too common in my games to investigate someone wounded or sick. But almost even more I use it for examing corpses. What killed that NPC is such a common open question in my game, I let my players...