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Sure, you can narrate it that way, I have no problem with that. I generally have no problem with hit points while they stay above 0 (in D&D terms), and using them as a general indicator of fighting readiness and endurance, with hit point "damage" being exertion, minor trauma, and cuts and...

I do agree with @Crimson Longinus (!) that it’s difficult to reconcile “this trauma will cause you to bleed out and die in the next 18-30 seconds”, which is what the death save system basically requires you to narrate, with “the damage you took will not inconvenience you in any way after a 6...

For D&D, I’ve gone full LitRPG. Hit points are explicitly supernatural resilience, that people are aware of and talk about. Not the actual numbers, but a general sense of magnitude. No one is surprised to see a 5th level character heal up from multiple stab wounds after some rest.

It's just meat points, all the way down. Once you get through a PC's meat, it's just more meat.

It’s a B/X derivative with several of its own classes (Enchanter, Friar, Bard, Hunter, Knight) as well as almost entirely new races, including cat fae, mushroom people, and bat people who love music and arson. It’s also woven tightly around a very specific setting that’s sort of a fairy...

I mean, the definition of "metacurrency" is rooted in the distinction between a game element being "only mechanical" versus having a diegetic presence (which is to say, the element exists within the fiction.) Whether or not that's important is, of course, up to you as an individual; but the...

Since potions and scrolls have a diegetic reality, I would say they are the opposite of a metacurrency.

I read a theory on Reddit that with his weird focus on anguish magic, Astalor might actually be Sire Denathrius in disguise. No idea if it's right, but I like the theory!

You did read the post where I agreed with you, right? Post #139. I just think bringing up earlier editions, as some posters have in this discussion, is an unnecessary distraction.

A minor thing that bugs me is that the unlockable Amani customizations are just skin and hair colors for regular trolls. The new stockier Amani model is fantastic, and I want it for my troll monk!

And for next year, we'll have "Seasons of Love", coming in approximately five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.

Meh. I generally think that aphorism exists because humans are narrative-seekers who love to spot patterns, and ignore the instances of when things don't fall into patterns (which is most of the time). Plus, historians just like to justify their existence. :)

Institutions corrupt over time.

Voidstorm is definitely one of the best iterations of the "stuck in Hell" blasted zone that Blizzard usually does once an expansion. There are lot of interesting quests that give some texture to the idea of the "Void". They definitely seem to be going for a Moorcockian "Too much of any one...

I agree that WotC is largely disincentivized from pursuing a strategy of innovation over slow evolution. (More's the pity from my perspective, but that's neither here not there.) I would add only that I doubt WotC's corporate strategy is being dictated by one historical precedent from over a...

Ok. But I was simply answering the question you asked in post 26, “What is the upside to breaking 5e?” The upside could be something innovative and interesting by a company that can afford for very high production values, and with a lot of baked-in interest. The question was not “What is the...

As a contrasting hypothetical, would we be better off as a community if the 2024 books had been the 4th revision (2003, 2008, 2014, 2024) of the still-churning 3e engine? Assuming that engine continuity is actually a virtue?

I thought it was a silly idea when they first announced it, and I still think it's just marketing-speak. "Evergreen" is just an illusion of permanence, right up until it becomes obvious that it would be more profitable to make a change.

I play plenty of other games. I've advocated for many of them on these boards. I'm not looking for A style of play. I'm looking for more new stuff, because I like new things. New stuff is fun! I mean, this forum was way more fun in 2012/2013 when we were anticipating a new edition, that it...

] If you're still playing 3e/PF1, how is it NOT evergreen?