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Kind of a bit of everything, really, and a lot depends on the game. Superhero games - yeah, clearly exceptional from day 1. Call of Cthulhu - generally not exceptional but doing exceptional things. D&D - a bit of a mix of starting a little exceptional and becoming more exceptional. Overall...

Nothing wrong with a Con of 14. That's a +2 hp/die and a +2 to Con saves. Pretty robust in any scale that isn't skewed by the stats of player characters.

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I hear people make comments about agency too, but I have a hard time characterizing these effects as loss of agency. I certainly don't think being subject to a suggestion, charm, dominate, or fear effect would cause a character to lose any more agency than lying on the ground a 0 hit points...

Well, I guess I was thinking a little more along the lines of the mass suggestion with that one since I was prepped to do it for a campaign I was running (and never was in a situation where I could deploy it successfully). But I'm not certain "Run and get help. Your friends need it." would be...

I give out legendary actions to any boss monster, regardless of "legendariness".

I think one of the problems is the players also veto uses. Is it reasonable, on the flipside, for a spellcasting creature in its lair that the PCs have invaded looking for loot to suggest "Go home the fastest way you can." Pretty much yes - at the very least, I have a hard time finding a way to...

My reaction as well. "You playing a duck?!?" "HELL YEAH, I'm playing a duck!"

He could, but I have no idea if he could take people with him or send them in his stead.

After Take 10 debuted in 3e, one of my players cottoned on to the possibilities of speeding play with it while finding traps. As they explored a trap-riddled gnomish ruin, his rogue, who was well designed for being a trap finder, took 10 on searching for traps as they explored except for...

Well... we've thought that before. And here we are.:confused:

It's an RPG supplement - it provides no nutritional content, is largely indigestible so no caloric content either, will not be a uniquely make or break moment in anybody's finances personal or corporate, isn't going to spell the difference between war and peace anywhere on earth, and isn't...

I dunno, entirely luxury product seems pretty objective/easily calculated to me. Goodman made his choice and he's going to be held accountable to it by people similarly skeptical. And that's appropriate.

When you literally have to because there's no alternative AND the goods/services/situations involved are necessities or, as Dannyalcatraz points out, there's an important social value or philosophy involved like everyone deserving appropriate legal representation. But for an entirely luxury...

I think there's a difference between a successful game and a successful game product. A successful game has engaged players willing to come back to the table for more - regardless of its financial success. A successful game product is one that's sustaining enough for the owning company's needs...

I definitely agree that the thief had numerous problems beyond the thief skill values. I used to swap the thief and cleric attack\THAC0 tables - giving the thief the nod on offense while the cleric had defense - but I ended up preferring 3e's solution which was to just put them on the same...

I think that depended a bit on what you considered all of a thief's appropriate skills to be. This was in the heyday of character customization, soon to be followed with kits to customize them even more. If my thief is mainly a fence in a city campaign, I might not worry so much about climbing...

As you pointed out, backgrounds take care of the stat adjustments so those go away. Speed: nobody small is penalized 5' in movement to these should go to 30, having a climb (or swim) speed isn't a big deal Age: eh, don't sweat it, not a factor Keep Amphibious, Aboreal Alertnetss, and Standing...

I don't think that's the actual goal...

Hey, at least that's a positive! Definitely observe how your players interact/deal with Player D's game for the rest of the summer. Will they be more cooperative or will they give her the same problems they give you? I'd like to hear about it.