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It's never been an issue with my games. Probably in part because I don't care how the player runs their character but also because if you're hiding in the back it just makes it easier for you to get eaten without the others noticing. :) As far as competition between players - I don't see that...

When it comes to XP, I've never had to dangle any additional carrots in front of the noses of players. They're playing a game after all - if they wanted to sit home and drink they didn't have to show up to the game. Meanwhile I want the players to do what they want their characters want to do...

Just because there is not a single number does not mean that people don't recognize imbalance. It's the same with the experiment they did with capuchin monkeys - same task one got a cucumber (which is decent) and another got a grape (which is amazing). The one that got the cucumber refused to...

I use either mob rules or existing lower level monsters and give them a bonus to and/or advantage their attack mod and a bit of extra damage by maxing out damage. I kind of liked the concept of 4e's minions but at higher levels they just felt goofy to me. I've also set up situations where I...

I don't really care about Putzy the Poor one time got lucky and rolled better than Grognard the Great. The only reason Putzy's story stands out was that even though the odds are low there's that 1 in 100 chance they'll stand out. Grognard is still the star of the show 99% of the time. It was...

I have done things up where color matters because darkvision only gives you black and white but it's been a long time. I actually prefer the old version where some species like elves had low light vision (the ability to see normally in dim light and not at all in darkness) and only a few like...

The bonuses you mention like advantage/disadvantage, lucky and so on. For an individual swing it may not matter, it significantly matters over the course of an entire session or campaign. I agree that a +1 or even a +2 matters as much as some people think. But if we're talking about balance...

But all those extra bonuses should be applied evenly and, when it comes to the opportunity to take feats especially, that's not always the case. I know I keep harping on this but it's not the difference between a +3 and a +4, that's a reasonable gap and especially if point buy is used a...

It depends on the difference. Are we talking a +2 vs a +3 or a +2 to a +5? Especially when it's more than 1 or even worse for those secondary abilities? I've seen that and it doesn't take long for it to become apparent.

Individual rolls don't matter when it comes to balance. If individual rolls are all we consider then ability scores don't matter. Someone with a 3 is balanced with someone with a 20 because the former could roll a 20 and the latter could roll a 1. The difference and imbalance only becomes...

Individual rolls will be random. Long term averages will be the same if the ability scores are the same. Individual rolls do not matter.

I don't do VTT any more but when I did I would regularly throw in maps where light mattered and it was helpful. However, it was a pain in the ass to set up correctly and I'd never spend time in game to fix it. Anyway, I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore. So for my in-person games it's...

Now I want to add a stuffed dragon mimic to my game. :) P.S. Did the meme discussion thread get closed?

So if I listen whatever I say is okay? Bob: "I want to play a species not on your list with no changes. They can't pass as one of the allowed species." Me: having listened to the request answer "No." Dang, if you had said that earlier it would have avoided a lot of arguments! :)

The reason they are not allowed is because they are not on my list of allowed species.

I use the MM on a card and since it's been released I'm relying more and more on the 2024 MM as a base. The new versions are generally closer to what I want. Some sources like Tomb of Beasts have interesting ideas but the complexity/style and generally OP nature means I don't use it much any...

For the record I have nothing against tortles I simply don't want to run a kitchen sink campaign.

You don't know me. You don't know my game. So your arrogant "I know better than you" attitude is meaningless at best.