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And my point is that "lore" is not one of the reasons. Inertia is the actual reason people appear to be concerned with lore. If lore was a reason, then we would expect an equal distribution of players among games with lore. We don't see that, so this hypothesis is rejected.

And that's not a contradiction to what I said. People imagine that they know a great deal about D&D rules, and so reject changes arbitrarily, regardless of whether those changes are good, because, as mentioned, they have never actually read them, certainly don't care to, and have zero interest...

Right, no other games have lore.

Its popularity is largely down to being first, having the most marketing, and sheer inertia. Its rules have almost nothing to do with it. Most of its users don't even know what the rules say.

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D&D is whatever you call D&D. If it stops being D&D because you get rid of the bad design decisions, then it should stop being D&D.

Yes. https://www.enworld.org/threads/just-desserts-online-play-by-post.717491/

elevator pitch I'm keeping it as a google doc so it's easier to update. I can run this either here or on discord, let me know what you prefer. I own the book (obviously) and can help you make characters. Of course you are welcome to pick up a copy if you want to check that I'm not making...

How many spells are just different variations of deal elemental damage to one or more targets? How many spells are the same effect but scaled for a higher level? So many of d&d's problems are eliminated if you simply just get rid of levels and the idea that you need unique mechanical widgets...

There is no PC death in my system, but if there were, I would have sidekicks or hirelings available for the players to take over, and of course players would be recommended to have new characters ready in advance. The plot doesn't call for anything, since I'm not running a book. I will not...

D&D can't do anything I'm interested in and has a lot of bafflingly bad design decisions, to the point of being almost offensively inelegant. There can be no more damning indictment of a system than rule of cool.

As we should expect it to be. Sapiens replaced Neanderthalensis, Floriensis, Denisovans, and (probably) Naledi. There's no compelling evidence to suggest that replacement of Sapiens by a new species is impossible, and plenty to suggest that it is.

Why not? I added aliens to my game because a player wanted to be an alien.

Rules for generating ability scores can be found in the player's handbook, page 7.

It would be a tautology if I hadn't presented examples of what it represents, certainly.

Yes, damage depletes your luck, skill, heroic fortitude, courage, passion, power of friendship, determination, conveniently stashed gadgets, or whatever else is appropriate in the moment. Healing recovers these. Your example doesn't appear to communicate any idea in particular. This may be an...

The thing they represent in the fiction is damage. How they work in the simulation depends entirely on how we choose to construct our simulation. If we assign size as a modifier to hit points, then size affects hit points in the simulation. If we don't, it doesn't. There's no correct way to...

What do you mean? They represent how much damage you can take. Right, a dragon is an element instantiated by the rules. The rules tell us what it can do : how fast it can fly, how much damage it can take, and the like. Similarly, a 20th level barbarian is an element instantiated by the...

The character's hit points simulate how much punishment he can take, and the falling damage rules simulate damage from impact. It doesn't matter if a level 20 fighter can survive a fall that I can't. The game isn't simulating me, it's simulating a level 20 fighter, which is something that only...