D&D (2024) Bastion rules: every pub owner is at least 13th level

[FrogReaver]

Apparently, arbitrary means ‘reasons I don’t like’. Maybe now we can move on to something more interesting?

 

[Kinematics]

On sizes:

I like the general descriptions of cramped/roomy/vast. I don't so much like the specific dimensions provided. A cramped meditation room would be small even for a single person, but a cramped pub would still have space for a half-dozen stools, and standing room on top of that.

I understand that giving dimensions helps with actually mapping out the layout, and for many facilities the numbers are "good enough". But it might be appropriate to explicitly say that there's some flexibility in size depending on the needs of the particular facility.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Which equals to "arbitrary".

Whatever you say.

 

[Charlaquin]

Apparently, arbitrary means ‘reasons I don’t like’. Maybe now we can move on to something more interesting?

Arbitrary means “based on whim, preference, or chance.” Plenty of reasons I like are arbitrary and plenty of reasons I dislike are arbitrary. Some people just have this weird aversion to the idea of arbitraity. I think there’s a lot of crossover between those folks and the ones who seem to think “subjective” is a dirty word. Arbitraity and subjectivity are neither good nor bad, they just are.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Whatever you say.

At least we agree on one thing!

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I'd probably pare the Pub back to the information gathering perks and lower the level. I'd rename the current version to something like Adventurers Lodge.

 

[FrogReaver]

Arbitrary means “based on whim, preference, or chance.” Plenty of reasons I like are arbitrary and plenty of reasons I dislike are arbitrary. Some people just have this weird aversion to the idea of arbitraity. I think there’s a lot of crossover between those folks and the ones who seem to think “subjective” is a dirty word. Arbitraity and subjectivity are neither good nor bad, they just are.

We are talking about a game, play preferences and fictional justifications. Any bit of this could be decried as arbitrary.

Instead a lower standard for arbitrary is needed for it to even matter as a label on these subjects.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Apparently, arbitrary means ‘reasons I don’t like’. Maybe now we can move on to something more interesting?

No. It is just accepting the fact, that pretending, that level 9 is the exactly point where your reputation has spread enough to attract followers is nothing more than a balance consideration.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

We are talking about a game, play preferences and fictional justifications. Any bit of this could be decried as arbitrary.

Exactly. That is the point.

 

[FrogReaver]

No. It is just accepting the fact, that pretending, that level 9 is the exactly point where your reputation has spread enough to attract followers is nothing more than a balance consideration.

Name one thing about the game that isn’t arbitrary by that definition…