What are the rules for?

[A_Carrington]

No, actually, in this kind of context I'm not going to assume that another person and I are going to be using "easily" the same way, because I've seen plenty of cases where it isn't.



You go by your experience, I'll go by mine. I have no reason to believe yours is the more common one here.

Same here.

 

[A_Carrington]

That tracks. But  how the proposed rule handles it is just as important.


Since we're defining things: mechanics exist to fix cars. Mechanisms are the systems you get when rules interact.


Have you been playing Dragon's Dogma?

Dragon's Crown, actually.

 

[A_Carrington]

But seriously, is something as simple as throwing enemies really unheard of in your games? I usually get at least one grappler archetype in games I run.

 

[Thomas Shey]

That tracks. But  how the proposed rule handles it is just as important.


Since we're defining things: mechanics exist to fix cars. Mechanisms are the systems you get when rules interact.

While you're not wrong, "game mechanics" as a term for rules system has propagated far enough now I think trying to fix it is a fool's errand.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Same here.

Then we simply can't discuss this, because the timescale of my experience is such that no one is liable to be able to provide me a convincing amount of counter-data. That doesn't mean its impossible you're right, but it does mean you're not going to have any wy to convince me you are. And presumably vice versa.

 

[Thomas Shey]

But seriously, is something as simple as throwing enemies really unheard of in your games? I usually get at least one grappler archetype in games I run.

Most of the games I run are unlikely to find that a useful enough option for it to come up often. Note, if you've missed it, this is not a thread in the D&D forum.

 

[A_Carrington]

Don't know why you think I think we're talking about dungeons and dragons. That game is like the Ur example of having no interesting options in combat without magic lol