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I disagree. Smart play has a much bigger impact than optimization (at least, in the RPGs I play) so whether or not the characters are...

My experience is that I end up adapting to the parties I'm running for; having an optimizer or three in the party isn't any different...

I think you are missing a step in this particular example...the PC should be afforded the opportunity to attempt to pick the lock again...

Though the dynamic can play out very differently outside the D&D sphere. In games like RuneQuest, you can have combats where its pretty...

"The best place to get that," someone at the next table whispers to Benny, "is the market. They have lots of things. It's at the foot...

Sure, but the distinction I was making was that in the style of game I like you don't know which fights are winnable, so you typically...

I was just thinking that assuming people share the spotlight, individual players get fewer rolls for the same amount of Fear going to...

Exactly what litigation do you think publishing Dark Sun would open WotC up to?

I don't think it's really quite a "Vs" kind of balance on Hope and Fear, like they're kind of independent factors (despite the same roll...

It’s been a while since anybody has told me to my face that they hope for my destruction.

The system teaches players not to retreat. As someone else stated in another post, there are many mechanical incentives not to retreat...

I had a player go into diabetic shock tonight. Fortunately, he had stashed an Epi Pen at my house a few months ago. All seemed good...

That would be every RPG designer, artist, author, editor, map creator, mini sculptor, journalist, video game designers, programmers, and...

At the moment. But, moments change. If nobody can make a living creating that art, there will be far fewer works created, as folks...

Umbran first said, 'it suggests that their experience without it[fail forward] has had many boring bits.' Is that assessment incorrect?