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This also leads to floating, uncertain doubt about their own characters, which does a lot to break immersion. To not know what's going to happen when you use arcane powers is one thing, but it's entirely another thing to tell people that they have no idea whether they'll be able to leap over a gap ...

The trick here is what information should players be allowed and how can you deprive the players of that information. You can't just have "Charts" because anyone can look up those charts or make copies for themselves. There have to be direct limitations on what can be performed and those l...

Depends on the stereotype you're aiming it at. Most old players won't need a wiki, they'll have either their books or PDFs of said books or whatever available immediately in triplicate on double sided printouts and etc. If you attempt to use it to bring the game more into the mainstream you run into...

Something that I've always felt is missing is the ability for players to determine their own character's alignment and purposes. This is something that was implemented in Everquest way back when and even in that game has been largely forgotten ever since the Luclin expansion started creating happy g...