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And alternative failure conditions would not make any difference. The basket weavers would whine that they have to sit out because their inept character got killed off with one punch and "had to sit out of the adventure until they got raised or replaced", and the basket weavers would stil...

I have yet to find myself in a game where a player would rather suck and not die than learn how to make a good character that can survive.

It has literally nothing to do with resistance to change. It has everything to do with the fact that the mechanics are stupid, sloppy, and result in (exactly as you said) a game of Mother May I. I use multiple pages of house rules, but said house rules are made for a reason and address important err...

I don't give a fuck how good you are at bluffing or being diplomatic, telling an opponent to do something when they are engaged in combat shouldn't work, period, simply since it is counter-intuitive to the fact that your enemy has already made their decision that they would rather kill you than tal...

or tying a knot doesn't satisfy that requirement What, you have trouble with the use rope skill providing a trip effect via lassoing their foot? No, I have trouble with this only being a use rope check, and not something that already exists. Mechanics exist for this, and while they aren't all that ...

While trip and other special attacks are, indeed, at-wills, they at least make sense within the context of combat. Using a Jump check to perform something equal to a special attack makes no sense. Hell, using diplomacy or bluff checks to convince them to do something in combat also makes no sense. I...

Well, personally, I just think the whole concept of stunts is, itself, stupid. It doesn't really make any intuitive sense, and it feels like a wholly unnecessary addition. It doesn't actually do anything useful, it doesn't fit for flavor, and overall just feels retarded. Don't get me wrong, I apprec...

I think I just found my new favorite D&D forum. Any place that knows that JaronK is a complete and total fucking idiot gets my vote. Every time I read crap on BG and GitP I want to punch myself in the face, repeatedly. I always find people hatin' on JaronK amusing. Everytime he elicits such a s...

I think I just found my new favorite D&D forum. Any place that knows that JaronK is a complete and total fucking idiot gets my vote. Every time I read crap on BG and GitP I want to punch myself in the face, repeatedly. you're actually dead and this is hell. enjoy your stay. Where are all the sl...

I think I just found my new favorite D&D forum. Any place that knows that JaronK is a complete and total fucking idiot gets my vote.

Every time I read crap on BG and GitP I want to punch myself in the face, repeatedly.