>>96388638
Yes. Tracking rations or encumbrance? Care about timekeeping? Reading a note? Taking notes? Caring about coins? Having to use your brain aside from “tell me what to roll, DM”? You get screeching.

I blame:
>Anime
>Mental illness
>Video games
>Dopamine starved man children
>Social media addiction
>”Celebrity” livestreams like Critical Role and Dimension 20
>Lack of gatekeeping
>Slop rulesets, story gaming (looking at you PbtA)
>Boomers/GenXers vanishing to safety caves
>Allowing women and gays- they are overly consumed with drama and identity politics
>the influence of the Seattle/PNW on the hobby over based Midwestern roots
>Fostering the “everyone can roleplay” mentality

I hate to say it but I feel like the fucking last one in the lifeboat. I have based autist and normal nerd friends to game with. But we have no desire to let any normies or FLGS slop join our table.

Stay selective

>>96382611
Interesting. The statistics felt good: the larger the pool the more likely you are to roll at least one success (inverse exponentially, which is surprisingly similar to how we learn things), multiple successes, etc.
It gets swingy with the smaller pool.
Similarly ties become less likely as skilled fighters can jockey for that little bit of advantage.
I see what you are saying, though. I think more skilled fighters should be rewarded.

Do you think ties should go to the better trained fighter? (In most opposed systems ties tend to go to defender) what mechanic do you think provides more satisfying outcomes?

Thank you for taking the time, genuinely. Please let me know how I can credit you.