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Why? He and I agree on a lot of things, but not everything. People on the same side of a discussion can disagree over specifics. :) The issue has never been that a cook(or whoever else) could be there. It's the timing of the cook being there being dependent on PC skill with lockpicking...

Slavery isn't necessary for that, though. If the sorcerer kings weren't into slavery themselves, they could easily just set up a random lottery system and if your number comes up, off to the afterlife you go. Even better, the sorcerer king could make bucks by allowing folks to buy out of their...

That's true. Only when the outcome is in doubt and failure has meaning should there be a roll.

Not a clue. I don't have most of it. Just the DMG and I haven't even looked through that yet.

D&D has much more than just violence. It has kidnapping, grave robbing, robs people of consent and more.

I don't see anything there that would imply that the Sorcerer Kings would become "good" guys, getting rid of slavery and making the common folks' lot in life better by restoring civilization. They have a stranglehold on power, and survival keeps a lot of potential enemies busy. I'm not seeing...

Dark Sun isn't mature content. Or put another way, if Dark Sun is mature content, D&D as a whole, with all its violence, mind and emotion control magic, etc. is also mature content.

There can be multiple direct effects that stem from an action, or there can be one. This depends on the above. If there should be multiple direct effects and the DM only has one thing happen, it's will be less realistic(the V word is annoying to type) than if multiple things happen...

I don't agree with that. Something that happens can have more than one direct effect. If your PC falls off of a cliff and lands on a halfling, there are multiple direct results. You take damage from a fall, and a halfling takes damage from being fallen on. In the case of the failed license...

It's still a False Equivalence and you still haven't responded to me. If you're not going to respond to my answer when you ask me a question, please don't ask it in the first place.

You guys are being too literal with this. If he was trying to pass his driving test, he was probably in high school or not too long out of it. Kids that young don't have the confidence that adults have. He likely told his date that he would be picking her up and there's a good chance he was...

You don't need to live in one-second intervals. You just need to live. Not every lock is going to be super important. If you're practicing your skills on grandma's broom closet, there's nothing really there. If you're trying to pick the lock to the king's treasure room and you fail with a...

Your premise is flawed. Those conversations and meetings didn't say that the many millions of new players who love post-apocalyptic media and have a thing against slavery and tyrants, would not want a setting where they could explore those things. This is not nostalgia vs. new 5e players...

@pemerton you asked me what was a False Equivalence and then I spent time answering you. Are you going to respond?

Thanks! I've been wondering and wondering what to watch for the last few days, and this made me realize that I haven't been to Crunchyroll in a long time. (y)

False Equivalence #1: In my example the initial status is undefined. In yours it's defined as a living orc. False Equivalence #2: In my example a successful roll moves undefined to defined in favor of the PC. In yours it is defined(alive) to defined(dead). False equivalence #3: In my example a...

False equivalences still remain false. The shadowy figure in the doorway is undefined. The PC hopes it's an orc and is successful, so it's an orc. Or... The PC hopes it's an orc and is unsuccessful, so it's a drow. If you're going to try and be a smartass about it, at least get it right. ;)

It is established, because it's done in the game. All that practicing and experimentation with spells happens in game play. We just don't connect it to the new spells when they gain levels, because it's not the most exciting play out there.

The speed of medical advances these days means we can't rule it out.

Don't sell yourself short, I'm sure we could have at least a few more posts that repeat the exact same thing over and over.