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Sly Flourish - Defending Out of the Fun (slyflourish.com)

submitted 5 hours ago by INeedMana@piefed.zip to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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This popped up in my RSS feed and I found it a good read

For some time now I've felt that D&D-like d20 mechanics is cursed to have the problem of inflation. But it was refreshing to see someone else point it out too

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[–] kichae@wanderingadventure.party 2 points 3 hours ago

INeedMana This all reflects the constant handwringing I see on the PF2e subreddit over that game. All discussion is optimization discussion, and all discussion is complaining about the direct effects of optimization. Or -- because bonus inflation is highly controlled in that system -- they're complaining about how it's so unfair that the game doesn't let you just break it, the way 3.x, 5.x, or PF1e does.

Players want to break the game, but then find the results of that confusing and angry making.

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

D&D hasn't been what it says on the tin for quite a long while now, let's be fair.

I''m genuinely excited to see other options really finding their stride this last decade+ (and most are light years beyond WotC's bullshit "business" model, to say nothing of these new titles' contributions to our community, et al) 🤓🤘🏼