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I recommend this video to look more into OSR philosophy regarding the rules: https://www.youtube.com/live/bCxZ3TivVUM?si=aZ-y2U_AVjn9a6Ua

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[โ€“] Dice@ttrpg.network -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is entirely correct. Balance does not matter in most games, because most games have resources that are depleted over a long term. You don't need balance when healing takes weeks or difficult to replace resources.

For games like 5e and pf2, where characters constantly are at full health, spells and equipment, combat needs to almost kill the party every time to be worth rolling dice.

[โ€“] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 1 points 1 year ago

Yes; or be an incredibly long boring slog because it needs to divorce the party from so many resources.