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  • Consciousness exists. This implies that either consciousness is some emergent property of sufficiently complex interconnected systems, or it’s some universal force that complex interconnected systems “channel”.

    If it’s emergent, it seems less presumptuous to assume that the most complex interconnected system of all, the universe itself, would develop consciousness. That universal consciousness might as well be called “God”. If it’s a universal force, it might as well be called “God”. Anyway you slice it, a universal consciousness seems inevitable from a sober metaphysical analysis.

    Lots of people have ascribed lots of culturally specific attributes to the universal consciousness which are obviously quite silly. The core statement that “I am that ‘I am’” is really the only meaningful attribute we can identify.





  • Oh sure not just for injuries, in fact I only very rarely use them. But I’d wager that anyone who is dissatisfied with the depth of D&D 5e on this one aspect is probably similarly dissatisfied on others. The initial draw for me, for instance, was the extensive Skill list and detailed character creation.

    Frankly I think the “fiddly” reputation is overblown. Sure, if you try to use every mechanic from the beginning then yeah it’s a lot. But the basic Success Roll mechanic is dead simple, arguably simpler than 5e. If you start with the basics and only add more complex stuff as you want/need it, it’s really not that fiddly.