#RPGaDAY2025 – Day 14: Mystery
| Prompt | Result |
|---|---|
| Daily | Mystery |
| Question | Who |
| Mood | Proud |
| Subject | Rule |
Prompt interpretation:
Who takes pride in mystifying rules?
I... I don't know? I hope that most of the mystifying, perplexing, and obtuse rules stem from incompetence and lack of writerly rigour and discipline, than some perverted source of pride. “Huhu, my rules can only be understood by most dedicated scholars.” There will be no scholars if your game sucks. HackMaster 4E was deliberately written with a very tongue-in-cheek tone, drenched in High Gygaxian, so perhaps that one would qualify as taking pride in deliberate mystification. Oh, what a pity that it isn't readily available any more!
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