In some circumstances It's kinda tacky to refer to other rule systems generally in your rulebook.
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In some circumstances It's kinda tacky to refer to other rule systems generally in your rulebook. It's fine to talk about influences, but for example:
Doing Y is simpler than in other rule systems
... orThe <subsystem> is an innovative approach that does...
First dear reader: It often is not.
Second: I just don't care. Just tell me how I do the thing. I don't need your meta-commentary, koolaid, or the toot of your own horn.
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In some circumstances It's kinda tacky to refer to other rule systems generally in your rulebook. It's fine to talk about influences, but for example:
Doing Y is simpler than in other rule systems
... orThe <subsystem> is an innovative approach that does...
First dear reader: It often is not.
Second: I just don't care. Just tell me how I do the thing. I don't need your meta-commentary, koolaid, or the toot of your own horn.
#TTRPGAlso pet peeve: Things like
Doing Y is simple.
Don't tell me what is or isn't simple. Hilariously, these statements are often followed by 7 steps and are decidedly not simple. 
Granted: What the writer here is often doing is trying to find a natural segue into talking about the thing, and accidentally being annoying / saying useless things as a result. Knock it off! -
In some circumstances It's kinda tacky to refer to other rule systems generally in your rulebook. It's fine to talk about influences, but for example:
Doing Y is simpler than in other rule systems
... orThe <subsystem> is an innovative approach that does...
First dear reader: It often is not.
Second: I just don't care. Just tell me how I do the thing. I don't need your meta-commentary, koolaid, or the toot of your own horn.
#TTRPG@NullNowhere one of my alpha readers sent a document back with the note "nobody gives a shit that you think this is cool. Show them, and they'll conclude for themselves that it's cool."
I ended up rewriting that entire section of the book, and the book benefited from it.
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@NullNowhere one of my alpha readers sent a document back with the note "nobody gives a shit that you think this is cool. Show them, and they'll conclude for themselves that it's cool."
I ended up rewriting that entire section of the book, and the book benefited from it.
@kjdavies@dice.camp Props for taking that in stride and using it to improve.
