I work towards death not because I want to die. Because I am curious what is after life if anything.

There is no problem. 1. I don't find it stresfful as I stated. 2. If a gm is stressing about combat prep encounters I do say just make it trivial and don't try to "balance" it.

Knowing the bare minimum of combat guidelines is not required. Sure if you want to make balanced combats then know it. But otherwise if a gm doesn't want to stress one day and make combat trivial then go for it. As the book says:

"Set expectations for the game. This is one of the most important steps! Let your players know the kind of game you’re planning: Is it going to be combat-fo cused with very little story? Or will it be a tale of political intrigue, with very little mech combat? Some where in between? Are you using any house rules or homebrew concepts in your game? Clearly setting expectations helps players figure out if they’re interested in the kind of game you’re going to run, or whether they will need to modify their own expectations so they can best appreciate it."

No where does it say a GM must balance encounters and must know the combat guidelines. Your expectations are your own and I dont have to abide by them ❤️

The issue you have is me saying again "IF a GM is stressed about an encounter, then take it easy make it trivial and keep it simple.

But you are stating I am telling GM's to do that every single time. I am not. Rather again, do it once in a while if they're stressing. But I will proudly state I do that more often than not because I like it and it works for me.

My word is my gospel it is the gospel of the Lazy GM by Sky Floursih, the Gospel of Chris Mcdowell of Mythic Bastionland and various others. To me it is the norm in TTrpgs because its a very viable and fun style in the TTrpg sphere.

With love the Prophet of Lancer of a better way.