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But if someone dips into a 3rd level dungeon, why would they go into a 4th or 5th level dungeon? I mean unless you have a "bailing out whole governments" habit why not just rest on their laurels.

Yes they should know the odds, at least approximately and unless there's a factor the PCs are unaware of. If you don't know how likely a character is to be able to do something you don't really know that character. Imagine if you were given a level 1 ranger to play and there's an opportunity...

It's entirely constructive to say "Your homebrew class doesn't work mathematically.". DMs don't have the right to be sheilded from facts. It's not antagonistic to say that the DM made a mistake in changing the rules in some way. It would be different if it were a subjective thing, like how...

All TTRPGs should have what the numbers mean explained, including but not limited to skill ratings, character stats and difficulty ratings/modifiers. That explaination has to include the probabilities of a character accomplishing something. RPGs are languages and the maths is part of the...

I think PCs should have a reason they want to adventure. Perhaps they want to get strong enough to retake their lands from the evil usurper, repay a debt to the village that raised them after they were orphaned, prove their martial arts school is superior to that jumped-up group of grabblers...

My suggestion, have it discover there can only be so many dragons of a particular size (age category equivalent). Something about a limit to the total amount of dragon energy*. To grow more powerful someone higher up the pyramid must die. That particular dragon doesn't technically have to...