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After the rumor milling about Icewind Dale, I booted up the old game and was a bit disappointed to be reminded of racial limitations for classes. I understand it, and I think it particularly makes sense in a finite setting (FR, I believe is a bad example since the world is so large and races so...

So, I'm working on a short, first level adventure for some friends. One of the things I want to include is a dangerous terrain fight. Here's what I'm thinking: In waist high water, there's a weak water weird (reskinned dust mephit, since this is 1st level.) Now, dust mephit has sleep as an...

GMing is a skill, you get better with practice, time, and advice/observation of others. Personally, I love GMing. I love writing a story where I don't control the main characters and collaboratively making a world with friends. But like every skill, you'll hit a plateau. And that's where I...

I run a lot of introductory games for friends and acquaintences who have never played DnD and want to dip their toes in. To make things easy, I usually print out 6 characters and let the players choose what they want, and explain it after. I make these characters myself, but recently found the...

Hey all, I've been thinking of playing a fish-out-of-water type campaign mostly inspired by Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. 5E is one of my favorite systems, so I'm comfortable with that, but would be okay to run it in Genesys as well. I would, of course, GM. Quick introduction: In a fantastical...

So before I get into my real question and discussion I'll give some background. I'll bold the actual question for those who don't care to read. I started playing 5E as a DM with the mission statement of being a better DM. I have always been too controlling as a GM. I railroad my players and...