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I still remember the fear in the wizard player's eyes as I had them roll saving throws for their equipment, including their spellbook...

Which is why traveling spellbooks, scrolls, and other backups have been a thing for a very, very long time.

Part of the reason I've never used rust monsters is that it's already hard for fighter types to compete with wizards at high levels...

Soap opera amnesia!!! Finally, after four weeks at St. Elminster's Hospital in Dagger Creek, Jon Patrick awakens from his coma. He looks...

Captured by the bad guys during a cut scene? Of course they take all your gear and instead of using it so you can retrieve it later, it...

From henceforth on this Mississippian thread, in reference to future missives about dastardly, tyrannical DMs, I reserve the right to...

If you've been playing with people for over 20 years the dynamic is different. Most people don't have that luxury.

This is assuming tradition distribution of power. The GM, largely or entirely, makes the world and controls everything that isn't the...

They can reflect, but that doesn't mean they should just start running what the players want if it wouldn't be fun for them.

Nobody can force a person to play a game they don't like. If a core assumption of any optional leisure time activity doesn't work for...

We're all allowed to state our opinions as long as we respectfully state our opinions especially when we disagree ... although some of...

Changing the PC-playable species options from what's in the PH is a houserule all day long.

Indeed, but there's still the basic instinct to not lose. Loss conditions include character death, level drain, petrification, item or...

This is an interesting idea, if one has the right group of players. It would probably help if all those players had at least enough...

No, I'm badmouthing my players because I acknowledge that a small percentage will push the envelope on acceptable house rules. That, and...