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In all my years of gaming I've never understood boasting about being a "killer DM." It's extraordinarily easy to kill PCs or to take...

It's been many, many years since I targeted character's equipment. When deciding how to run the game I ask myself if I were the player...

"Bulletproof" as a word comes from armor-proving. Something blacksmiths had been doing for -centuries- by shooting crossbows, arrows, or...

I'm not usually a big fan of threatening equipment. But in this case there was a huge deposit of Adamantite - which would be a massive...

I don't see why they would be different given the definition you gave. There were no official rules for the races requested. I think...

We had a Paladin death after he survived a Red dragon breath attack but was killed by the explosion of a Potion of fire breath in his...

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.