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Certainly could have been part of the genesis for Sigil. I think a lot of people like the idea of a 3D VTT, but in practice I've found...

Many years ago when I was young, I worked retail so my schedule was variable. I was in a D&D game and things were going well, and then...

Homebrew, I run a very open and flexible campaign trying to do that with published materials is more work than doing it myself.

Saying that I belittle my players because I have a different preference is calling me a bad GM. After all, if I was a good one I'd...

I've never gotten around to playing a ranger but I have played a rogue to 20th, hoping to play my barbarian to 20. Wizard? Mine was just...

I've explained my opinion. Group dynamics can be messy and I don't believe design by commitee is necessarily better. I don't know what...

is a species not a packet of rules? so how is a new species not classified as new rules? that's like saying 'if i add a class entirely...

I disagree that I was badmouthing anyone and it's insulting that you think I am. I have given multiple examples of people asking for...

Speaking of control, if someone were to say that they were comfortable leaving the ongoing debate over DM vs. player control as "agree...

I've played some one-shots with DMs where we knew we were going into a killer game and had a lot of fun. It's all about the GM setting...

Back around '81-'83 there was a group of 10-20 folks once a week playing in a game that a local comic/record/book/game store owner in...

I think that the manipulative DM would have just used other means to be manipulative. Text in a book isn't going to change the person...

Considering how many DMs I've had over the decades, there have only been a couple that I would consider "bad" along with a few that just...

Everyone remembers their bad GM experiences, but I don't make the mistake of assuming bad is the standard and we should change the rules...

I've had exactly one "killer DM". One is also the number of sessions he ran for us.