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The 2nd Edition AD&D psionics system was based originally on the proficiency system; each time a character used a power they had to make...

The 5e approach to wizards (and really the entire WotC-era approach to wizards) attempts to downplay the advantage of a high...

This is my own pet peeve and my own opinion of course, but it's always rubbed me the wrong way that fighters get lower skill choices...

D&D is a role playing game. Characters play a role in a story. The combat pillar, generally, is the action scene of the story. The...

I have thoughts on this, but not time to write them all out right now. Short version: I think most DMs tend to think about these three...

Combat has been just about the least interesting part of D&D to me for going on 30 years now. Rolling dice is exciting, but long drawn...

I can run a D&D game with only a single player too; I've been doing it here and there for almost 30 years. And requiring silver as a...

I favour max 18 with racial ability adjustments allowing it to max at 20. No minimums. I find myself missing the ability scores of...

My start as a DM was with Dragonlance, and I could never quite make it work to my satulisfaction. The Weis & Hickman novels and...

I'm not a fan of racial ability score modifiers or mins/maxes in any event. I have no problem keeping the max mortal ability score as...

I chose “keep max at 20, no minimums for races,” but I would be equally fine with changing the max to 18 and no minimum.

I'm another Theater of the Mind GM. If I want to play a board game I have my old HeroQuest set from the 90s ready to go. In my...

Yeah... your CN and CG PCs are not Neutral or Good. They're pretty clearly Evil. Very, very evil from the sounds of it.

It's time for your CN PCs to admit that they are evil.

For myself, that would just be too many bonuses. I am already tired that people feel a +2 is needed to feel competitive at all. I know I...