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this is exciting. For my 5e games I've mostly moved on to Tales of the Valiant, but I always want as many companies to succeed as...

1st Edition days. Party is in a dungeon crawl. Battle erupts in a 30 x 30 foot room. Mage decides to cast Fireball. Players all shout...

My cleric had an encounter with the cursed Wish gem in Tomb of Horrors, which caused him to lose the ability to hold gemstones...

1. Act as per The Social Contract “what my character” would do is naughty word. You chose the character. If it ruins other player’s fun...

For me, the most frequent use case can be summed up as "player knowledge is not character knowledge." I, as the player, may be able to...

I once played a cowardly PC, and designed him that way on purpose, because my son was building a Skylanders-based D&D game to introduce...

I've got a player in my home game right now who's developed a healthy fear of melee combat, so she's playing a vengeance paladin who...

Just spitballing here, but… I agree that “save-the-world-from-the-apocalypse” isn’t the most original or most compelling story to tel...

It's sorta both. Gruumsh was late to the party, so the other gods picked first . When he got there, he said that since there is no one...

The orcs are reframed as nomads, wandering without a homeland after the bad deal made to Gruumsh. Many are pressed into service by evil...

Well, I have had two instances. The first time involved me retiring my character after the GM had my character's reason for adventuring...

I think there may be times when there's a differences between wanting to play a character who's a coward, likely because they want some...

I've got to admit ... I don't understand people who play characters that are cowards, especially when it's to the detriment of the other...

One of the major joys of RPGs is playing a character other than yourself. Doing something because it's what your character would do is...

I think “it’s what my character would do” is a good reason to do something you might not in their shoes. It’s not an excuse to be a jerk.