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No. My players often collaborate on backgrounds, set up potential relationships, and then discuss options with me. They will write up...

I am not sure why it happens. I provide a 1 page sheet answering those questions before each campaign. Players let me know if they are...

Agreed. The entire intention for puzzles etc in D&D games was to engage in player skill. Early D&D was more focused on player skill and...

I mostly agree with your post, but disagree here. I think you are undervaluing player skill, or at least do not have an expansive...

I disagree. It is setting dependent. If you have a high magic as tech setting where literacy and information are common, then yes. If...

Tasha’s does have rules for basic classes.

Exactly! The vast majority of NPCs in the world never achieve level one. This includes many soldiers etc. Level "Zero" is a thing in my...

This is less a problem when you stop treating first level as "five minutes ago I was a commoner". Zero to hero demands you can't be...

Fair, but there are ways around it. It's less of a problem if you're starting at 3rd or 5th level, which at least in my groups isn't...

I have "banned" 5.5 (2024). This means no Orc and Goliaths species. I also do not allow evil alignments. I will never just run a...

Why would players make their characters in a vacuum? This has never happened in one of my games in the last 30 years. I provide the...

I expect the players to read my 1 pager if they want to play. If they are a cleric, they choose a deity and are expected to known the...

They get a 1 page document with the campaign hook and starting area. It also details all available content that can be used in game...

I always try to hand out a basic setting primer with all most necessary information to strike that balance, I try to never cross over 10...

Players who don't want to deal with a setting's lore shouldn't play in that setting.