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And that is totally great. It’s a choice that people would only take if that wasn’t the case. @Benjamin Olson ’s points are all spot...

I mean, I think if you read the thread that becomes relatively clear. Common reasons to choose to pay for a DM (many of which we've...

Potato quality is a direct function of how much fat and salt as been coaxed onto or into them, with more equaling better (within...

I think everyone has to weigh their spare time vs cash flow. I do think the most important skill is to be able to interact maturely...

I've been getting by with it as my primary income for a few years now, 3.5-4hr sessions for $40/seat. If you think you run a good game...

I'll bid against Nimble given that its homepage has at least two typos and three of my least favorite RPG terms. However, it has great...

I was a paid DM for (I think about) 35 sessions of 5e D&D a couple years back, and am looking into getting back into it (I had to wind...

The only combined clip of all the scenes I can find turns into a video essay by the end, but it's got the best parts: cw: language...

I think the original sin of 5e ritual spellcasting, and feats and abilities that grant it, is that there just aren't that many ritual...

I love Gygaxian naturalism and wish it were more present in the OSR. There aren't enough autodidact beardos getting out of their depth...

I'd really like to see an eggman like creature who is a Walrus Lycanthrope, cat people who somehow put out fires with gasoline, and...

I'd hate the get bitten by one of David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs."

I'll be honest, as somebody who loves Traveller and 5E...this is confusing.

I think they’re more fun if they can be spotted, figured out, and circumvented by clever thinking rather than ability checks. The...

Well there's a lot of people who came into the hobby with 5e, struggled through learning that one system reasonably well, and just don't...