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It is like any other skill. But you can't just "do it a lot" and get better by only randomly doing it a lot. You need to actively take...

Well, just "being" a DM is not overly hard. Nearly anyone can do the basic DM actions of "just say stuff" at random. Of course, it IS...

There is a Complete Guide to Gnomes and Halflings...... This is also true of most high school kids and collage kids. As always for the...

I'm Team Hard Fun, with a side of Unfair!

I sure have seen a lot of Homebrew Setting Fatigue in the last year or so. So many DMs over the last 20 or so years have really doubled...

Or have them cooperate with each other like a cohesive team. Or solve a big problem without a combat answer. Or even just role play...

If the player just says whatever, and the dice control what happens....this is just a dull mechanical game. The player can never say...

Well.... 1. RAW does not say how teleport interacts with surprise. In general, someone in combat can't be "surprised" by things in...

I'm open to running a solo....one DM(me) one player (you) game via PBP. Let me know....

My line is player engagement and involvement with the fiction and story. I hate the Mechanical Game where the player just sits there...

Except where there is cross over. The player can not expect to force lore on the DM, any more then the DM can force lore on the...

It depends. In the general sense a trap made by someone with any level of intelligence and skill won't have a tell. A trap made by...

Odd, it looks like political correctness...... Sounds Great! Well, sure a lot of people want history to look only one way: their way...

For me this falls under "not paying attention". If during some role playing some detail is discovered, I'm not going to 'remind' a...

I know a lot of people are like what you describe. They are not my ideal player. They won't have fun in my game. Not every game is...