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All the problems in the world encapsulated in a single sentence! "We should make things better than they are, now!" "No!" I get that...

Plus, let us point out the rhetorical trickery employed here. (Note that I am arguing to the thread at large; I know you don't need to...

for a NPC yes, for PCs, not even close. Hard CCs on PCs that last more than a round are complete "insert swear word here". we played...

Yeah, well, I'm built different, I guess! While you're happy to have one of your players sitting around on their cell phone or whatever...

For ten years I struggled a lot with this stuff and then Doom points from Tales of the Valiant came out. I renamed them "dreadful...

The spell list -really- needs to have a lot of the tradition cut out of it... but. I don't think control spells are the real issue...

This license gives Wizards the power to: 1) Publish your posts online. 2) Authorize other people to quote your posts. 3) Publish your...

First, PCs do not get LTH until fifth level, at the earliest. And that is at the expense of a possibly, more threatening spell. That...

I dare to say, that is a very toxic mindset.

I think the game in itself, in all of its parts, is designed to engage players in the fiction. Not to say that it's a given in all and...

I like kicking butt and looking awesome but as a player I would probably walk out from any table that tries this naughty word after angry...

I agree that there are issues and I agree that a day of time passing often is not a meaningful cost, but I also do not think that any...

Of course the players have to "choose to care," Player engagement is absolutely key in any gaming experience. System design can...

I'm sorry, but who the heck are you playing with? My players absolutely care if their objectives fail - that's one big reason they are...

Didn't say that, just said like going to work again the next day. Conditions and "lingering damage/wounds" (if they were in game)...