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I suspect the predictable magic of of a lot of rpg fantasy world's might counterintuitively (since some of it is "divine") make people...

I sort of wonder how much a typical inhabitant would "know" about the way things work. There are priests of the gods who claim how the...

The problem with this question is tat it ignores how much magical thinking humans have always had and still do have. In the West, we...

I would definitely say that late Tier 2, Chromatic Orb is better than fireball. At lower levels the comparison is more towards...

That's like, a 100% increase in authors that I thought used it! I had no idea about Anderson, I always thought it was just a Moorcock...

D&D alignment comes from its use in both Anderson and Moorcock. :)

This is a + thread, so I don't want to get into the many reasons I dislike alignment. It serves a valuable purpose for some, and that is...

Not surprising considering its origin was from a single author as a background to his stories. Alignment has moved from "Do you align...

Overrated since 3e with the increase in monster hit points.

I follow the baldurs gate/icewind dale games and allow all warriors to specialise in multiple weapon groups. Mastery or better is...

My use would probably be a negative amount, I don't really like mythos in my DnD games to the point where someone who wanted to play a...

Aren't all not + threads ultimately - threads after page 3?

Resurrecting this old thread because I love homebrew! Some of my favorite 5e rule changes: 5E 2014 racial ability score bonuses For...

I can't remember where I read this, it might have been in a 3e book or dungeon article, but one of the things about the 9 hells was that...

Dark Sun has always been this.