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Yep. If I'm running a game where common D&Dism apply, I'll tell the players anything they know as players is likely common knowledge in...

For mapping - Players don't really need to put down more than a general shape of the room (not even that, a bubble is okay 'flowcharting...

I think some of this knowledge is common to the world anyway. That is, unless trolls are brand new to the world or the region, it would...

Wait, your OP mentioned mapping from the player side, was it meant to be the DM side? Maybe I misread it, though it technically doesn't...

When I map, I normally use nodes with paths leading off them, sometimes I'll embellish a little and make those paths look like stairs or...

You call it learning to play the GM. I describe it as establishing a shared understanding and expectations. I consider this a critical...

Which in the situation described is basically "Wait, what? Did I not say it was lava?" I'm pretty sure in the past that I've had...

This is very easy to assert, but how are you arriving at the conclusion that someone gets screwed any time a mistake is made? Why are...

I probably lean more on the player skill than character skill side of things, I feel like it comes from earlier editions of DnD where...

re: Combat vs Non-Combat I often see the argument, "We don't require players to know how to swing swords, so why should we ask them to...

Big topic, but first thing I'll offer is that player skill in social interactions doesn't have to require acting skills or being...

I'd argue it's the other way around - it's only pedantic to claim that they don't get high level spells because they don't cast them in...

I think the only benefit that really needs to be "while wearing the armor only" is the spellcasting focus one. You shouldn't be able to...

I think the intent is clear, even if the wording is off. Once it is arcane armour you can don/doff as it as an action.

I think nowadays I'd probably stick to side initiative, one roll. Maybe use the order of actions from BECMI but since it doesn't really...