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I've had that before, thought it was bad but actually players enjoyed it, it was just my own self perception that thought it was...

Do players expect that, or are DMs psyching themselves out worrying that's what players expect?

DMing is taxing. It’s difficult in that manner as you are generally organizer, referee, encyclopedia, creator and playwright. I’ve...

In order to be good at something, you have to be ok with being bad at it for a while. I usually make this comment in the context of art...

It's been said already, but I don't find DMing to be HARD necessarily, but I do find it to be quite a bit of WORK. Granted, I develop my...

In the Diamond Throne / Arcana Evolved setting by Monte Cook, there were "Runechildren". People would manifest mysterious runes that...

I think they'd fit in well in the 4e forgotten realms setting as the spellscar abilities.

5e has a similar type optional rule.

I'm with you on this, it's where the take 10/take 20 rules of 3e were a great addition because it gave an actual rule for it. Otherwise...

Ok, why should those situations be resolved by a roll? Let's pick a simple scenario: there's a locked door, and no time pressure. The...

I think its not a VERSUS. Sometimes you need or want player skill, sometimes character skill. For me personally TTRPG is about making...

You've just reminded me of something a lot of DMs seem to call for a roll for: jumping. Seems all too often when a PC has the requisite...

I'm a believer that dice should not be rolled unless there is a consequence for failure. (5e even explicitly says this, although...

Conan RPG by Monolith. Backers are currently receiving their books, which means it will be in stores next year, probably, Q1...

Good to know. If we're talking D&D, Intelligence "as written" says there's a modifier to dice rolls. That's it. There's nothing that...