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I think it would be a mistake to imagine the authors of D&D as complex moral philosophers offering coherent takes. Probably the single...

It was a great tag line but I don't think they ever delivered on that. I felt DCC did better in making adventures that felt like they...

I think 3e did a lot of things right but not everything. If I had to play exactly by the rules, I'd play 3e if I had to play a D&D...

Session #71: Mouse droid bomb; children die

Yep. I hear you. I have seen this sort of thing before too. "Stealth": An entire party casts invisibility on everyone and then...

So are hit points. In the most basic form they help you not die from attacks that can theoretically kill you. They, in fact, at some...

@Theory of Games I always base leveling and attributes of a character in fiction based on what they actually are observed to do, not...

Yeah, it can be a real issue. If I go to a big con, I might play 8 games and I'd expect one to be awful, one to be great and the rest...

On "Die Hard" as D&D scenario: John McClane is above gritty tier and in the low end action movie hero tier. He's about 6th level...

Very true. I noted that playing Cyberpunk, after being "raised" with D&D. Ouch, gunshots hurt!! IMC, I added "-1 to hit" at Bloodied...

I hear what you're saying, but that goes back to the fact that PCs will be in more combats than NPCs. Death spiral is "real", it makes...

The guards are roughly 2nd level fighters with 12/12/12/8/8/8 ability scores, armed with a combination of light lances, broad swords...

That's well-stated, and makes sense. One of those "that's obvious, duh!" facts that wasn't actually obvious until it is pointed out...

"My Life with Master" is on the short list of con events I actually would want to do. Although, I'm increasingly disappointed at the...

I differ I think from most tables in using absolutely the same rules for PCs and NPCs. So a 7 hp gobin dies in my game at -9hp...