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you may need a reroll

Of the three social skills I feel intimidation is so much lower than the others. It forces a hostile position there and then. Not only...

This is SUPER dependent on DM interpretation, but here's my 1-N ranking based on campaigns I've played with the DMs I've played with...

Why animal handling so good?

Well, a PG-13 movie can have one f-bomb in it. And, on Stranger Things, Dustin has quite the potty mouth. He's dropping the other...

Tracking is one of the better use cases of Survival, but in practice, it's not super critical to have the skill to do the thing. If the...

Tracking is highly DM dependent. I recall there being a (semi-facetious) saying that tracking never works except when the DM wants you...

That one is very dependent on where you live. My understanding is that in Australia it’s pretty socially acceptable, whereas in the US...

How “Stranger Things-y” are the adventurers? Like, are they referential to the point of being distracting, or do they seem like they...

1. Perception 2. Investigation 3. Arcana 4. Insight 5. Stealth 6. Persuasion 7. Intimidation 8. Deception 9. Sleight of Hand 10...

Excellent point. I use similarly broad tables in my Level Up game.

My kids test their boundaries with profanity, but generally, we're pretty lax about it at home, with the understanding that the language...

Random encounters don’t have to just be wandering monsters. Any complication you want to be able to occur at repeated but unpredictable...

There’s always time pressure if you roll for random encounters at regular intervals. Just saying.

I think culturally, much of the US at least is in the process of a shift in what words are taboo. People are much more comfortable with...