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Then they are not playing a roleplaying game, they are playing a combat simulation or tactical combat game. The fact that thousands of...

OK, but taking a fifth level or higher party, what is acceptable chances of a TPK for a fight to be challenging? 40%, 20%, 10%? Because...

You certainly can challenge a party like that. You just need to scale up the encounter difficulty a lot. And we really have no guidance...

Being about as effective in combat than a fighter for free is a big deal! In older editions casters could not do this, to do so did cost...

But a Cantrip is just as useful as swinging a sword...ao of they want to contribute something more in the moment than the Fighter, they...

The thing is, it's not even suboptimal. If the goal is to rescue the princess, stopping to rest and let her die is about the least...

A lot of people play for the social situation and to be challenged. For many it is very enjoyable to meet and overcome challenge and...

This sort of thing can happen. Last year, I was playing in a megadungeon (The Scarlet Citadel by Kobold Press). Multiple times the...

ah yes, the age old double standard of players thinking their own PC's minds are immalleable steel fortresses that can never be swayed...

IME, when I say, "I want to use intimidate to make the NPC surrender", the DM's either set the DC ludicrously high or simply don't allow...

One of the best innovations in 4e was allowing characters to use Intimidate to force morale checks on opponents. You could literally...

This is exactly why I would like to see the DDB data on how often each skill is actually rolled. Every campaign is its own context, but...

Doesn't that depend a bit? I mean, constant pressure in my real life is exhausting. But pressure - in the sense of being confronted by...

That's not what I was saying. What I was saying is that the GM does, in fact, need to apply pressure for there to be pressure. The way...