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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...

That's very cool and very intense. I definitely do the "living world in my head" thing, but I've never gotten my ADHD nailed down enough...

One of the guys I used to play with was DMing for 4 different groups. He had a huge map of the Forgotten Realms in his bedroom and used...

Well I started making a living off of it after I left my law job post-COVID, so the time commitment makes sense when it's your primary...

With WIS -1 at least they have a tiny to small chance of saving for most levels of play. But INT -5, like most bestial foes, means that...

And some of us run 3-6 games/week 😅 Tasha's Mind Whip, though.. that was one of the things that made me stop allowing every 1pp in...

I've said it before. I'm no 4e hater (I liked it, in fact) but the editing. Woof, the editing. We used to flip through them to spot...

Reminds me of how the 3.5e Expanded Psionics Handbook had the Déjà vu power written out in full twice (on purpose).

The Fall of Rome might be over-exaggerated on its effects on European history, but its practically cemented as a trope in fantasy...

If you want to skip the centuries of picking up the pieces of what was lost after Rome, sure, we’re better off now than we were...

... If you entirely skip its 70% magic resistance, sure 😅

That is quite a hot take 😅

I almost want to make vancian for 5e again and incentivize it somehow ... But I feel like any reasonable incentives would never be...

Having to prepare spells slot by slot was orders of magnitude better for both the health of gameplay as well as encouraging players to...