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That’s my experience as well. Players would rather clean their armor or have the party mage cast prestidigitation on it than take it off.

Significant negative DM when using social skills face to face with any sophont that has a sense of smell. Stick to vacuum worlds, is my...

Is it that they actively prefer fantastical heroism, or that they actively don't want to bother keeping track of this stuff? In other...

Yeah, I find that the calculation and logistics is only part of the problem, and really that's the easier part. The question is how do...

This is how most adventures start with a talking horse call Ed... This is why most Americans drive a pickup truck or SUV... Absolutely...

I love this logistical stuff but it definitely seems unpopular with players, who prefer the fantastical heroism of carrying everything...

All the encumbrance rules which most gamers ignore. Equipment slots are easier to track and a bit more “realistic” because you have...

Screw that. (Turns to DM) What’s the cost for a horse?

The 15 minute per mile pace of road marching is hard to keep for more than a couple hours. 20 minutes is more the average for normal...

And let's not forget how heavy good walking gear is, things like clothing, hiking boots, a good jacket, heavy duty compass, sturdy...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. This mantra echoes through the mind of any experienced backpacker, a constant negotiation between...

That would be a unit/party with terrible discipline. Every military dismounted movement I ever had ensured this DID NOT happen. I assume...

Great article - it is really striking to see the difference in how TSR (relying on Random House advances) and WotC have approached the...

Over more than fifty years there have been a lot of D&D things created: hundreds of RPG products, novels, comics, and video games...

This is such a strange take. Do you actually think a new book would not sell more than the OLD two books?