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Putting these here in case anyone else wants to read more. THE LOGISTICS OF THE ROMAN ARMY AT WAR (264B.C.- A.D. 235) This site has a...

I wonder where these unrealistic assumptions come from . . .

The paper that I linked to earlier in the thread has some comments on it and has some footnotes for further reading. As the Roman...

I once had a party where it turned out the entire party dumped strength. Did not know what to do or how to justify it in my head. The...

If anyone in the group drops anything, the GM is apparently being unfair.

Yup. Anything that might effect showing off the super powers IME. Fortunately my current group feels differently.

I hate Bags of Holding! The worst thing about them is how much players assume they must exist and be accessible to their PC.

Players IME generally don't want to deal with anything that impacts their PCs negatively that isn't immediately solvable with their...

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It’s a different game from 1e/2e. The encumbrance system makes a lot more sense in the earlier editions than it does in 5e which is...

This comment right here is part of why I struggle with 5E

Leomund’s Secure Shelter is one of my favorite spells. Like an RV or a mini version of Daern’s Instant Fortress.

This . . . looks like a typo. But it's probably not. . . . is a wagon. Fortunately for GMs, wagons don't roll everywhere!

I used to do a lot of backpacking and we did do 20 miles in Philmont in one day. We didn't have an adult with us, so we were all young...