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The porter's union would like to have a chat with you.

Your #2 confused me, and I was gonna make a smarmy comment like “What do you mean, ‘once-a-campaign’?” But then I realize I play all the...

That's because that's what it is IMO. Tracking encumbrance makes logical sense and keeps us all honest.

But if people aren’t tracking encumbrance why wouldn’t they have it on their list. If those caltrops were the difference between being...

I understand this is frustrating, but please assume positive intent. I don't think any harm was meant by sharing a meme (I didn't get it...

Compare 5e's Bag of Holding to Handy Haversack- the Haversack specifically calls out the ease with which you can access items within it...

Bookkeeping isn’t fun, but simulations and resource constraints definitely can be. The trick is finding an enjoyable balance for your group.

Perhaps a nicer reframing of that statement would be, "That wouldn't be fun for me".

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.