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Tailored puzzles, archetypal NPCs, subclasses—this month's EN5ider Magazine is all about sorcerers! As always a juicy adventure awaits...

That’s admittedly true. Political intrigues are rare in my games, and we tend to keep it highly abstracted so that we can get back to...

At about 7th level, a party I was DMing encountered a lock - with an illustration - that the Rogue failed to open. The cleric said...

Depending on age, the child by definition will virtually always be feral, so that makes sense.

Errr... maybe people do value animals more than people, but in your example your reasoning is wrong. The reason you are fined more for...

No, it's a well-known fact that people value animals far more than they do other people. For instance, around here, you can be fined...

I thought the reason was you could cast Raise Dead on a porter, but not on a horse.

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".