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I always considered racial alignment as a broad indicator and not an absolute. Perhaps that is based on a combination of culture and...

The key to something being or not being a railroad is players choose and there are options. If you have one adventure, then it's a...

In my recent campaign, elves were immortal. They could be killed but they wouldn't age naturally beyond a certain point. Kind of like...

I think any adventure path is a railroad. The plan is for you to finish module #1 and go on to module #2. You might deviate off the...

Lego Sandbox is sandbox. Open is improv. I'll only add a few nuances. The buffet is broad and not every group partakes of every...

I think a great book was Arbiter of Worlds. It covered the essentials of what a DM wanting to run an old school sandbox campaign should...

I have to confess that I consume rules systems like potato chips. I don't play everything I read. I do like to see how different...

If I ever had a group of players interested in pursuing domain play, I would use ACKS II (as I mentioned in the other thread). It is...

I got value from it but not as much as Ptolus. I'm never bound to what is put there as a DM but I like having something there when I...

All stuff on my shelf.

I like a map, which is why to me Ptolus has no equal, but I thought Sharn added a lot of good info that could be useful.

As an oddity to collect, didn't one version of the 3.0 PHB have a copy of e-tools in the back (on a CD)? Or maybe the DMG? I'll also...

I believe Star Fleet Battles paid the Star Trek people something for what they do. Whether a license or just a one time payment, I...

I don’t run into this very much. Most OSR fans I talk to tend to buy a bunch of the retro clones. I know I have a bunch.

I think every edition has it's flaws and strengths. I played the first four editions. 1e: General Playstyle was a strength but...