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This is typically the case in my Canadian city. I recently went shopping for a core rulebook, but it was sold out. The book was at the...

I'm not sure I've played much more than 20 characters either, and I've played for 40 years across 9 rules revisions. I've made hundreds...

HOLY CRAP. You've played over 20 characters in about a year? I'm not sure if I've actually played 20 characters ever.

Define the "sweet spot", I suspect that a lot falls down right there. Is there one single sweet spot or would different tables and...

I disagree. Sometimes, in the first round, everyone does "their opening move" and sometimes the dice work against them. Monsters make...

Each encounter would be an independent sample of a small set of rolls… In short, increasing your number of samples make the phenomenon...

Some analysis as to why this happens so much. It's because the d20 dice and relatively low rounds of combat. Cold or Hot dice can turn...

I know it gets a bad rep, but I do think that 4E did this pretty well. 4E encounter design was pretty good.

That surprised me as well, to be honest. I think the strong reaction mostly comes from the fact that the players have grown very...

It's probably the reason that you can't find it at an FLGS - they would have to pay more shipping than their margin, so unless they jack...

Buying directly from the publisher usually comes at a huge cost when you are in Australia. I bought physical copies of 3 Sly Flourish...

What Morris says above is what I mean by "skipping the middle-man". I get why it's attractive to publishers, but it unfortunately makes...

I don't know if anyone's assuming that. I think you've made your position pretty clear.

I have not tried it, but I assume that is what would happen. Though the only way to really know is to try it.

My father was an orthopedic surgeon. I grew up with horror stories about motorcycle accidents. My dad gets into his 50s…gets a...