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Do not taunt Immersion Ball.

The other thing I've noticed about the word "immersion" is that it is often used in the context of "when (my pet peeve occurs) it breaks...

Reading a couple of hundred articles in Dragon makes you realize how good Greenwood's material really is.

I feel like the DM needs very good improv to make this adventure shine - either that or a lot of prep.

I totally ran a Druid/Ranger. When I was playing 1E, Rangers were far and away my favorite class (not a surprise as a big LotR fan) and...

Having strong, defined categories makes it easier to sell them to people. When fantasy encompasses Elves and four-armed Tharks...

given i believe those kinds of 'i need to be the most powerful person at the table' people are the minority and catering to them IMO...

Granting one player who wants that is likely to be detrimental to the enjoyment of the game for the other players. To repeat a question...

There are so many other character building choices and potential for optimisation in 5e, that sabotaging entire classes just so there is...

i do not believe it is a desirable goal to cater to those kinds of people.

I suspect the strong separation between science fiction and fantasy, despite being the two great tastes that taste great together, was...

100%. It's funny, the book that broke my genre purism was Burroughs A Princess of Mars. I didn't get to reading that until my...

Very true, but tbh I just "embraced the gonzo" and played the adventure as written, even though I was born and raised in London.

Off-topic side note on the role of infernal politics in Gygaxian D&D lore (I was remembering the Gord novels and bit off a bit more than...

Just so any Guardians of the Galaxy film fan doesn't shell out for this back issue and get disappointed: The Guardians of the Galaxy...