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My influence before Dungeons and Dragons was definitely Conan the Barbarian (Robert Jordan, et al.) I still haven't finished the Lord of...

D&D is retiring the DMG, because their new AI app renders DMs obsolete? Ironically, I'd love to hear about a companion app that allows...

I think I've discovered D&D's motive to decouple character level from AC, STR, and even HP: it allows characters like this to be super...

Does NOT DnD publish transcripts? I'd like to read all about it.

I’ve moved to PDFs since a handfull of years, besides some core books for systems I really like. Part of the reason is shelf space, but...

I mean, when four dudes and dudettes enter the room brandishing sharpened steel . . . they don't look like they want to talk.

Definitely not a $15-per-person movie. Blasphemy. Aliens is a classic.

Sounds pretty OSR to me. Is there a reason you couldn't start over with the same characters to save time? Play a zombie version of...

First, a little about me. I came into the hobby in 1989 with AD&D 2nd edition. It seems that I'm one of the few "old timers" without a...

Matter of opinion, I guess. D&D has a decent amount of lore that ties to some mechanisms. High character level is a powerful entity...

They need to not clash with the lore. For example, using a game system with inappropriate levels of mechanical detail (too much or too...

Then the issue doesn't come up because it begins with a game that one doesn't enjoy. Can playing it wrong be more fun? Oh yeah. I'd...

I 100% agree with the statements of the rules being not the important part of RPGs. But with playing characters with bad stats on...

...or are you playing the right game, now that you've altered the game enough to suit your needs? But seriously, you'd think with so...

Do you like AD&D but wish it had an active defense? Want an actual skill system to check against and not the more feat-like non-weapon...