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Our hike at the BSA Philmont Scout Ranch was a seven day 30-mile trek designed to test our eleven-person crew (consisting of three...

Agreed, and I'd much rather handle these details on the fiction side of things than the rules side. Is that just turn-based combat...

I would agree that the willingness needs to be there. I would also say that what people verbally say they are willing to do often does...

I'd somehow want them in my game even less? It shouldn't be a problem, except for the weird D&D concept of being able to attack MOAR by...

I don't doubt that "liminal" is being overused, but if it's just being used to describe hallways and doorways and the like, that's the...

Military had hands-free flashlights for quite a few decades. One from WW2 1943 WWII GITS Military Flashlight -122- Tested & Working...

Verisimilitude I think is pretty easy. Leaving pure historical realism arguments aside, it seems within the realm of plausibility that a...

Even with the cost of that lantern being easier to destroy than one held in hand?

Yes, it's oil. But what oil? Also, what material is lantern made of? D&D is far from simulation. It's a fricking game. With magic...

Light being a cantrip isn't beloved either, unlimited cantrips are another sore spot, but addressing that is a bigger project than...

A lot of people don't think about how things would actually encumber them in the real world. On one hand, sure, it's make believe, so...

Words. But not too many, or the PCs won't need to explore. I use dice for quick reference on character positions.

I might be reading the question wrong, but I allow PCs to do whatever they want. And suffer the consequences. Unless the wizard (which...

Some people think it may have been used for patrolling city streets at night but never for actual combat. I can't imagine trying to...