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Sure, but OP said, "and there is no pesky math, for those who don't like adding modifiers." And hitting your exact ability score...

There were at least 12 Female Pharoahs of Egypt and 5 female Emperors in China, they make for some extraordinary characters. My current...

The AD&D Birthright campaign setting really tried to do this just before AD&D transitioned: Birthright (campaign setting) - Wikipedia I...

This article makes me want to watch House of the Dragon again. Is there a good RPG sourcebook for succession-quests? A Game of Thrones...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Crowns in Crisis As you GM more and more adventures, it may become harder to find an unusual reason for...

Nothing wrong with this, but it doesn't follow K.I.S.S. If there are no modifiers, how do you roll for tasks with higher difficulty...

Choose a direction, and be consistent with it. I've played several games where you want to roll under (usually to get as close to the...

Just do what Starfield did: make most planets boring. Then the PCs will want to go to the interesting locations you've set up. Or you...

Adventuring is what happens when four unemployed people leave home during the middle ages.

(cocks rifle) Understood.

I passed over the "D&D at Gen Con" thread to get here. This "wounds" news is interesting, because I thought the ability damage feature...

Numenera has had 38 supplements and 20 adventure products, including two full adventure paths Cypher has had 46 supplements and 21...

Have you read any of the design emails? They have some good indications of the coming changes. For those who haven’t, one of the big...

May I say, I do like the cut of your jib.

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