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And if you're uncertain, ask your players about things that their characters would know. Don't do "what do you see in the chest?" but...

First of all,we should not take anything the Alexandrian writes particularly seriously. Second, asking players to fill in details...

Once for an expedition to the Underdark, I created 12 encounters - scripted in the sense of fully stat’d (3.5e, so not so easy to wing...

I've flipped and flopped on this over the years. I like how randomness can be used creatively, but I prefer potential combat scenes to...

Read 4E PHB lately or played it?

Sounds a bit 5ish to me. One thing I definitely prefer in 3.5e (my favorite edition) is no unlimited magic cantrips. For me, resource...

I've long thought that the 3e chassis is a good chassis despite my preference in many ways for 1e's way of thinking on certain things...

I think there's a lot of things that in isolation seems unfair or unbalanced, but actually are reasonable when you consider the game...

Was this rule followed much? Seems like a Weapon Speed Factor type rule - it’s there, it’s complicated, it’s ignored. I don’t...

To be fair, you're still casting those low level spells as a high level character. That magic missile is coming out of the gate with...

I was the only person in my 1E group who ever played an illusionist. My gnome illusionist / thief became one of my favorite characters...

Somebody decided Elmo in Temple of Elemental Evil has the full name Elmo Renton. Renton, WA is where WotC’s office is. “The Speaker in...

It took me an amazingly long time to realize that Ptolus -- the City by the Spire, where it's always raining -- was at least somewhat a...

About attacking or threatening or destroying the PC’s home base … it’s interesting. I think campaigns benefit from having a Shire, the...

I did use a ship that sailed across dimensions as a base in one campaign- thank you, Michael Moorcock. It worked pretty well.