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@earthsea_wizard Fair enough, I get that you wanted to leave the question open for people to bring their own definitions. But even...

I think the premise here is a little too thin to support the question being asked. A few problems jump out: 1. Defining a “long...

@jian The issue with your suggestion isn’t that it couldn’t work, but that it assumes hit points have a fixed meaning that can be...

Hey Enworlders! I just developed a great new idea that will move D&D forward! How about once every ten (ish) or so sessions is spent...

I think folks often look at alignment from a straight jacket perspective. As in, if you have X/Y on the sheet then only X/Y approved...

I first came to EN World (under a different account) over twenty years ago, when the site was new. I was deeply engaged with D&D during...

I don’t think we can really know what the designers’ intent was at the outset. All we can do is look back at the rules as they were...

That’s a fair point—domain play and “name level” benefits absolutely existed, and they gave players a direction beyond the dungeon. I’m...

One could argue (I would argue) that the play loop of classic D&D led to "name" level benefits like strongholds and domain play. So...

I’ve always loved the Dark Sun setting, but ironically, I don’t think D&D’s rules are the right fit for it. Athas is a world where...

I think the “GP outweighed kills in XP” point gets repeated as if it’s a silver bullet, but I don’t think it proves what people often...

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I think part of what’s going on here is less a design failure and more a reflection of what D&D has always been about at its core. The...

Yeah... folks have been there done that and have an entire closet full of the t-shirts. Dungeons and Dragons has grown beyond sword and...

When used intermittently, logistics challenges are a refreshing addition to the game, often but not always at low levels when such...