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The description in the Encyclopedia Magica is the same as in the 2e DMG, except for the addition of an extra "Kara-Tur" table that adds...

Great news. Love me some Spider-Punk. https://deadline.com/2025/08/spider-punk-animated-feature-daniel-kaluuya-ajon-singh-sony-1236478287/

But that specialness only extends so far- for example, being a half-elf makes you easier to bring back than a full elf. But being a...

I didn't vote, but mostly because, while I have no evidence to suggest ghosts are real, I can't deny that they could be- it may be...

It wasn't even universal for all 1e adventures, as they eventually started including suggested party sizes, for example:

Well, I can't speak for 0e/1e but a lot of the 2e adventures did care about numbers. They'd often have a "For 3-5 players of levels 2-4"...

I mean, yeah, that also makes sense (orcs have no souls, lol). But it doesn't quite explain why it's harder to revive a Halfling than a...

Here's the thing with party size- the more people there are in a combat round, the longer the combat round takes. This becomes...

Well if we're talking about "weird things about powerful AD&D magic items", here's a fun one: The logic behind the charge costs is...

The only thing unclear (to me) on that combo is that the description of the gauntlets and the girdles might seem to imply that their...

The accuracy isn't the problem, it's the hit points. Somebody upthread talked about starting new characters at level 2-3 to hang with...

I'm not sure if I'd call it "player skill" so much as "anticipating Gary's gotcha ideas." I think most groups for most RPGs figure out...

I don't mind a minor level difference here and there, I'm more concerned if the players are roughly on the same power level. It's like...