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As a GM in my games I still control setting elements and things outside the characters, so I’m not sure where that comes from. In fact...

Cutting to the chase, are you ruining someone else's game? Joining an adventure path is "this is what you signed up for" sabotaging the...

How many moving parts does this class have? How much do i need to plan ahead for this class? How many decisions do I have to make during...

Only partly. Let’s make some distinctions here….

Plus many times the op is a "why I don't like 5e" kind of post, which I can understand, that isn't the kind of post to make in the D&D...

A lot of these kind of posts seem vague until one pins down they are talking about a specific game, and just trying to import the play...

I can get with that, though I think equating Adventure Path with Campaign is a little off. Every campaign I've played in, even those...

I'm minded to mention that on every occasion I've been a player in one of these new-fangled Adventure Paths, we have reduced the GM to...

Player agency is often argued about on these boards. This post will not attempt to reconcile such arguments. It will enunciate the...

I've got a bridge in Manhattan to sell you ;)

Bas-Lag, the setting of China Mieville's New Crobuzon fantasy trilogy. Doskvol from Blades in the Dark.

So, how do I say.. these are not in conflict, for me? At least, not in the senses that pop into my mind. A trope (in my mind, at...

I love to be surprised, but also to be delighted, which means I’m usually looking for a fusion of familiar and new elements...

I like multiple degrees of success and failure, and don’t like multiple rolls. QuestWorlds and Fate both please me.

Two brief points: While the blog mentions the advantages of using multiple rolls, it overlooks at how the math changes to be...