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That’s my experience as well. Players would rather clean their armor or have the party mage cast prestidigitation on it than take it off.

Oracle of War goes from level 1 to level 20. You can print them all out and make a dead-tree version easily enough (they’re printer...

Is it that they actively prefer fantastical heroism, or that they actively don't want to bother keeping track of this stuff? In other...

Yeah, I find that the calculation and logistics is only part of the problem, and really that's the easier part. The question is how do...

You and WotC both, I would imagine. This may be their way of testing the waters. Personally, I don't like it. Too fiddly, too many...

Has been for a while. A gentleman recently told me he remembered his dad running for him when he was a kid. Ope!

That format didn't sell well because it leads to player confusion. On the other hand the [name] of Everything books sold extremely well.

For those who have seen it: would you say this adventure would be worth playing for experienced players who don't need the hand-holding...

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 found moral alignment useful as a guide in portraying a monster or NPC. Just a possible hook to riff off of. So CE 3e orcs were...

I find alignment useful for a general starting point on personality and viewpoint. For a lot of enemies it's a good starting point or...

I do think the folks at WotC could be doing a lot more to emphasize the different options for what failing a roll means, but...

Only if there's a time constraint, in my experience. Otherwise, you try the free resource (rogue skill check) first. Also, sometimes...

In addition, the reason they can step on the rogue's toes generally only comes into play if there is no rogue. If there is one, it...

I think very few people actually sit down and do the theory-crafting white-room analysis to say that "These classes are best". I know I...