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It’s always hilarious. Always.

I tend to play halflings a lot and several have been killed or nearly killed by giant rats in the past. This would likely be just as...

Personally it does put me into a slightly bad mood if a character of mine dies, especially if I've put a lot of effort into the...

My reaction would depend on a lot of factors, from in-game context to my real-life emotional state on that particular day. I think I...

Don't overthink it (I'll be handing out citations for such). I've always said that "Dungeons and Dragons is better in the telling."...

didn't we already had that with 4E?

Realistically, day-to-day living should cause XP loss, proportional to the amount of total earned XP, representing the natural erosion...

Shouldn’t characters who don’t help simply get murdered at camp? I’m thought that was how your games rolled.

The fun of playing the game, maybe? we didn't use XP since 01 or 02 probably. game runs so much smoother that way. everyone is same...

Problem is, achieving more or less exact balance in every situation seems to be the point for some here. And that just ain't gonna happen.

Identical ability scores might push a little bit toward balance in play but by no means will they or can they guarantee it, which has...

My character is surviving at home and gaining xp while the others are dying off in the field and thus no longer gaining xp. You can't...

Sure, I'd make a new character as well, though I'd expect it to come in slightly behind those already present as it hasn't done as much...

The way I run my minions is that more than half their hit point max kills them, while anything less than half means the next hit kills...

6-7hp means that anything near average damage for weapon swing (1d8+Mods) is going to take down a minion in one swing. Especially if the...