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So, this explains why their season imploded...Sorry Coach no time for practice, gotta kill this Basilisk. I'm not sure I can bring...

The Kansas City Chiefs posted an interesting video over the weekend, featuring six of their defensive players playing Dungeons &...

Problem is, oftentimes the "something specific" a player might be looking for can't be achieved in point buy. How, in point buy, can I...

Through your roleplay of the NPC, ideally. If the NPC comes across as prideful or self-confident or courageous than persuasion is more...

Unfortunately, @Maxperson is bang-on right: intimidation in real life works exactly as he says it does. Many (most?) of us have direct...

With the former the reasons for why their old choice of harmful/bad is because threats of violence. Intimidate isn't just another...

No argument from me on any of this. So how to fix, or at least mitigate? You've already suggested divorcing initiative from Dexterity...

While it is theoretically possible to produce a character that could be considered unplayable, it is highly unlikely using most of the...

Whoever is saying this probably cut their teeth on 3e or 4e, which were way harsher on in-party level variance than is 5e.

Completely disagree with your last recommendation here, both in fact and spirit. Setting expectations properly doesn't equate to...

Thank you for trying to spread the game to new players. Hopefully some will become DMs themselves and the payoff will become something...

It was "may."

Point-buy and standard array are also by default removing the worst end of the curve as well. You simply can't start with anything...

Yes, a very very poor design choice. Even point-buy tends to bell-curve the stats - the higher the stat, the more points it costs -...

3e by RAW had a cutline: if either (or both) of... a - all your rolls are 13 or lower b - your total aggregate bonus is less than +1...