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Unless one sees in-character dialogue and thespianism as being the point of furthest advance, and thus sees subsequent movement as...

When done properly, this makes loads of sense. However, there's always that guy (and in 3e days, I played with a few) who just leads...

At bare minimum in order to get to the point where we can even roll the dice we need to establish the following: fictional positioning...

Good summary. There's times when all four block points come into play: Intent - you want to do something but you're prevented before...

Don't see the swerve. If I was a player, and I had some special thing important to my PC destroyed through means entirely in keeping...

All hail Hewlett Packard! Let us bow our heads...

D&D worships at the altar of the HP god. Character death is very much part of the game. Many rules revolve around dying and death. Has...

Player 1: "I just saw two guys playing Russian Roulette and the first one lost and is dead." Player 2: "You can't use dead since that...

I'll be gracious and assume that by "we've moved past that" you meant you and your group. Because otherwise it comes off as very...

You may have decided that D&D isn't a simulation game, that doesn't mean much. D&D draws a clear line - the DM controls the world, the...

These terms are pretty foreign to me besides "sandbox" and since you are using it here I'm not sure it even means the same thing. In my...

Uhhh...yes? Why else do we do this, as opposed to playing a board game or card game? "Moved past" it to what, though? Game-izing the...

Well here is the situation... 1. If I have gotten in this situation then I've failed to vet my players. 2. The answer is yes and no...

Your analysis falls apart a bit before it even starts, because you've put the GM in the position of having to frame scenes (a very NY...

Why? Do your players not know their abilities? Mine don't generally ask. They do. And if what they are trying to do won't have a...