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Keep in mind players have a vested interest in maximizing the power and survivability of their PC.

Even in the best conditions--flat meadows with short grass, hard-baked arid turf--there can be things that aren't obvious, and as you...

If the combat has been going on for more than a couple of rounds, and there have already been successful attacks against someone, then...

Ideally, the bolded is the case. More and more, however, it is a game amongst some random people online or at a game store, who were...

i think this is perhaps nitpicking the accuracy of the replication of the facts, an owl has a flyspeed and a frog has a swimspeed in the...

Not having the stamina to read the 1761 pages in this thread, I just want to remind everyone that old Traveller grogs are way, way, WAY...

"Can do" and "do" are two very different things. The power and authority of the DM can be abused, which is what you keep describing...

I disagree. Gravity, for example. Depending on the size/density of your game world it might not have exactly the same effects as here...

I mean, no. That's not true in the slightest. The narration said that the person was climbing the cliff. The mechanics said that the...

In order for a rule to be set aside and not be breaking the rule, the rule itself needs to be worded with the ability to set it aside...

Kind of like what I do except null-magic (as opposed to and distinct from anti-magic) does affect those things, and being in a...

The 5e Sage Advice clarified that there is Magic(spellcasting, spell like abilities, magical powers, etc.) and magic(background magic...

It kind of goes along with the idea, "What the DM says goes, and if the DM says enough stupid stuff, the players go"

I don't believe you have to be an expert in the way you are saying. The only kinds of games I enjoy are well designed and well thought...

In a similar vein, this thread has helped me with a casual project I've been working on, which has been to see how far player authorship...