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Indeed it can, but then arises the question of what does improvement look like that would even satisfy just the both of us, never mind...

Sounds good. For me as player, my own answer would be "Let it be a mix - there'll be times we want to hunt on our own and other times...

It's a matter of intent and good faith vs bad, I think. Linear implies good faith and reasonable intention, railroad not so much...

Seeing this I think the next halfway-important NPC my party meets has to be named Megacorp, just on principle.

Notably, the 2024 rules has different effects for the cards in the deck of many things that mess with levels or XP, since a lot of...

Clearly that was the intent, but the mechanical design doesn't make a shred of sense. Had either (or both) of the Gauntlets or the...

Not necessarily, if the players stay there voluntarily and thus don't need to be forced. But it remains a railroad notwithstanding...

I actually agree with @TwoSix here. You can agree to a railroad. It's very rare, but can be done. In all my time playing I've only...

I wouldn't say that. It depends on the group. Railroads, linear play, and adventures can be fairly popular forms of play. My partner...

Agreed, it's not degenerate. Constraining, yes, even boring if the specific rails you're on at the moment aren't to one's taste, but...

Another reason for disparate levels in 1e was the occasional appearance of level draining foes. Me, I take mixed levels within a party...

My last 5e campaign went about 130 sessions. When your PC died the new one started at half XP of your last charachter. I also tracked XP...

So the Gauntlets set the strength of your hands and arms to a fixed value (18.00), and... ...a Girdle sets the strength of the rest of...

Kraftwerk; My bard is a model and she's looking good!

Yes! Forty years ago, losing a beloved magic item to a rust monster was hilarious fun for the whole table. Today I half expect people...