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Just because it's fantasy doesn't mean it has to be fair. :) It comes back to the whole risk-reward question. 1e is designed as a...

If we can look past some of the more unpleasant connotations of word choices, I think there is a significant branch of RPGs that really...

As player, I keep a track of hit point total each level e.g. 3,9,14,23,24,28 for the same reason, and as DM I insist the players do...

I insist players keep old versions of character sheets for a far more pragmatic reason: it's inevitable there will be errors or...

I'll be here all week, folks!

It's not necessarily that newer players really are fragile complainers, it's that the designers of D&D keep designing as if they're...

In other news, in order to appeal to a new generation of gamers, the 2025 Edition of Chutes and Ladders will include only Ladders, no...

If the DMG flat-out said "don't fudge, ever" then sure, the burden of proof would be on ER to back up his statement. But unfortunately...

Don't get me wrong - I've seen times when as a DM I want to bail the PCs' collective ass out of a jam, be it of their own making or...

I had specifically chosen to not mention that section because I have significant issues with it. But yes, it does exist, and I have no...

I stand to be corrected, but isn't it right there in the 5e DMG somewhere, that DMs can fudge if they need to? If yes, I'd (rather...

Perhaps, but they're still a lot bigger (and the responses are, probably, a lot more varied) than what any of us could get just asking...

"Meta" is a complicated prefix for RPGs. Because it's used in both the "meta game" sense you explained above, but also metatextual or...

Metaphysics means transcending what is physical or natural. Metagame means transcending the game. It's when you bring in things from...

What you have described above is pretty much my table's experience. Through the 90's - 2015's when I GMed we played in Mystara...