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Which in a way brings up yet another variable, leading to a question: When playing, is your* primary goal "to level up" or is your...

Your interpretation that it is punishment for "stupid" decisions is what is off. I did not mean to imply that at all. In the theoretical...

I love stuff like this. Not only does it show that the players are invested in the game, it gives me all kinds of opportunities to bring...

Well, those who survive the funnel, I suppose...... :)

While I sort of agree with this in principle, the moment you have more than one player I find it often becomes an exercise in...

Which is fine until they bump a level and realize that because all those random encounters they farmed didn't provide a lick of...

I also have to say that as a player I prefer slow advancement. I want time to play my character and learn what my companions can do at...

I think you've already earned enough XP from this exercise to go up a level!

Confidence and ease go hand in hand. If a module's hard to run due to lack of clarity, page-flipping, too many buried details, poor...

At some point I might pull all my favorite ideas from this thread and create a sample 2-page spread.

A format I've used for area descriptions is: First Glance: (what they see when they first look in the door; VERY brief) Closer...

I do the same, and my personal preference for at-table use is A5 and digest sized books over 8.5x11. I do also provide seperate map...

There's been a few adventure modules I've read (and at least one that I've converted and run) that expressly tell the DM to level up the...

I voted for fighting monsters, overcoming obstacles, social encounters, and treasure. For treasure it's not straight up gold for...

@ilgatto , I'm starting to think you're worrying too much about whay "they" were thinking at the time, where the true usefulness of this...