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Because Charisma is so often abused by players dumpstatting (given the various methods other than "in order" rolling) that it's the most...

If it's not clearly in the character's abilities, it needs a roll. Player skill in narration can get moderate bonuses to the roll. If...

While I agree with this in theory, in practice it leads the DM straight into a stupid amount of work redesigning or reinventing a large...

That's very setting-dependent- how widespread such knowledge is, communication between towns, etc.

A big ol' Gold can get by with targeting anywhere in the Wizard's general neighbourhood, the Wiz is still going down. :) That's the...

He can choose to in the 1st round just fine. The party isn't starting next to it, and most likely the dragon is flying and there would...

One of the guys I used to play with was DMing for 4 different groups. He had a huge map of the Forgotten Realms in his bedroom and used...

I take it as a given that the DM has a map; a few DMs might be good enough to wing an entire complex on the fly and have it remain...

The DM giving them an accurate map one room at a time is far easier on a VTT than it is in person because the VTT very neatly preserves...

My table is 16th level, I do not spoon feed them anymore particularly if I'm using map and key. The party took on the ancient blue wyrm...

I don't think the Control spells are ruining the game, primarily because I don't think most players focus on them as much as they could...

This might just be my least read OP ever.

For the record, I consider myself a neutral arbiter…on average. Sometimes I am a benevolent god arbiter. Sometimes I am a vindictive...

Ok, I find that really strange, because in my mind it's the "character skill" camp that wants GMs to be neutral arbiters. Player...

That hasn't been my experience at all. Both my adult players and my pre-teen nieces and nephews have learned through doing, through...