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See, I love history (real or imagined), so I want the history of the setting front and center. That's the most fun part for me. That...

I totally get that. Death penalty for crimes against literature. Sounds about right.

I second the motion. All in favour?

Setting lore matters in numerous ways. Sometimes the "opponent" of or challenge to the players is the nature of the setting. Starting...

Most fantasy settings certainly do. There are two homebrewed ones that I find interesting, and they have some common features: They...

Yes there is, if there's a meaningful consequence for success.

Meaningful consequences or not, @Micah Sweet has it right: if the outcome is in doubt it should be rolled for. What gets lost here (and...

Those all sound like meaningful consequences to me, and one of them is likely to apply to some degree nearly all the time, so to me to...

I read this 5e advice completely differently. The 5e advice seems to be don't call for a check if there is nothing really to check...

For me, there was one remark made a couple of years ago that just kind of lingers on, and it underscores the whole corporate goal versus...

Sure, but there's different ways of going about that. New companies often go about it by being experimental, innovative, and - yes -...

Huh. I knew about the three-times-per-day maximum but either never knew or had forgotten about rolling for which attack type it would...

AD&D Monster Manual, p 30: Dragons con attack by claw/bite or breath weapon. The latter can be used but three times per day, maximum...

I'll freely admit to bias as my degree is in geography, but without the "what is where" piece the other type of exploration can at best...

A non-rectangular room would also be a pain. :) Cool idea, though.