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Part of it also depends on how you see the physics of magic working in the setting. For me, I see magic as a force of physics similar...

I like it a lot, and I'm always looking for more ways to inject randomness into my game. I prefer magic to be unpredictable, unstable...

I definitely believe rulings ought to be applied consistently, written down as needed and applied the same way every time the same...

Level doesn't have to be a purely-metagame element in the slightest, and can very well exist in the setting. All it needs is that some...

Gygax said in the 1e DMG that so long as it doesn't make the game unfun, the highest levels of simulation should be strived for.

Well my personal definition of simulation is pretty much is the "simulationist" corner of the Threefold, as worked out in...

The left-hand graph has a rather large and glaring flaw, as it implies that exactly 0% of the player base is 46 or older. Such is not...

If you lock them all into having levels and classes and so forth, then sure; I'd agree. What I want as DM is something that says in...

How many of those campaigns were intentionally run as open-ended though, i.e. without a set "completion" point? I've been running the...

Whereas in my experience, that DM will drop the campaign six weeks in after realizing the amount of effort it will take to actually run...

For me at least, it's because I view D&D as being more an adults' game than a kids' game.

The real challenge for adults, I've found, is to retain a sense of play. Those who do, those who don't mind or can laugh off looking...

Well, yes and no. For example, you talk about starting at an FLGS. For lots of us back in the day, that wasn't an option. The FLGS...

It was funny seeing wild magic in action after Pathfinder. We returned to 3012 2E. Level 3 or 4 in a wild magic zones. Casts a spell...

I am a big fan, esp. since I am a fan of magic with mishaps and consequences (and design most magical items in my games to have a...