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The abilities themselves aren’t very far from being balanced, but you’re right, the game favours some more than others. Dexterity is...

Balance all six abilities? Yes. You just need to: Have an equal number of skills under each ability Have an equal number of attacks...

Just too put it front and center: The classic 6 are essentially the qwerty keyboard. They work well enough, and there is no proof any of...

Mine is a thankfully single-session anecdote, because if I'd done this twice it would be time to quit gaming in shame. I once ran a...

How about "My character will stay in town and run his potion shop while my other character joins the party for this adventure."

I think there is room for lots of different approaches here. Some people will be very focused on historical accuracy and cultural...

I didn’t mean to criticize your work, far from it, so I apologize if that’s how it came across. What I meant is that going outside...

Those types of settings have been criticized before though, and many went back to old tired clichés after being accused (rightly or...

Because it makes for less dense lore. But if you want to get diverse and deep, Europe in the 1100s was as varied as they come.

Some day I want a setting to advertise itself as "historically unaccurate": just unabashedly anachronistic (without being offensive).

I think the metaphor needs a little more to it than simply eurocentricism. D&D is more "western-centric." There is a distinct absence...

You can also draw a world map but be explicit that it's not 100% accurate; just some ivory tower sage's collection of reports which they...

I have several settings exploring several different approaches to fantasy, but I like to double down on eurocentrism, making it a...

It's an old game. It was light for the time period. 😂

This will not fly in my DnD game with the players. Who created this game- Genghis Khan?