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That's a major feature, the commitment to absolutely no metaplot is a key part of what makes Eberron great and enduring. Exactly...

Another category of warship that could be added to the list: Border Patrol: A fast, lightly armed ship tasked with patrolling national...

Okay, so I am going to be picky about language. While I think I get what you mean, I want to put focus on something here. Does a...

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In a nutshell: some general ballpark of plausibility-of-outcome and in-world consistency for how things work. Even if fantastic foes...

I think it's a little deeper than that. A lot of the support for simulationism comes with the attached idea of "I want to feel like...

Simulation is an attempt to recreate something real or that feels believably real. In the context of a RPG, simulation is a spectrum...

To me simulation is simply an attempt, however badly, to simulate something in real life. So in D&D when falling does 1d6 per 10 feet...

It adds an extra layer of decision-making for the player. Each new rest is an opportunity to think about what would be most useful the...

I actually like prepared Vancian. As a matter of fact, it's not Vancian if it's not prepared, it's just clunky spell slots... Without...

Inheritors wear their magic on their skin in the form of tattoos, scars, or scales, reflecting their origin. The more powerful they...

You could treat them like casting monks, mystics that spend years practicing styles of magic derived from things like dragons, strange...

Perhaps a mix of science and heresy. Most may have started out with the expectation that science explains things only to run into walls...

I have a homebrew setting where all spellcasting classes have been refluffed, keeping abilities intact. Most aren’t that far from their...

I think they’re more fun if they can be spotted, figured out, and circumvented by clever thinking rather than ability checks. The...