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In 3.5 Glabrezus could cast Wish for a mortal once per month. Then 4E removed it and 5E didn't bring it back. They were one of the few...

For D&D, I feel the unified d20 mechanic was a huge leap forward. So was putting all classes on a single XP progression and balancing...

Percentile strength was in general a mistake, but it's one they could have fixed as you said. They just didn't because leaving bad ideas...

Reading this sentence is so weird for me, because TSR was around for 20 years before Whitman started with them, and he stopped a year...

Yea, I think we’re just diametrically opposed on this. My first RPG book was the 2e PHB; when I read the 1e PHB a few years later I...

Had not thought of this. Stolen.

then don’t have the barbarian even be able to attempt the check unless they are trained in arcana. It’s not like I have a chance at...

I like how the party size became smaller over the editions. Not sure if this is because the number of players in my neighborhood shrank...

I should also add that I much prefer how 5th now doesn't need the classic fighter-rogue-cleric-wizard party build. These days it feels...

Oh, yeah, and it wasn't just other game companies horning in on his market. Gygax turned on the 'zines too. You'd think all these...

Survive in a market that is no longer yours, the way, say a Green Ronin does today, possibly, but you are not going to be a major player...

Not my favorite, but definitely grimdark imo The Black Company. When reading it I was wondering why people in that world do not just...

So here's the part where I ask you to name your top Grimdark novels and watch as other people come in to argue with those choices. ;)

Honestly... I think the long rest variant, exhaustion rules, disease/contagion/curses rules, madness/fear & mental stress rules, and so...

Kind of by design intent, sure.