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Yep. I ran across a PvP backstab that was obviously due to player misconceptions about relations, not really characters. It was a VtM...

I agree with those that have said that DMing is much like any other hobby and some people find it easy and some don't to some degree and...

Real conversation I had last weekend with one of my players: Guy: "You know, you could use ChatGPT to make those maps and encounter...

The advice in the 2024 DMG is very good for beginners. The organization of the information is atrocious.

DMing is easy. As you point out, even 10 year olds can do it. Being a good DM, however, is actually hard. It takes a lot of work to...

I think this dramatically misrepresents the fungibility of the 5e ecosystem where minor bonuses don't have large table impacts. Dropping...

Funny enough, I just used Immersion in referring to Simulationist in another thread. Being the ability to suspend belief and feel like...

I'm going to say Immersion as I'm more partial to (my interpretation of) GDS.

Because we keep seeing people play them in our games? Three of the last four DnD games I've played have had a halfling character...

In LARP combat, there are casters and archers. I've totally broke rank with an ongoing melee opponent to run 30' and smack an archer...

Well, they don't ...until they do. There's no rules for monsters. Everybody is just a 0-level NPC that the DM can bolt on whatever...

I went with Parallel and Shattered worlds. I started with a large, cosmopolitain trade city that had gates to select other trade worlds...

My usual goto answer is that everybody usually exists everywhere but in various percentages of the population. Cities are fairly...

I picked the DMG. There is still a lot to mine out of that book.

Yes, but your 1e 10th level wizard probably has 20-25 hit points and can't survive the breath weapon even if he saves.