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Here's an easy escape rule that works well for grid play: When all characters decide to make an orderly retreat and move or are moved...

To be fair, it's not just the fighter. Ranger and monk also have this issue. The base class is lacking so the subclasses have to pick...

My fleeing mechanic. One play intiates by taking the disengage action and moving away from the combat. They then scream for everyone to...

People hate running. So much so that I've given up on scenarios where they should unless I can make it extremely obvious they don't even...

Exhaustion is a brutal mechanic - but in 5e, which generally lacks such, it's sometimes welcome to have a brutal mechanic. I actually...

But even here, there IS a solution, if not an ideal one. Assuming no disabilities, or completely new players, you can impose a hard...

The 30 seconds for a turn comes out very often. It seems that it is a workable solution at many tables. I have taken time over the...

I don't think it's about Section 31 stories betraying the trust we placed on the authors about the plot (i.e., the story that's being...

Yeah, except, the idea that this must be done runs against Roddenberry's optimistic vision. Section 31 can go soak its collective head.

This has been my argument against Section 31 since the beginning. No matter how "realistic" some may think it is for the organization to...

Well, yes, section 31 are essentially the sin eaters of the federation. But, my point is, however it got there, the Federation...

Brannan Braga has strengths as a writer, subtlety is NOT one of them!

And yet, Starfleet goes to war ALL the time. One of the running themes seems to be that protest as they do, Starfleet and the Terran...

An organization can have more than one purpose. Which other organization fought the Romulans when Earth and the Romulans went to war...

It isn't just about "protecting the newbies." One of the central features of the class is just terrible. It's presented as this big...