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Gotta agree with @Mort and @Thomas Shey if a GM bends, breaks, and makes up rules at their whim on their players, its not a good look.

In my experience, DMs who go the opposite direction - Way, way too many house rules, extra rules and even "hidden rules" are as or more...

That would be its second surge. Paizo folks have indicated PF2 selling more than PF1. My point is the second best selling RPG isnt where...

To start with, there is value in a 'shorthand' for something, even if it is inexact. Likewise, cosmic forces of 'good' & 'evil' (or...

/looks at PF2... Is it?

We have large, very new houses, sitting vacant in my vicinity. Not a huge number, but enough so it's noticable. As far as I can tell...

We bought our current home in 2017 and the prices in our area have gone up dramatically since, nearly doubling. I'm not sure how much of...

Joke: D&D is the Tiamat of RPGs. Not sure why people want to add another head to a creature that hasn't been able to agree with itself...

I love 3E and it certainly gave a head nod in the direction of old school play. The problem was there was always a "life hack" as the...

I think 5E can deliver it, but probably not to the satisfaction of a fan of old school resource attrition. That is the thing about 5E...

I dont think its been the D&D game for 25+ years now. In the sense of tracking every arrow and drop of water to drink simulation...

you can just skip over entire weeks in that case, the guideline is for the actual adventure part

While Session 0 would go a long way toward defining the balance of simulation vs game, I think actual play dials on the front would be a...

The resting discussions really need to consider the game portion along with the story portion. Is the game supposed to be a simulation...

I bought my first place after the '08 crash. Took 10 years to build about 50K in equity. I bought a place with my wife and in 3 years we...