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Thats what makes alignment interesting, taking the BIFTs as you indicate here, and applying a general framework. Its taking one step...

One way of describing a person's personality is to discuss their "frameworks", basically how they interpret the world around them. Two...

Say goodbye to Eberron then because we all know that WotC will pick Forgotten Realms.

My group ultimately rejected A5e because of the added complexity too. I like a lot of it design-wise so I still buy a lot of the books...

So 66 pages deep, thought I would finally jump in with my short list. Overall, 5e is a pretty good system, "everyone's 2nd favorite" as...

I live in an imperfect, material world that has somehow seen fit to reward me with a naughty word philosophy degree. I know reality isn't...

I suspect a lot of the reason alignment started to be deprecated is because of the way it can be abused to short-cut the investigation...

It’s all the rage but really it’s just another way to mitigate risk to your score. We voted it out after one season in 12 team league...

I've only heard about Superflex in the past year or two and it does not appeal in the least; it feels like a game of who can end up with...

Would you be willing to sum up a round of explo-mo in action from one of your sessions?

I use exploration mode in every single game session. It really streamlines the dungeon exploration process and keeps the pace up. I...

I utterly, completely reject this. Been playing for more than forty years, run innumerable games, and have run the D&D Club at a high...

I like alignment because: 1) It expresses the cosmological nature of the Planescape / Great Wheel cosmology which I love. 2) It is...

WotC barely makes splat books.

Yeah I was kind of expecting a sort of DMG2-type deal to be alluded to, and there's still time for it to appear, but... the vibe I'm...