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Usually a good solid 4 hour session takes us from 1 to 2. Then, its likely two 4 hour sessions to get to 3. After three its usually 2-3...

I think an equally relevant question: How long do your groups STAY at level 1 or even levels 1-3? Some groups power through the early...

It's... not. As I've said, D&D does not have good rules for assigning XP to non-combat events. And if I have to guess on XP, then I...

The Force is withy you, young Skywalker. But you are not a Jedi yet.

One downside I thought up discussing adventure publishing is the chapters of the traditional AP. Just becasue the AP has 6 chapters...

I agree with some of this, not all of it. I think offensive accuracy and defense ought to be baked into class and removed from the...

Hmm Primal isn't a huge debuffing list (as opposed to like damage-with-weaker-control-effects and healing) but 5th and 6th does include...

Said comedically, but yes, exactly. I don't really have much interest in one-shots. I vastly prefer campaigns intended to go long-haul.

I know some folks can do 30 levels, but even with 20 in 5E (which people think levels too fast) they dont much get beyond 10th. Im just...

Right, I've been getting a lot of mileage out of slow and to a lesser degree fear on my primal sorcerer. But it feels wrong that when...

I cannot do that. It's just not how my brain works. The only way that could happen would be if I were given a system I knew absolutely...

I dont mind this for a single night of old school fun. Though, I dont want to dig into a logn term campaign where I pour tons of thought...

Yeap, thats sort of what im after. Different stats give different outcomes. You can be a wizard with any stat allocation, you just might...

Id have remedied this with the 4E bloodied mechanic instead. Save or Suck only work to devastating effect on a bloodied target (NPC or...

D&D was sold to me as the ability to make my own characters, worlds, and stories in a way that allowed me to express my creative...