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Sometimes, though other times he nails hope as good as any author. Like Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

Thats...a long story so; come sit, and listen for awhile. I was captured by the "Big Dragon" as a wee lad. I had tutors of the game...

Hi, welcome. Follow the community rules and you should be fine. I play a number of systems and don’t have just one. I do have...

5E character generation is about as simple as it has been since 1E.

When EBERRON was released, i didn't immediately fell for it, more high-tech components felt weird to me. But once i got to read it and...

Awesome to see you posting! I haven't seen you for ages. Pulsipher's skilled play is basically the same as what Gygax describes in his...

We know what you’re saying. It’s not that we don’t understand you, it’s that we don’t agree with you. We feel there are better metrics...

I really appreciate the distinction between being special and being powerful. Weak special characters can be pretty great.

Kind of related to this: I love the Advantage/Disadvantage system most of the time, but as the number of supplements come out that...

I don't mind at all that the game includes rules for aspects of D&D that might get ignored by 90% of the playerbase but be vitally...

This is hard to answer because the options are in terms of proportion of encounters and that’s not really how I do it… I voted for...

And that relates to archetypes how? The AC arms race has been an issue at high levels since 1st edition. It's built into the hit...

You can make higher levels tougher by using higher than suggested CR enemies. Or getting some less skilled players. The difficulty bar...

I don’t think it fair to criticize the design for something it doesn’t do anymore which is survival sim. D&D is heroic fantasy now...