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you could always change the baseline, the preserving casting is the one you are used to while defiling is automatically upcast

I do not get WOTC's obsession with pissant damage boosts. Bleed is a whopping Cha modifier damage to one hit a couple times per rest...

And in the 4e D&D MM.

Yes: But there are nuances. For instance, if the GM has the authority but, in exercising it, is influenced by the players then it may...

This is just one of many examples of game design that has nothing to do with the fiction, but rather certain dynamics of game play...

What, you don’t love watching players turtle at the slightest indication of a trap? Characters hurl themselves at dragons and giants...

No, because there are ways of not acting unilaterally that don't depend upon express consent. Here's just one simple illustration, from...

I suck at "smart" play both as player and GM. It's why I'm not a very good GM of classic D&D dungeon-esque stuff. And why I loved 4e D&D.

Absolutely one of my lowest priorities for D&D in general. What is actually gained by playing "smart"? (Defining "smart" here as...

Wow, you’ve made Draw Steel sound absolutely fascinating to me as a conceptual resource for something like QuestWorlds! Thank you! Gonna...

In my view, if the bulk of play in some episode of RPGing involves the players solving a puzzle or "issue" that the GM has more-or-less...

Critical Role is using D&D 2024 for Campaign 4. Truly the Golden Age of TTRPGs is dead.

The fundamental element of a railroad is GM control of player character goals. Player character goals are the driving force of all play...

Here's my report of setting up and running a LotR/MERP game: Middle Earth/LotR RPGing using Cortex+ Heroic. One result of doing it as a...

Seems like an impossible dream…. imagine playing LoTR If a PC - say - Aragorn snaps and grabs The Ring, its not LotR But if its...