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I’ve held a very realistic rapier before. It is super long, heavier than it looks and very sharp along both edges of the blade. It is...

I think when players think they should have ultimate freedom to do whatever they want in a game is bad. Just to show why it is...

I think we run the risk of redefining railroading so broadly that it becomes meaningless. In the case of the quantum ogre, the term...

In addition to everything everyone has written above, I'll also add: they make great "traveling merchants." Roll up their treasure as...

Armor, particularly heavy armor, is really unappreciated in a lot of RPGs IMO.

Keys to the Golden Shower

this is what bothers me so much when people try to eliminate using social skills/checks in the game and just determine success/failure...

This is a good example of how folks may view the game differently. On one hand you have actual first hand experience and are viewing the...

It really feels like WoTC went crazy with CHA casters once they made the Sorcerer back in 3e. I would rather have the Warlock be an INT...

I suppose that could work, though my preference would be for a bespoke demon bloodline set of mechanics. I really dislike reskinning.

I don't like re-skinning, and I don't accept it as an objective good by any means. More an occasional necessary evil when improvising.

Let's give the full arcane spellcasters a d4 hit die again! :devilish:

i think people would cry bloody murder if the 5e fighter was redesigned to have half the innate advantages like 1e fighter did...

As a mere babe who started with the dawn of 2e, I can't say how much of this was true in the 1e days. But when I started, one of the...

This is true for most players, and not just about Warlock Pacts. Players hate the idea that the DM can force their character to do...