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Oh, that was me! Or rather, I asked ChatGPT to provide me an argument that the real AI is being kept from us, and that's the answer it...

What? Inconceivable!

Oh, are you talking about D&D 5E? I agree! Also, that, despite saying "D&D" in the name, it can't hold a candle to the One True D&D --...

Bryce Lynch from tenfootpole.org has what I consider really good guidelines for adventure writing. He's a brutal (but generally fair)...

It occurs to me, Gary had a character in the original campaign who was a fighter-type (Yrag?). I think he was also a dual-wielder? It...

Here's an excerpt from the room description in my version (the T1-4 compilation, product no. 9147):

A few sentences usually do it for me, though I have done three paragraphs when the feeling strikes me.

I tend to keep backgrounds relatively short & sketchy nowadays, to root the character lightly in the world (and allow for flexibility if...

This feels like as good a place as any for this. For backers, the GenCon cut of the 4th Gamers movie, "The Gamers: Dorkness Falls" is...

That's one of the things about backstories; they can sometimes supply useful material to incorporate into the campaign as a whole. (But...

Yeah, we might have been able to do that back in the OD&D days, but that's because OD&D characters were almost schematic in their...

Sometimes they have interesting ideas, and sometimes it's "see how great I am" meh.

I still wish I'd managed to bring the old Midnight Realm game to the table. It was an offshoot of the Talislanta setting, using the same...

Since I've written material for convention use, I have a general rule on backstories for convention play: no more than three paragraphs...

While its a risk, its not a given they'll be hostile to it. I generally have pretty substantial backstory for most characters, but if...