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From back in my technical writing days - when documenting any process, you have choices to make as to the level of granularity you...

Ah thats helpful. Love when some people just use terms and act like this would be in the dictionary, although its only used like that in...

I usually don't use the torch timer but one player this weekend was very into it. It made me realize that I should have something...

It's (almost) here!

Yeah, despite all the hype and love it's a small publisher, so people should adjust their expectations accordingly.

My impression is that this is something they're going to focus on once the Western Reaches and the new Cursed Scrolls are out the door...

I switched to V3 when my laptop crashed. It's been great so far. In other news, a little something-something for those of us laboring...

I didn’tread the Forge personally. The best explanation I have is that procedures and mechanics are both examples of rules but mechanics...

What is meant here with procedure? Without more specification this is barely distinguishable from game mechanics / rules which we...

I love the Cup of Doom. Genius.

Great blogpost. There’s two ways I’ve baked fear into my 5E game. 1. Roll initiative every round: A D6 gets rolled by one of the...

yes thanks for the correction. Degrees of success is just something like "full success", "success with a cost", "partial failure"...

Yes, by setting a high DC ;) DC setting is an interesting thing if you use 3d6 because it has a much higher impact and a DM needs to be...

What you want (extreme outcomes being less unlikely) has nothing to with degrees of success, you can have those with linear distribution...

I am quite torn - I love the simplicity of D20 against fixed DC (and ADV - DISADV). But I also love the systems of Ironsworn or...