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In one of the Daggerheart threads, I posted a link to a bunch of adversaries I made. Well, I've done a major update to that doc: new...

I don't either. That is why they write adventures, and often, older gamers encourage inexperienced DMs who are having difficulties, to...

Yes, exceptions, when limited, are not always a fair counterargument. And you are right, it is part art. In my opinion, almost 50%...

I never used the budgets even in 4e. With variable numbers of players, characters, skill, etc... it's all a crapshoot. And yes 4e...

I will say this, when I say by gut, I am not guessing. I have years of experience, my number sense has always been a solid skill, and I...

The number of times I've been told by actual GMs on this very forum that 5e encounter-building rules are inferior to outright guessing...

4e's system was the bomb. It worked great! I had a much easier time building close encounters, either with the system or by gut. It was...

I think we all know how you feel about 5e's encounter and CR system. ;) But you have had some god-awful luck with DMs. I have had...

Oh, my bad. Sorry for not reading more closely. And wow, that is even more cause to see it as odd. I get it, many campaigns fail to end...

That is odd. I've seen both, but most of the ones I've seen start at level 1. Just goes to show how we all have different experiences.

I agree. One of my favorite campaigns was one we were TPKed. Our new characters were set 50 years into the future - and man, was it...

Right. I have an example that shows why the DM simply having a specific end goal in mind isn't a railroad. Decades ago a buddy and I...

I am going to argue against this because two hours in movie time in twenty hours in story-telling time. Think, book to movie. Hundreds...

He DMd for the group once. Strangely we never asked him to do so again.

Oh wow! That is rough and a bummer. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully, your gaming group now is more fun! And yes, it is interesting how...