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I think as a shorthand for an NPC’s personality or view of the world, it was a useful tool. It was much less useful and active source of...

This is correct. Here are the rules (Basic Rules, p. 66): "For short spans of time (up to an hour), many animals move much faster than...

If the party has access to fresh horses every 8-10 miles: 60 miles per day, or 8 miles per hour. Otherwise it's 30 miles per day, or 4...

I know you don't think so, but I am curious as to how many you have actually run. I have run Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of...

I agree. There is also the notion that with a group of new players the DM should go easy anyway until everyone gets a feel for their...

We haven't played it yet. We are waiting for the actual book to arrive from our backing. But I am very curious as to how the montage...

The [+] is to keep things positive and prevent the same already tired arguments about Draw Steel, tactical-crunchy play, and the...

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...