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No, the book says how each Vestige appears and how the DM should roleplay them. You CAN just make your Binding roll, but there was at...

You don't have to play out an elaborate deception when you can just make a Bluff check, either, but there's typically some expectation...

DPR is a used as a comparison tool when comparing potential effectiveness rather than personal effectiveness. For example when comparing...

And fireball vs. skill improvements. And Sorcerous burst vs. exploration feats. And... To a lot of people DPR isn't king. To a lot...

The Binder was super flavorful, and I think the ability to tailor your abilities to whatever challenges you think you would find ahead...

What we did was a dramatic roleplay the first time each Vestige was bound. But then the player got a seal or item that represented that...

I think, if one were going to re-build the Binder under modern design understandings, one would need to force some degree of...

Agreed, the Binder was absolutely dripping with style. It did have some thematic overlap with Warlock at the time, but Warlock wasn't as...

But the usefulness/importance of DPR is very subjective.

Could it work? Absolutely, lots of systems exist that work fine without them. Would it be D&D? Not at first, but give it twenty years...

I think it would be a better game if we axed ability scores and just used skills and proficiencies. Ability scores and skills are...

Black Flag works fine without ability score bonuses. I don't know that you can remove the Six entirely and still be D&D. You can't even...

I suppose a Donut Hole meme would be NSFENWorld. ;-). Also, I wouldn't want to get kicked out of the Royal Court of Pincess Donut fan...