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Well, the problem with passive checks IMO is that they’re named so poorly, everyone assumes they work in a different way than what the...

I think there is one aspect missing: animated illusions. Minor image makes a static illusion. Silent image and Major Image can be...

As someone about to DM a campaign with an illusionist PC, I've been thinking a lot about how to manage illusions. My general view has...

Crawford comes up with nonsense rulings all the time. Just look at the number of class abilities that clash with the logic of the game...

I technically didn't start with D&D... because my brother wouldn't let me play. So I made up my own game based on what I'd remembered...

So fun and weird fact is that there was a MUD discussion mailing list that at the time was the intersection of folks who administrated...

Megadungeons, long a staple of D&D, can be just as complex as any other ecosystem in your campaign. Picture by Thompsma - Own work, CC...

Ok, I lied. My next post is not going to be about treasure; it is going to be about my design philosophy and goals for this project...

RAI becomes tricky, because even the official rules guru for 2014 was wrong about how Passive Perception worked. He made the mistake of...

Passive Scores are used when you don't want to reveal information by calling for a check. You still have to take the Search Action to...

Cool. As someone who runs old adventure's, I love this idea. Quick clarification: the characters that don't use the Search Action and...

So, I am converting and updating a classic adventure for my next adventure campaign I am DMing. The example below taught me how hiding...

The obvious answer and maybe the best, is to have a quiet friendly face to face about it away from the game. He might not realise how...

Make it clear to the players from the outset that they'll be dealing with multiple waves of enemies with no opportunity to rest in...