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I am well aware WotC designed Fighter to be simple on purpose. I believe it was a bad decision. I believe Fighter as a class suffers and...

There was a module I was running where the party had to rush to prevent an assassination attempt of a minor noble at their country home...

The old lady who swallowed the fly would approve! The problem happened when the writer of the game rules decided to try making a...

I'd rather just have a fun and engaging game. If the only way to accommodate people who literally cannot pretend to have a conversation...

Incorrect. AI slop is an excellent way to describe the massive onslaught of low quality plagiarised crap filling YouTube, Kindle, search...

The correct best diet cola is Pepsi Max (in various flavours) - it has a maximum amount of no sugar, hence the name.

What's the DC of casting a spell?

Branding and advertising have no impact, this is 100% an informed response to the quality of the game design (in each iteration).

It matches my experience, and I play with people who have Master's degrees. D&D 5E is, for most people, pretty complex.

I think the issue is looking at info being gated like a room with a locked door. Simple roll, simple open. Simple diplo/intimi/bluff get...

Explanation presumably. One of the things that nontraditional games have to deal with is people bringing assumptions from trad play...

I generally don't do that 'fixed it for you'-type response, but are you sure you don't mean: 'cause that would be funnier. If those...

Well, in one of those games you have an engagingly roleplayed scene, and in the other you have a mumbled statement of intent and a dice...

Shadowdark is IIRC 300 pages including its DMG and MM. But I find the size of a "full" character sheet a much better indication and...

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