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I'm afraid you are operating under a misapprehension. The denizens here are familiar, between them, with a large fraction of the...

If you can't take criticism/negativity on what you make, I advise you never publish. There have been many writers/designers here who...

One of the most common pitfalls I see in skill-based games is skill inflation: too many skills, at least in games where the baseline is...

A trap by itself is rarely fun. A trap as part of a larger encounter, where an enemy can push you into a pit trap or something, can be...

I remember some time before Wizards bought D&D Beyond when they had a survey about what kind of electronic tools and VTTs people were...

Thing is, the characters live in that world. They should know things about it. Using trolls in the Forgotten Realms as an example, the...

This seems like a good idea at first glance. It stops the major thing Incapacitation is meant to stop – trivializing boss monsters with...

Not so much clean-up crew as AOE blasters. I've gotten some good use out of waterball*, cone of cold, and chain lightning against groups...

That's probably the major one, but the other three aspects play into the same thing.

I think there are four sources. One is that swamps are treacherous. It is, at least in stories, fairly common that a piece of...

I'd agree if AD&D had any other way of healing in a reasonable amount of time, but it doesn't (OK, if you're using 2e psionics there's...