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With the original 5e 2014 rules as a basis, very little. I have near-zero problems running the game with 5e core rules, thanks to the...

Too few decision/customisation points for PCs. Unless you're a spells-known caster, by the time you hit third level you've made almost...

Yes it takes longer. Mostly because adding dozens of dices and subtracting it from a three digit HP block is more annoying. But also...

I think HP bloat is actually the result of bounded accuracy. How do you make that Ancient Dragon tougher without massively increasing...

You're describing a video game. Those already exist. As far as I can make out, your thesis is "let's get rid of TTRPGs and just play...

Because CEO types like him take silence as permission. The more out of touch they are, the louder you have to be to be heard by them.

Huh? That’s literally what regulation is. It’s not a matter of what I like or what’s cool. People can like whatever they want, but...

Transphobia turning off her younger consumers? I’m from the first generation to get hooked on Harry Potter, started reading it even...

My first thought is that this is an extraordinarily bad idea. "But the AI focus groups loved it!" - Someone's attempted defense right...

I want to follow up with an example, to make the point. Where I work, there's a top-down drive for AI tools. No mandate, but company...

And so continue to do so I shall.

So, 4e-style "damage on a miss" all over again, only this time with optional extras? No thanks. A miss is a miss, get on with the game.

Thanks! I started using it in my games last summer, and it stuck on well enough that I've been using it since. I've included the full...

No death saves, characters die when they hit 0 HP. Maybe not a popular house rule per se, but it's how we've been running the latest...

The house rule is every time you go down, one death save sticks until a long rest. Go down three times, you're dead. Healing that...