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In the early days of companies publishin their supposedly converted adventures from D&D 2.0 to D&D 3.5, the 5 ft. square (which we now...

And for me it's not the damage, it's the in-game way characters react to it. If a player is willing to role-play his character as being...

Agreed. I do think the aforementioned test of "player knows about potential harm, character doesn't" pretty quickly shows where players...

Took a while, I appreciate you reading to the end!

Great conclusion, thanks Michael @talien for sharing.

I've eliminated almost all of my bad gamer habits except this one: I will shamelessly and repeatedly invest in Humble Bundles that catch...

Day 7 began before dawn with the roaring wind. At 3:30 a.m., the wind bellowed so loudly it was hard to think, though mercifully it...

I really do think this is something players figure out for themselves. DMs who are players, IME, tend towards immersion because they are...

You make a good point which is that horror, by necessity, requires immersion. I've learned this the hard way that you can't "fake"...

Recent example from my campaign: I had monsters that if you attacked them would cause your valuables to burst into flames. Each PC who...

This never gets old:

Yeah it's so funny I didn't really have to make up a fantasy name in the fantasy retelling cause it's dramatic enough. It looks like a...

Day 6 began with a truly magical, if challenging, experience. A staff member, dressed fittingly in wizard robes, led us in the morning...

It's hard to imagine this being the name of an adventure. It's like "into Greyhawk." Now it seems a rather boring way to title it, but...