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Hmm. I get what you're saying. But I also would value (some idea of) fairness quite highly as a player and GM. I have to be selective to...

I don't add things to the fiction based on what I consider unrelated actions taken by the characters unless there's a logical chain of...

Can you expand on why you think not? What do you count as fair?

How is that possible? Seriously. If the encounter is too strong to be beaten, that isn't "unfair to the players". It is fair that some...

I run a sandbox, the players determine direction. While I create the setting (i work player on their backgrounds), the players set the...

3e has Do you cheat? The answer: The DM really can’t cheat. You’re the umpire, and what you say goes. As such, it’s certainly within...

The material is very brief. I don't think having to look in an old PHB for the information is a good solution. If anything it reinforces...

I think calling it out specifically would help clarify a few things- for instance, that PCs don't work the same as NPCs. 13th Age...

The carrying capacity rules support that they are. Small vs. Medium explicitly doesn't matter for carrying or dragging/lifting/pushing...

My thought is more that the drift in reference frame can cause a disconnect at the table. As @Micah Sweet says, 5e24 doesn't tell us...

Yes, and I truly believe the game (and because of D&D's oversized influence, the hobby) is worse off for it.

What if the group includes some people who do have a reference point and others who don't?

I have been uncomfortable how D&D has portrayed some species for decades. Literally having evil versions of species you can recognise by...

Tha Eureka ! Ive been trying to articulate what i most loathe about “modern” D&D and youve hit the nail on the head.

I think you do, especially because these species no longer appear in the MM. Where is general information about them supposed to go if...