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New blog post on mega-dungeon design, the first in a shortish series: grodog's Approach to Designing Mega-Dungeons - Part 1: the Maps...

So at lvl 4 the PCs foiled the plans of a Shade. They watched her via a communication device dispatch an assassin and dark justicier to...

Yeah, the crispy texture was a major part of what made them so good. That and the slightly sour flavor of the yogurt really worked...

I recently made some really good wraps. Fine chopped some celery, jicama, cucumber, and pickle, added some fried chicken, and made a...

Hard to keep your staff motivated when you tell them that robots would do a better job.

You can do that with tarot cards with much less environmental and social impact.

I don’t think that’s a general rule, but it does make sense, since functionally half your movement is spent moving you up and the other...

That is the rule in revised 5e: you regain all your HP and HD on a long rest.

I haven't delved much into the 2024 rules, but I'm not shocked by this change.

Not a hard-coded rule, but I could see how DM discretion regarding advantage/disadvantage could turn high ground advantage into a de...

Counter spell: 1st level abjuration cast time: Reaction range 150ft counter one spell that you can see being cast within range. spell...

An at-will counter to spellcasters' go-to resource with no expenditure of resources? No thanks. Cantrips are too important to simply get...

I think this should be restricted to a game focused directly on arcane casters, where more involved spellcasting systems would be most...

I know that D&D has been getting all sorts of wide spread acceptance but, this was a new experience for me. I teach online English...

You could create your own adventure with less work than it takes to fix Eve.