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Online. I play face to face monthly, and DM online games twice weekly, but nobody in my current groups has the patience or VTT...

Yeah. I think in in-person gaming, we tend to cover over that with inter-player communication and table cross-talk, while in online...

I've been with one group for about 10 years now, and what you described is unfortunately the norm. The DM is obsessed with "getting...

Partner spells are a great idea. Have you considered spells that have a skill component? Where the caster or someone nearby needs to...

So I’ve done a bit of this recently, I think I mentioned in another thread. Three groups over the last year or so. Mainly so I get do be...

I went for the first time this year on the Sunday because board gaming friends were going and I really enjoyed it. I was surprised by...

This year's UK Games Expo in Birmingham attracted more than 42,000 unique attendees this year, which represents a 7% increase over 2024...

I'm just there to tell them what happens as a result of their decisions. The pace is in the player's hands. Which usually results in...

That sounds about right. Agonizing over trivialites and spinning out simple tasks are commonplace round here. Reaching consensus is a...

I definitely think that newer groups suffer that challenge more. Particularly online. Not wanting to offend or overstep leads to a very...

Since we play only 2.5 hours every two weeks online, we try to be efficient, make decisions quickly and move the story forward. Most of...

We can spend a whole session planning what to do next. Only to go pursue a totally different thing, sometime on another continent, on...

After a player with largely one face to face DM for the last 25 years I realize that I’ve been pretty spoiled. I recently branched out...

I would not have a problem with taking the feat and just missing out of the ability boost. Some might think the problem is having the...

It makes the illusion fade for everyone who witness the illusion have a weapon pass through it unscathed. Seeing is believing. Being...