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So, sitting at work today suffering from a cold, I was pondering something. If you could play a campaign that you've never done before...

I'd love to make it through The Enemy Within. So far, I've made it through Book One a couple times.

I am currently in the middle of The Lost City of Z by David Grann (Goodreads link), a nonfiction story about early 20th century...

I’m alright with not everything being balanced or even optimal. Provided the majority is and particularly things linked to key popular...

Just because some element was not part of a public playtest, does not mean it was not playtested. WotC public playtesting is little more...

Nope, in my opinion this is one the best books ever in the life of 5e.

The single biggest piece of advice about running a high level campaign though is to pick your players wisely. If they are the sorts to...

Some good ideas I think to address the imbalance between plausible demographics and sufficient high level threats would be things like…...

Total tangent, but you really shouldn't have many prisons in a high-level game. By that point, raise dead and resurrect are common...

That's just bad GMing, setting up what is supposed to be an important scene for character A but not protecting their role or agency in it.

During 3.x and Pathfinder 1st, I hated how powerful PC's could become especially towards the higher end. The D20 system did break at...

I am starting a 5-plyaer 1-20 Forgotten Realms campaign in 12 days, we are using everything from HOFR. At least two of us are playing...

This thread both makes me want to replay BG3 and run it as a 5E tabletop campaign. :cool:

I've run a 5E campaign from 1st to 20th level with 7 epic boons. Basically, 27th level. It lasted 122 sessions and had 5 player...

These are definitely powerful applications of Circle Casting, but honestly I feel a degree of “don’t threaten me with a good time” about...