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I don't think that's true. Those things were all too visible in the first OD&D book; it was going to be hard for players not to see...

There might be a few cases where something had a broad enough potential consequences that I'd decide letting it stand was just a really...

Perhaps its because the GM is both supposed to be either neutral towards or a fan of the players (depending on system and preferences)...

I think backstories for level 1 characters can be fine, so long as the players realize they're writing backstories for level 1...

I don't even think its really necessary to make them relevant; often they're just to inform how the character will be played. I'm not...

I tend to prefer them myself, but there are absolutely people who really hate them, especially in the D&D sphere. And of course some...

You really gotta stop assuming that because a couple of people say "do not add setting details" that they speak for everyone. Some GMs...

That latter one is tricky; its one thing to say "This rule decision that benefited me is wrong, and I don't think you should do it"; it...

That was essentially what the player was sending me permission to do.

That can be a little odd. I've got a player in my 13th Age game who came in as the "Champion of Concord" (one of the major cities in...

Even in cases where that's not true, the NPC is going to spend far less time interacting with dice in general; even if events are...

That's one of the things about backstories; they can sometimes supply useful material to incorporate into the campaign as a whole. (But...

Adults in the their 20s having apartments like that one in the city is probably the bigger one for me, but why quibble? :LOL:

Yeah, we might have been able to do that back in the OD&D days, but that's because OD&D characters were almost schematic in their...

Depends on the setting & the PC. I once ran a 1st level ranger whose origins were based on a sub-Saharan African tribe’s culture. In...