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i love attunement, but I love more how 13th Age does it. Here's what I would do: You can wear as many magic items as you want. But if you attune to more than 3, they begin forming an ego, almost like a ragamuffin. This ego has a random personality determined by the DM and begins attempting to...

There is a world building exercise I use with my gaming group and it is a lot of fun. It's not gamified, per se. It's just good ol' collaborative world-building. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8DEBRI8VjsJeTg5UzZ2NjdEZlE/view?usp=sharing I meant to do a Second and Third age, but after doing...

Do everything Li Shenron said. Keep it in a campaign bible. But whatever you do, DO NOT make a fifty-million page campaign primer "handout" for players. I've done it. No one reads it. It'll just hurt your feelings. Instead, reveal your world to them bit by bit. Let the characters learn about the...

Nighthill tells the paladin that the town does not have 3000 gold. Also, he is pissed at the paladin for being deceitful. Since this is a paladin of Torm, you should inform him that he feels the eyes of Torm on him, and he should act accordingly. If the money is still demanded, the town pays...

To be fair to Morrus, he also thinks freelance writers should also demand fair pay in this thread: What's a Freelance RPG Writer Worth.

Yikes. Does that mean for DMsG you can only use work-for-hire art?

I did not know about stock RPG art before this article. That's a big one. http://www.rpgnow.com/browse.php?filters=0_0_2893_0_0 https://www.patreon.com/jestockart?ty=h <-- This guy is using the patronage model to provide low-cost stock art. There are others available via Google search. I just...

If a self-pub has the means for paying a fair price for something, for instance via KickStarter, they absolutely should, no questions asked. Now running a KickStarter, as you very well know, is a full-time job. I fear many self-pubs won't be able to do that and hold down their day job. I would...

I don't know. While I agree that artists should not be cheated (and they are, by people that have the money and should know better), there are the exigencies that come with being a poor (sometimes literally!) self-pub trying to scrape together the best product you can offer for $2 on DTRPG.com...

In one of my games, I play a conjurer (ported to 5E from Pathfinder), and I don't believe I have ever actually used my summon elemental spells in combat since the changeover. The one minute casting time ensures I can only use it when I 1) know a fight is coming immediately and 2) nevertheless...

Eh, put Cell Phone Guy in charge for a while. If he's as bad as he's made out, they'll clamor for the old DM.

You have to separate PC knowledge from player knowledge; otherwise it's meta-gaming, and meta-gaming leads to ridiculous narratives. The PLAYER forgot about the ring and gauntlets; but did the player's CHARACTER? You need to decide what makes rational sense, and retcon where necessary. The fear...

This. D&D is not and never was a simulation. Seems RuneQuest would be a better fit for that style of play anyhow.

Light blue is easier on my poor inkjet printer. B-)

We once invited one of our redneck friends (deep south here, I use the word as no epithet; he wore the label proudly) to play and he chose a dwarven priest. Ever since then, all dwarves in our D&D games have a thick southern drawl (not Scottish!) and use country southern colloquialisms...

I would not bother writing mechanics for how the laborers perform, or somesuch. You can have inflection points in each expedition where the players have to make a choices about who to protect, and what loot to seek out, and what dangers to take, and each one has an impact on what they an...

I would be an angel DM and tell your players that all veteran gaming groups post a watch every single night. Even at inns. Even in the king's castle. In fact, DM's in my group just assume we're keeping watch. If an ambush happens, they preface with "what was the watch order, again?"

Eh, for all we know, the player could be actively enjoying the game as he has reshaped it. As a DM, you must not yield it. NPC's react to his unserious antics in a serious manner. He is barred from places, or kicked out. He is arrested for outbursts in the royal court. In games I have played in...

I guess I will never know what the actual problem is, since I don't click on blog spam. But I'm sure me and my group will continue in blissful ignorance. Feels right, to me.

Since we have a few players who want to believe that they have not yet added their new levels and hit points (and thus wind up with an obscene amount eventually), every player keeps a log-sheet where they mark down the date, the xp given, and the hp rolled at level. Keeps honest people honest...