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Very True! If the DM wants a tough and down to earth kind of game with classic type characters and a simple story arch then he better damn well hope for players with matching needs, otherwise congrats you are a DM sitting alone at a table. The same as if you are a player who wants rich...

Sorry but because of the many things you have said in your posts, the issue is one you can't get over. Notice I said you can't get over. The overwhelming issue is your dislike of this guy who is supposed to be your friend but from the get go struck you as stupid and by your own words anything he...

Just kick him from the game or if that isn't a good idea(hey some people do play with friends and family) then make him roll in front of you....as in plain sight. If for some reason that doesn't work(hate those crazy hard to read rune dice) just start doing the exact same thing. Every roll is a...

I would like to respond to you guys but first want to say I think everyone in the thread is being cool and that my points are words for consideration. I indeed don't think there is anything wrong with running the game however it works for you and your group. You know best! I just like to chat...

Well I don't have those kinds of issues anyway. I don't use encounter guidelines as anything more than very rough guidelines. It's not unusual for my players to parley, negotiate or just plan run away. I would however suggest that hard and fast rules limit you as the DM. For instance what...

I use this system for my games. The default short rest takes 1 hour. The default long rest takes eight hours. In practice however it's far different. Most of the time as long as it's not abused I let it take a few minutes only. In other words the party has been into some major battles and...

I roll or use the average on my whim. I let it be known that that is my rule from the start. Now in practice I use it as a tool to help me keep things challenging for the party but not overwhelmingly lethal. If the party is having a easy time of it I might roll for every hit or just the badguy...

Have the player always roll the die right in front of you. I know its hard to believe but some players do roll well from time to time AND cheat. It took a house rule, No Dice roll that I can't see counts. He rolls a Nat 20 where you can't see? Doesn't count. BE STEADFAST in your rule. If...

Yes, and No Yes you are 100% Right that Darkvision totally negates so many things. Some of these things were HUGE in early editions of the game. to make matters worse they give it out to every stinking race that comes around the corner regardless. Why do Elves even have it? It's not like they...

Just wanted to say Thanks guys! Wrote this post and then got slammed at work so have not been able to get back here till now. I will reread these posts and sift through the great ideas and update the thread with my Trolls Race in a day or so. I really like the ideas that kept it simple. Thanks...

My game world has the Troll as a major race. Trolls were a noble and powerful race that ruled vast portions of the world thousands of years ago. Most of the giant ruined statues that still dot the landscape are of troll champions ect.. The trolls however challenged the Gods(well Goddess really...

Exhaustion needs to be redone. As it stands it's annoying and far easier to heal back from physically crippling injuries than to recover from multiple effects of exhaustion. Drow, they suck. Half Orc, too overpowered. Extra damage dice on crit AND dropping to 1 instead of unconscious or dead...

Another ability in tune with the Eberron lore. I'm lite on my Eberron lore or I would throw ideas at you but something over the top but fitting with the lore. Doing that is about the only way I ever get my players to give a rats arse about Lore. Doing it that way slowly over time the lore of a...

Shove them out of the way (Str check), fake them out and run past them(Cha check), Dodge past them(Dex check). I would give you disadvantage for this unless the enemy was caught unaware.

I have no proof. I have no secret information. I have a educated guess that I firmly have convinced myself is true. They are indeed working on a Greyhawk World Setting to go along with the release of Castle Zagyg for 5th Edition that they acquired the rights to in 2011. It will be released...

Really threads like this I mostly try and avoid. Failed my save on this one. Shrug, WOTC was tarred and feathered for being a money grubbing evil corporation that would endlessly put out splats ect to milk it's customers dry. Every four years those evil $%$% would be putting out a new edition...

pinching a loaf? err around here that doesn't mean stealing bread but something else you indeed might want some privacy doing(#2).

If they did do this and put out a Players Handbook(with consolidated stuff) and a new Dungeon Masters Guide (with perhaps more DM stuff Consolidated from other sources) so that the core players book didn't require a 15 strength to carry, It would be a very good thing.

Ack! I had indeed forgotten such!

I have found the opposite. All my friends and I discriminate against the non-gamers. It's really the only way to help them. When talking to colleges with PHD's I will often chide them about their lack of gaming experience. If I see someone reading a non-fiction book I will frown and ask them"...