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I can certainly think of campaigns where firearms would be fitting. My problem with the firearms in the DMG is that they are too good. I would want it to be a stylistic choice to use firearms, not something you choose just because it is better. I guess it's a nod to realism, but I don't need...

So, I have been thinking about how people engage with morality when roleplaying. I settled on four modes that seem to cover most of the games/gamers I have been exposed to: A) The default morality of the characters and ingame society is quite similar to that of the players and real, modern...

Are you familiar with the game Archipelago? It was born out of love for Earthsea. It is a short read, GM-less (or rather, everyone has some gm-duties), with card-based resolution and gameplay based on spesific phrases. There aren`t a lot of specific setting elements - the premise is that you...

I can't remember ever having had any use for alignment, as player or dm. After sketching up a character concept, we usually remembered at the end to decide which alignment would fit the character best, noted it on the sheet, and then never used it again. As kids playing BECMI and AD&D2 we...

The PHB does this, I think? I seem to remember the second edition PHB doing this as well, though I don't have it on hand. Some of the styles seem inspired by medieval Europe, and some of the styles do not really resemble anything people have worn historically, except perhaps in the seventies...

Good letter. Worth writing. I hope it touches some minds.

Before character generation, I made the small house rule that the versatile property of the spear can be used onehanded, if your other hand is either empty or holding a shield. So that made spears and shields more popular. Then for the bard who would be better of with the stats of the rapier, I...

Just started my campaign, two episodes in, enjoying it so far. This text would be good as a pitch for potential players, except for the part on epic paths, and bits of it repeated in "thoughts so far". Those reveal som major plot twists in the personal arcs of the player characters. (If you...

Batman is also proficient in the art of conversing while being thrown through the air.

Thanks for the tips!

I’ve always avoided online roleplaying like the plague, but it seems like I won’t be able to meet any of my regular gaming groups physicaly for some weeks. So we began talking about trying to do it online. None of us have any experience with it, though. Any tips? I’m especially wondering...

Pendragon Before the encounter: Years ago, my first character traded away his happiness at the goblin market in exchange for a male heir (my second character). Then he broke the pact by getting himself and his children baptised. To get recompense, the fay lady he made the deal with stole back...

Maybe my game Until we sink would suit your purpose? https://norwegianstyle.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/until_we_sink.pdf

I very much agree with this. This, to me, is the soul of bounded accuracy. This is also why I very seldom use other DC's than 10 or 15. I might sneak in a 20 now and then. But failure always has consequences, you never get a retry if you fail, you have to look for another solution. (This last...

That's not true in d&d5, though. That's not how those characteristics are described. "An ability score is not just a measure of innate capabilities, but also encompasses a creature's training and competence in activities related to that ability." (PHB p. 173.) "A skill represents a specific...