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Touche - I'm sure it is still just as common globally. In truth, even having started playing in the 80s, I never experienced this, or had friends experience this - been with my same group since 99 (Good grief, 20 years this November). There've been plenty of times I could play once a month, or...

Perhaps the readily available access to the internet just makes us more aware of it. I grew up in the south in the early 80s, and the streets were littered with this sort of bigotry far more frequently than I appreciate recalling. That sort of thing wouldn't even make the paper back then. I...

Yeah, I read about the lunacy from the linked article. Still makes me curious how many people like that do it for the attention, or the 'Salmon' effect of swimming against the stream, and how many people -actually- believe the tripe. Awful either way.

I wonder if he actually believes the garbage he writes, or if it was just for publicity/infamy? I truly hope the latter - at least that's partially better than actually being a bigot. Maybe.

If you are, you aren't alone. My wife and I had this exact same conversation after we finished the most recent series. I know several people stopped playing after highschool and just found other things, but even if I could only play once a month during college, I never stopped - my wife's the...

Absolutely, but @Xeviat mentioned maneuvers - I'm sure some sort of Cleave or Whirlwind effects would be involved for that very reason. I would actually be rather interested in some of the things Nine Swords did right back in 3.5; turning a melee combatant into a sort of spellcaster. Shocking...

There's some discussion/prototypes out there of Dice Face Recognition Software - could always go that route if you don't want to lose the tangibility of rolling dice. Should count/calculate instantly, assuming the program adjusted appropriately.

I -do- in fact use Bing. They pay for my yearly Amazon Prime subscription and then some in those nifty reward points! To the topic at hand, however: I play D&D 5E because it is about as Rules Lite as I like to play. Never had much success with Fate and the even lighter systems (not that...

Being that Cleric is basically my favorite 5E class, I like how they get the damage bonus on weapon attack around level 8 a lot more than I like Extra Attack. Perhaps I'm a minority, but I rather enjoy the simplicity of one action, one roll, move on (when playing this kind of game). If I want...

Actually you did a wonderful job of a synopsis, so much so I am buying it and checking it out - thank you kindly!

First, @Xeviat asked for people's alternative to Expertise, and I answered with the same problem with which my players approached me. This comes from a group well over 15+ years together, with a vast majority of favorite characters being rogues (and Bards, in 5E, though that class was...

A nice idea, one I might try with some of the newer groups I play. Offsetting the danger of it would annoy my old grognard gamers haha.

Early on, when we first started playing 5E, it was my players who came to me with a request to change expertise. With it being limited to two classes, the party felt doubling the very foundation of bound accuracy was an immediate failure. Over the many campaigns we've played using 5E, we've...

This sounds very interesting - what is the core resolution mechanic for this system, if you do not mind my asking? Might have to give it a read sometime!

So, I wasn't incredibly thrilled with the playtest, but it got a few things right - which I'm hoping will make the final product immensely satisfying. I've been using the 3 Action system for a long time in many different games, so this was nothing new or unsettling - very easy to grasp, though...

I'm sure it is blasphemy, but I have indeed used their system in worlds with Elves >.>

Talislanta 5E I'll start with a caveat - for our most popular games, this system plays a role as the backbone, with all of the details hashed out by my permanent gaming group. We played it, we loved it, we keep formatting it to fit our needs, no matter the occasion (except those whimsical...

Thank you - and you are quite correct, they know the mechanics beforehand. More importantly, I always ask the new table when I GM at gameshops if they would enjoy the rule. I've also set it to 2 minutes before when introducing new players, and slowly worked down the time limit. I've had a...

I've not found a chart of any sort along these lines - instead, I ask the players to make search checks every time they loot a body (or group of bodies). Anything under 11 total gets them some coins and the obvious - what a person was wearing or carrying. Even a useless half-rusted goblin...

I have a timer active behind my DM screen set to 1 minute. While it's not a hard rule to force people to go faster, if they complete their turn in 1 minute or less, including dice rolling and giving me the information, they gain a bonus To Hit (if their attack wouldn't otherwise land), or To...