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Referee, to me, means there is no dice fudging to help the players, for example. Also, not changing the dungeon 'on the fly' to force an encounter the players successfully by passed. There is no arms race. On the contrary.

(sorry wrong poster) Referee means there is no dice fudging to help the players, for example. Also, not changing the dungeon 'on the fly' to force an encounter the players successfully by passed.

Maybe we would say more Dragons! Interesting term.

That is possible since he translated everything to French using a dictionary. His English was not very good at the time.

That is pretty much also why I call myself a Referee. (I love wargames).

You obviously never watched any sport. A referee is neutral, not adversarial... otherwise he is fired! :p

My group loves relevant social encounters (no useless shopping around with random NPCs). _____ Logan's Run is one of my all time favourite movies! :)

In older D&D books the person behind the screen is often called the Referee, which implies an impartial stance but also contains authority (final word). Dungeon Master doesn't have the neutral connotation and puts a higher emphasis on authority (master). Do you see yourself as a referee or a...

None. I do my own lore. The only stuff left are named spells like Tasha's and Bigby's. I avoid named items like Vecna's.

Well, isn't Blackmoor the 'first world' of D&D? Or maybe it they infer the 'Known World' from Basic Moldvay?

Armour question: If four opponents attack the fighter in the same round what happens? He blocks once with AC and gets hit three times for full damage?

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That is certainly a setting that could rekindle my interest in 5e.

Traps and puzzles. With sessions of only 3 hours I no longer use them. Takes too much gaming time to resolve.

IIRC the first dungeon (Pharaoh) contains a secret passage at the beginning that leads directly to the final treasure room. We found it after 10 minutes of play, took the treasure and left the pyramid. Module done! Which infuriated the DM since he spent several days translating it from English...

Corridors, screams, facehugger, acid, aliens!

Great news! 90% of all my gaming spending in 2020 was on rpgs. Usually it was 40% rpgs and 60% wargames.

We enjoyed the first season a lot. A good mix of post-apoc, road movie, mystery and kindness in the face of adversity.

Possible arc story: PCs discover a way (book, scroll, tablet) to assemble a MacGuffin. If used properly against Asmodeus changes his alignment to 'good'. The quest in the nine hells is to find the parts.

I've been thinking about this since I last posted. I have no nostalgia whatsoever for 'TSR' or the logos. I have nostalgia for some of the games and books they produced but I wouldn't play them today. Other companies have filled the void with great games (OSR, Neo-Trad. and narrative) for all...