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You brought this to the game though, because it is your character that reacts to every slight with murder. Start with "not murder" and work from there.

And if you derail the game so much to kill (or attempt to kill - it might not go the way you think) another PC because of a slight like that, that's you derailing the game because of a choice you made. This is how you don't get invited back to tables. Also: this is how your character wakes up...

No. I mean, other than “fighter with a greatsword”, but the three or so of those I have played since ad&d days have all had very different backstories, goals, and so on.

Not a bad idea, of course, like most solutions to this they're somewhat buried in the DMG, and not really a thing players can ask for. In the particular case I'm talking about, the Bard player had no interest in intimidation and their character may not even have had proficiency in it. It was...

The game requires a bit of meta-gaming for party characters to work together. Some philosophical bickering is fine, but a blood vendetta, not so much (unless the game is pitched as a battle royale). If you have an idea for a lone-wolf, to-the-death-for-every-slight grudge-taker, awesome! Sounds...

The thing this, these ideas permeate. I was playing in a new campaign not too long ago and was getting all shoulder-dusty with a captain of the guard while playing a fighter. I didn't particularly expect a successful intimidate, but leap before looking and all that. The player of the party...

And it isn't just combat. A Bard with expertise in persuasion and deception and a handful of charm-assist spells can run rings around the Samurai at court. There isn't really a contest, unless it is a sub-plot specifically crafted for the Samurai and related to their family, background, former...

Generally, yes, but I have seen scenarios where a relatively inexperienced DM gets railroaded into something like this by an utter munchkin. I'm not quite sure what the solution is there, but the munchkin altering their behavior is probably a part of it. Burning out a new DM early just to...

If the power imbalance between characters in the same campaigns is as great as that between Captain Marvel and Daredevil, it is natural for the player of the Daredevil to get bored as their contributions to many challenges are negligible. Further, it takes a great deal of work on the part of...

Of course it is. Take this armor - it will help you, but know that if you do so, you owe me a service. Fail to work toward or complete that service with a quickness that pleases me, and experience exhaustion. Attempt to remove the armor, and my crack squad of pit lords come to visit you, your...

Well, for one - a creature as powerful as demogorgon would probably have more powerful tools than demon-deal armor, and if not, some rather sever repercussions for reneging on the deal. For another - there's nothing in the rules that prevents a type of malaise that isn't a curse. Dark Maledict...

You do if you are sitting at the same table with Captain Marvel every week.

No, but if the wearer starts ignoring their work or otherwise begins to displease the demon, they withhold the remedy. The exhaustion is both punishment and motivation. If the wearer screws up and that exhaustion eventually leads to their death, well, some other fool will put the armor on and...

Plus I'd imagine wiping out the exhaustion is the drug the demon-lord uses to control the armor wearer.

I think being forced to sleep in it is the real hit of the curse. Stack that stuff up.

The very setup here (blank slate make a spell loadout, then you get to design the encounter to foil the spell load out) is not how wizards work. If that level of DM fiat is in play, than any social or exploration ability check (proficient, expertise, or otherwise) is just as likely to fail...

Give me the full context knowledge the party would have from the day before and we'll talk. You'd know that's how it works if you understood the system or were arguing in good faith.

See above. The options are so good I'll happily take whatever someone thinks is the worst set, with level-caveats (one wouldn't take a level 1 spell at 7th unless they had exhausted 4th level options). These choices are so broad and so reality bending that even the worst set is leaving a...

A 7th level wizard can know 18 spells just for for leveling up without finding a thing in the world, which is roughly half the total list (there are duplicates as many spells do both things). Said wizard can get by on cantrips and bladesong in combat. So, go ahead and pick the best half of that...

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