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Standard Action is a really cool series, thanks for helping me find it! :)

Sneaky, and something I should adopt. Who doesn't love xp? :D

What's the difference as you see it?

I feel this is true - in a way. There can be too many rule books and rule supplements. On the other hand, there can't be too many adventures, campaign settings or supplements on how to build a campaign. I am very much relieved that the 5e rules still only consists of three books. They could add...

Here's the issues you mention: 5) Serious Lack of Digital Tools. 4) No PDFs (except for the basic game) 3) Nothing Much to Look Forward To/Lack of Product Diversity 2) The Waiting 1) No OGL (or some kind of compatible license). Now, number 4) wouldn't really be a problem if it wasn't for 5)...

Writing rules with the intention of making them "water tight" and not abusable instead of saying here are the rules, we did the best we can and if there is something that's ambigious where one interpretation ruins your game, interpret it differently is prone to failure. 4e went the errata-way...

I think the review section of this site is a great way to increase sales. I read Calidar in Stranger Skies in a thread about why one should play in Mystara. I checked out the kickstarter (which had gotten funding) and finally bought it due to the really good reviews it had gotten. The reviews...

I read the: "We were having a hard time figuring out how to move forward with Dungeons and Dragons." as: "We can't get a licensing agreement with WotC". Which is a bit sad.

Have I understood correctly that you subscribe to the articles at a pre-determined price per article, but you can set an upper limit per month (so, let's say 1$ per article, max 5$ a month?). Is there a way to say which articles I actually liked? There is mentioned adventures as well, is there a...

I ran a session with just two players. We ended up using a on screen NPC controlled by the players (a fighter) and an off screen NPC (cleric) controlled by the DM for healing purposes. This worked out very well, and I didn't change any encounters. This was a bit into the module, at level 3...

Paying per word must really make the writers pad their stuff. No wonder RPG's are so verbose. Why write concise rules and get paid less! Personally, I find they pay discussed here appalling. I think 12.50$ an hour is really bad, while 1.25$ is just not OK in any way. Personally, I would be...

Turn on the light! :)

It kind of depends: is there any magic item creation in the campaign. According to the DMG, that's up to the DM. If there is magic item creation, I kind of agree with you, if not, magic items might very well be several magnitudes more rare than mundane items, in which case my conclusion makes...

Now, the reason, as I see it that there is no price list in the DMG, is that even though there is both supply and demand, the market is not liquid (as in financial terms). Not having a set price on items makes sense if depending on a situation, the price assumed for a Longsword +1 is either...

If there is lot's of stuff that's overpowered, isn't another take on that there is some stuff that's underpowered and the rest is normal? ;) I have only DM-ed level 1-3 with a Fighter, Rogue, Druid, Sorcerer and Monk, and so far nothing has seemed more powered than the rest. (The druid didn't...

I got my Fighter/Rogue dominated in 3e, and was hoping I didn't end up helping a TPK. 2d6 greatsword +4d6 sneak attack + good str bonus + extra attacks if you were denied dex modifier... Luckily, there was no TPK. :)

For the last dungeon I ran, I used a pre-drawn map of the dungeon with a black layer on top. I used the pen as an eraser for the black layer, revealing the relevant parts of the map as they explored. It worked really well. The software I used was GIMP and the hardware was my Surface 3 pro.

Exactly this. No bloat, and material interesting for a wide audience.

In Return to the temple of Elemental Evil, I had an escaped sorcerer team up with the level 14 cleric with the madness domain. They got some preparation time. The Sorcerer cast haste on the cleric. The cleric summoned two fiendish(?) dire bears. This was 3.0, so now he could cast two...

I don't think I have seen anything mentioned so far that I would ban, except maybe the bear from a level 2 druid. (I would just ban it for level 2 and 3, allowing it afterwards). The way I would handle power gaming players is to up the HP of the monsters, and/or slightly increase the amount of...