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If the player is uncharismatic due to speaking nervously, stumbling words, or anything like that, I ignore that and rule purely on the intent I perceive behind it. So no penalty. He's also free to narrate what he's doing rather than speaking in-character ("I mention to the blacksmith we saved...

I think I’ll stick to the old Bestiary. As I run my game in the Forgotten Realms, it’s actually advantageous to me the closer the monsters are to their D&D cousins. Apart from that I think it’s a good thing they are trying to make the Golarian monsters different.

Beholder-colored, so usually brown.

I was pretty confident it wasn’t AI based on it being in a WotC book, but it triggers my AI alarm bells, lol.

I’ve been very impressed with how Deborah runs games.

I am undiagnosed, but as I strongly suspect I am autistic, I will comment on this. I think a negative Charisma modifier can work as a representation of the social handicap autism can be. I can pass for normal during limited interactions, and even be charismatic, but that comes from many years of...

Chasing foes in the sewers.

It depends a bit on the game, I suppose. Unless the system is very light, I think it's typically best if players have the rules in hand for character creation and development, as well as basic resolution mechanics. I run and play Pathfinder 2E, and the idea of me having to memorize all of the...

In Unlimited Adventures, NPC allies have the same color as the PCs, but it may be different in previous versions of the Gold Box engine, as it was modified throughout its life cycle when new games using it were released.

The rogue AI, Shodan, in System Shock has turned the station's residents into cyborgs under its control. The medical bays often have cyborg "technicians" in the process of converting survivors. So perhaps in your game, it has kept the crew "alive" in this manner. Shodan uses surveillance cameras...

Bearded devil nearly kills paladin.

In my example, I based the DC of the intercept action on the minotaur's level. So probably around DC 20 vs. a PC who at that point had at least a +11 bonus to Athletics. It's always great when there's an opposing creature involved as you get the DC for free, and the ruling made for a heroic...

He did say combat rule or structure. One example (PF2E) I had was a PC wanted to save someone a minotaur was dropping into a vat of boiling acid. There's no specified action for that, and it wasn't the PC's turn, but you usually have a reaction per turn. I allowed the PC to spend his reaction...

Ideally, I'd decide whether the duke leans towards the PCs or the nobles. If towards the nobles, the PCs must provide the duke a reasonable excuse for giving it to the PCs. If he leans towards the PCs, they just have to keep up their good manners. If the duke is indifferent or unfriendly towards...

If it's an action your character can reasonably do, I permit it. Actions listed in the rules are just handy examples.

The gold sheets have value in the Ruins of Adventure module, so it's probably a technical issue they don't in the CRPG.

I generally lean on having fewer mechanics that can interfere with role-playing. I leave it up to players when they want to role-play in-character or explain in third person what their character does. I generally don't like expectations of rolls granting near-mind control of NPCs or lie...

Uh, those stealth rules again.

Somehow I never imagined the Basic Red Box warrior might have a beard.