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Brilliant session. Up till now I've only ever played with strangers on the internet, but I finally convinced some of my friends to sit down at a table. Much more fun than normal.

I also thought that was nonsense. I remember some module had ostrich riders, and I was willing to accept it for the sake of fantasy. "But a real life ostrich couldn't really support a human" I thought to myself. However, before responding to OP, I did a quick Google search. People apparently do...

And, of course, Reed Richards can cure the average alien-introduced plague, functioning as it doe in a way completely novel to all known medical science, in an afternoon.

Why do people overthink these things? "What do you do?" "I run away!" "Make a Something-or-Other check." "I rolled very high!" "Hooray, you succeed!" I mean, you can throw in some complications to make it more interesting, but I don't see why you need any special rules for running away.

I've recently been reading the Neil Gaiman Miracleman comics. Miracleman, which was of course based on DC comics, really played up the unrelatability, such that by the end of the books (the Alan Moore ones, that is), he has completely shed his humanity and become this alien figure. Gaiman's...

Especially not when you didn't bother to draw it but grabbed a map off Instagram that looked close enough to what you described instead! :)

If the difficulty of something should be static regardless of how skilled you are and relies on raw ability, simply don't let anyone to add a proficiency bonus.

Woah there, Nelly. You seem to be interpreting the results as if you were asking a different question than the one you asked. I was answering 'what things seem most quintessentially DnD?', not 'what do you want from DnD?' I don't think these are the same for everyone.

Illusion spells are normally intelligence saves in 5e, aren't they?

And this is the point. Improv vs prep is a false dichotomy. Good improv requires good prep, as the preparation in figuring out a consistent and coherent setting is what makes you able to improvise something that feels like it belonged there all along.

While, of course, the note can be changed if they haven't been presented, there are important nuances to consider. I don't write down everything that I say over the course of a game session. Sure, I might think that the players have never been to Bumbleton, so I can put whatever I want in...

I arranged a fancy ball for my players, and the one player I thought would have absolutely no interest in this social stuff (the barbarian) went out and commissioned silken loincloths for the whole party. Ungrateful bastards have never worn them.

In reality, though, a lot of things don't want to chase you. If you run away when they roar, they'll leave you alone. This should not be interpreted as a comment on play. I have found players almost never run away. But if they did, the monster need not chase, unless it had a special reason to...

The easiest way to get rid of that is not to allow it. I am very tight on time allowed even when it's the player's turn (unless they're new). If it's a reaction - say it now or lose the chance! 5e combat isn't complicated enough that players should be allowed to think. "What do you think, Dave...

Funny you should mention that, as I recently bought it.. This may well end up being what we run. But I find it odd that FTD has rules for carrying too much stuff; and rules for exhausting yourself by marching too far for too long; but these rules don't interact. Obviously this needs houseruling...

I like the idea on principle, but I can't help but feel it would just before a mess trying to keep track as things moved from hands, to bag, to belt pouch. I think abstracting it a bit might help. Perhaps give them three 'on-person' slots where they can keep things ready to hand (eg. one...

Alright kids. I'm getting ready to start a new campaign, and I'm trying to figure out what encumbrance rules I want to force the players to track this time. I'm interested in any novel ideas for both tracking encumbrance, and for mechanical effects. What I want from an encumbrance system is...

A bit dull. I'm sitting on the other side of the screen for once, and I kind of get the feeling this train's going where it's going regardless of what I say or do. Seems to be a lot of pointless dice rolling as well. We all get told to make an Investigation roll, we all roll crap. DM umms and...