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Well at least in Wikipedia (which is not a reliable source) they mention Middle Ages as "Medieval Times". But I have now corrected this grammatical issue from my earlier post.

Well I've said it before I say it again. I prefer my pseudo-medieval fantasy to be staunchly chauvinistic, murderously homophobic, gleefully pro-death penalty, fanatically anti-abortion, brutally prisoner-mistreating... and the age of consent is 12, at best. For me, this is not about reveling...

DMG page 27 "Damage to specific areas" covers this pretty well IMO. On a related sidenote: I've always found it interesting how initiative and hearing are so strongly connected to each other. Not that I'm complaining :)

I'm ok with rolling social skills, but I feel that the rules of 3.x should give a bit more plot protection to important NPCs. "I will help you if you help me! I need you to slay this dragon... Hmm, what did you say?" (Successful diplomacy roll DC 30. Attitude changed from indifferent to...

My players will not accept this easily, because they are excited about their brand-new characters. They have already written pages of background stuff and stories for their new characters. I'm afraid that trying to re-do the combat would be akin to suicide.

I agree with you 100%. The only problem is here is that I started the surprise round from a clear table; I ignored what had been discussed before the surprise round and simply asked the player what he wanted to do. He wanted to cast a spell straight away. It would've been much better if I had...

Players were facing a BBEG. He was aware of all the players, expect for one. The hidden PC had declared to attack as a ready action if the BBEG started to cast a spell. And he was correct: BBEG went for it and tried to cast a spell. However, according to surprising-rules if there are any...

This thread actually has a deeper meaning than just spamming alignments without any real debate or discussion; I'm thinking if we can get 50, 60 or more posts here we could actually figure out what is the most popular alignment in D&D. I'm thinking that it HAS to be (True) Neutral, but we'll...

Generally I like things to be a bit nonlethal. I think erratic and irrational gaming should result in short life-spans; I have no soft spot for "I was just playing CN!". Adventurous but reasonably cautious approach should only get your PC killed if the dices are absolutely against you that day...

Opinions are many, but sessions are few. So very few. I'd say fast and simple, because in my age every minute of gaming is precious. There's no room for complicated rules, even if they are made for the best storytelling game or tactical combat ever invented. I don't know about you guys, but if...

20 minute adventure days, game-breaking elements, munchins... Well, D&D and roleplaying in general will never be everyone's hobby. There are a lot of elements that require a certain mind-set from a person. One of these is that roleplaying is cooperative gaming and we need to respect that. Person...

To be fair, magic marts are easy to fix by any DM. Just don't allow them! But if the rules actively enforce "magic martism" if certainly doesn't help the situation. Players who know the rules might feel that their DM is trying screw them if he is not allowing active and universal buying and...

5E Monster Manual should have clear instruction how to advance AND tone down monsters. 3.x had a decent attempt with advanced monsters, but the system requires lot of preparation from the DM. It would be better to have the ability to advance or tone down any monster within one minute or so...

A game of total madness yesterday. I think the surprise baby-news and a bottle of wine confused us totally (everyone had 1½ glass of wine though). During the whole session PCs were absolutely determined to split the party, no matter what. After the first scare, they finally managed to...

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It's your turn. You take a good look at the battle map and pause to ponder. Your friends around the table try to influence you with their opinions... And you agree with them. After a careful consideration you decide to cast an area spell. Smoothly you place that 20 ft. radius spell so that it...

Why Polish people with fluent English aren't invited? It seems a bit strange... Or is it simply about the local people of Warsaw? That would be even stranger.

When you think about alignments, how much do you try to view them from the perspective of the game-world and how does your own morality influence it? This came to my mind when I was thinking about a Lawful Good city guard captain (an important and re-occurring NPC) and treatment of criminals...

"With a great fireball comes a great responsibility" Have you ever had players that frustrate your group with highly erratic use of powerful magic, technology or other stuff that can make dozens of grieving widows and a GM in a nanosecond? My case... I have a player with a brand-new sorcerer...

Negative. I think trying combine the best elements of every edition will result a mish-mash that doesn't please anyone. It would be better to focus on certain types of players in order to create a consistent game. But trying to create a game that combines everything of 40 years of D&D is very...