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"There are seven major city-states ruled by sorcerer-kings. There's only two sorcerer-queen so a couple need to be gender flipped for better representation They also need a new name. They're not all kings. And they're wizards, not sorcerers. Wizard-Monarchs? Spell-Tyrants? Archdefilers?" Based...

They will definitely release an "Advanced D&D 5E" line in parallel to the main 5E line. It will have lots of small differences that make converting support material between the two an extra chore, and split the revenue stream. Eventually support for the line will almost entirely rest on media...

The problem is that not enough people have been exposed to the way that I play D&D, which is the One and Only True Way To Play. That's why there is so much confusion and dissent! Also the fact that people like to take extreme and controversial positions to make discussions interesting.

I think things like the following are fun: Player "I go up and poke the chest in the otherwise empty room with my spear because its probably a mimic. If its not I will check the chest carefully for traps before opening it." DM "OK, when you go up you trigger the concealed pit in front of the...

Yeah, part of the burden of being a DM is that it's like being a magician. You can't reveal what's behind the curtain to anyone else not in The Club. It's a small price to pay for making your friends happy though.

I always have the same advice in these situations. If the Big Bad can't survive a PC nova-strike, make sure they have a decoy to draw all that fire while they strike back from concealment. If the players burst into the Inner Sanctum and waste the Big Bad because it is standing out in the middle...

Players always survive because DMs let them. One of the marks of a good DM is that they can make you forget that while you are playing, so you feel like you really "beat the game". A feeling of illusory triumph releases the same amount of dopamine as a real one.

"If you need to explain how you search, saying "I use procedure 2G in the SOP manual" won't fly with the dm. They'll ask you to explain it again." I don't doubt your experience, I can only say mine has been the contrary. I mean, they may deliberately stage an encounter so the SOP doesn't work...

If you are running short on content for a nights gaming with a "skilled play" group, just have the PCs find a location you describe as "An apparently empty room." That'll keep 'em busy until next week.

I don't understand why players in these descriptions don't have a standard process written down and given to the DM. "What do you do?" "Door Opening Pattern Alpha, with Mondo on point." ... "How do you search? "Search Pattern 2, and..." "There's a chest in the corner Mary." "Oh, right...

"Maybe it was some of my earlier answers that dropped me out." Did you answer "No" to the question "Do you want to keep doing this survey?" ?

(Non-canonical but fun Horror seed) "So, the Vistani can travel through the mists?" "Yes" "Why? How does the Mist know?" "It's just in their blood, I guess" "Innnteresting. I wonder how much magic blood you could get from a Vistani. Like ... a small one." (Whether the PCs are stopping...

I hope you are getting a commission, because that review moved me from "Why would I want this?" straight to "Why have I not pre-ordered this already!?"

I'm just trying to understand what problem you are trying to solve; that seems to be the first step. If you want to solve the problem of PC's "breaking the economy" you have to define what that means. Prices doubling? Essential goods becoming scarcer? Less unemployment because they are hiring...

Do PCs actually break the economy now? I mean, in actual practice. If the PCs roll into town with a wagon full of coin, they probably blow it all on magic items and consumables (if that is for sale), buy up all the gems and then...? The average turnip farmer doesn't care. The PCs aren't buying...

When I read the interaction in the link, I read it as the other player as their character saying “Yeah yeah,” interrupts my fellow tiefling. “I can cast thaumaturgy too. Big whoop.” Which to me is a 100% appropriate in-game interaction between PCs. "Don't try to intimidate ME buddy, I share a...

Gurps Space gave it a try.

Great Weapon Master. Only works on weapons that are Great. If you don't want the ludicrous damage, tell the player their weapon is only "Adequate", or "At Least It Tries, Bless It's Heart". Boom, solved.