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Except, the OP establishes that MOST GMs are going out of their way to make sure the players enjoy the game. The OP describes the "Benevolent GM" as one who interferes in the game with an NPC whose only function is to help the PCs. Hence the GMPC kerfuffle. My point, again, is that GMs...

... aaaand Riposte FTW! I mean if your opponent misses you, you get an AoE?

But what if they have the highest Midichlorian count of anyone in the entire Galaxy? :unsure:

... and THIS is why we couldn't multiclass with the 1e Barbarian :sneaky:

I missed this comment and while I agree it was the best Ranger, the 1e Barbarian was an even better Ranger than the Ranger :sneaky:

This is bad on all levels. Just as bad as the Adversarial GM. Why? Because in both cases the GM is in full control and the players are just bystanders. This is exactly why GMs have been instructed since the very beginning of the ttrpg hobby to be "neutral referees" of the game. GMs are not...

Oracles were a problem for awhile there. Spontaneous-casting, foul-mouthed cursing anti-Clerics? I always saw the Cleric as the original Gish so Oracles just took that up a notch. I remember seeing GMs online even banning them :ROFLMAO:

Hi En Worlders! So I was reading through some AD&D material and noticed that "era" of D&D really starting bringing us a variety of new classes. My favorite comes to mind and we also had the "kits" (1e & 2e) that could be considered new sub-classes. It could be argued that the kits paved the...

@Lanefan your group dropped: gold for X.P. RAW initiative RAW training system weapon speed weapon vs. armor modifiers racial level limits and more Looks like you were playing 3e before it released :ROFLMAO:

Don't forget the artwork 😄

From this post it seems that it wasn't the system that was as gonzo as your group 😄 The groups I've played with have usually been more "serious", similar to how many experienced chess players engage their game. But IMO the modern ttrpg culture has a much more "waggish" presentation than decades...

This is great stuff! Although I'd go gonzo-gore with a horror campaign since it fits the genre. Hit Points aren't "meat", they're blood 💀

Like @bloodtide posted: if puzzles and red herrings are problems, stop using them. Or, make the puzzles easier

Yeah graphic description isn't ever needed IMO but depending on the ttrpg being used, it can add spice to combat. Like one of the things that always reminds me that D&D isn't SIM is how bloodless the game can be - compared to ttrpgs like GURPS and Mythras. A character losing some HP is nothing...

There's actually more ttrpg books than ever IF you count PDFs (which you aren't). Digital is the way of the modern world: easier to produce, distribute and store. Books are unnecessary and archaic products that drain the planet's ecosystem. I'm glad to see most organizations/companies making the...

Online play can be very similar to that, but the time gets measured in months instead of sessions. Six sessions isn't a lot of time, even if they're four-hour sessions like I used to do F2F. I'd call that more like playtesting than actually running campaigns - campaigns like Queen of the Spiders...

I think yeah - if you have a decent group, everyone can kind of tell when someone isn't having fun. That's part of the cool group mentality of TTRPGs. That's why I really hate stopping a campaign - sometimes the flow of activity is so good.

That's good having a regular group. I've been running games for different groups ever since I first became a DM (high school). But I moved around a lot too. I think I might get bored with the same group actually, but I don't know. You know what the players want from a game due to experience. For...

I'm the same way. When I ran Shadowdark I knew it was a one-time thing before I started. Right now I'm gearing up for another superhero campaign but I have two systems I'm debating: Champions Complete or GURPS Supers. The debate made me start this thread because I want to make sure I have the...

I read the original MP and I remember when I was a kid older guys playing MP at the FLGS. I only glanced at the newest edition but The Morrow Project has always been impressive to me. There was that one game from Fantasy Games Unlimited - Aftermath - that was kind of like MP. That and...