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Yes, I think we often get too caught up in what's wrong with this or that class. If you look for what is wrong with something, you will eventually find it. Likewise if you are looking for something to like. I try to embrace what is fun with each class rather than focus on things that may...

The fun factor is indeed relevant.

The games I DM at home tend to be longer than the games I play at the local hobby shop. I've had games at home run 9 hours but the average around 4-1/2 hours. The games at the local hobby shop are typically schedule for 3 hours and usually stick to that.

As with any comparison of classes, it's hard to know in a vacuum. A lot will depend on the type of campaign, play style, and what you want to achieve all of which are assumed here. One thing not being addressed here is whether or not they are fun to play which in my mind is the most important...

My uneducated guess is that it has something to do with Fantasy settings being completely different worlds/universes from our own while Sci-Fi may largely be considered the same world/universe and therefore at least remotely possible at sometime in the future. You can make up whatever you want...

As others have said, it's going to depend on the type of player and the make-up of the character. If someone made me guess how many times, I would probably just roll a couple of 20 sided die and take the total which is just as good as a wet finger in the air for this. Another thing to...

I think it depends on the DM. Some have a gift for describing Theatre of the Mind in great enough detail but they seem few and far between. To a lesser degree it will depend on the players and how receptive they are to story telling. Neither of these describes me or the current group I DM...

The only UA material currently being used in the campaign I DM is the Ranger Revised dated 09/12/16. This does not mean that I am not open to allowing more UA material in my games but this is the only one any of the current players have asked to use. Should any others be requested, I would...

I've used every way described in the PHB to generate characters. At first I was partial to the standard starting ability scores over rolling but I used the point buy system for my last character and I am happy with the way it turned out. As a DM I have no issue with any of them in the PHB but...

I. I feel like if a party is too small, it is less interesting. D&D is supposed to be about collective story telling so having more than a couple of story tellers should make the story more interesting though exceptions are always possible. Too many players and the game starts to bog down...

I own a few of his adventures from the DM's Guild and do recommend them to anyone willing to go that route for obtaining an adventure to run.

OK, I think we may be on the same page here. Mostly anyway. I will try to be more careful and descriptive with my points in the future.

Whatever man. I obviously don't know a tenth what you know if we go buy message board posts and signature dates but if it's within the rules as written, I just don't see the issue. I'm not trying to discourage players from doing anything but at the same time, spamming an ability through the...

I am advocating doing this within the rules as written because I feel it's my job as a DM to do such things within the rules to keep the game challenging for the PCs. They can in turn find a way to counter my counter if they wish. It's not like I am proposing a house rule forbidding it outright.

I find that when I try to project such things that I cannot control, my expectations get the best of me then I am disappointed when that thing actually comes to fruition.

If I had a player that insists they will spam Detect Magic, Perception Check, etc. ad nauseam, I will find something to nerf it in game. Antimagic Field, Feeble Mind, and similar spells don't exist only for player characters.

The Independent Legion - Most are grizzled veterans. Those who are not spend years training and doing remedial security contracts before being allowed to participate in hired missions or war. Led by a battle hardened ex-general of a well-known kingdom of the DM's choosing, Idris Ides expects...

I'm not certain that D&D needs equipment rules but I can certainly see where some may find such rules helpful depending on the type of campaign they are playing.

I'm not sure about others but I often find myself at AL public tables with players that have hygiene issues. One time I brought a buddy from a group I DM at home to one of these sessions. As it turns my buddy found himself sitting next to someone who was hygienically challenged and starts...

There is a Knowledge Cleric in a campaign I'm running but he basically tries to play it as a War Cleric. In fact he always forgets that he has skill proficiency through Knowledge of the Ages. Most of the time he just swings away with his Warhammer and occasionally throws out a Cure Wounds in...