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I think grognards would support new things but at ever level they like the idea of things being droppable into any setting. So if you make a book of taverns you could offer something for a variety of settings. Its like the old 1e modules were droppable almost anywhere. They had multiple...

You write stuff down ahead of time. You flesh out the NPCs motivations. How hard is it for you to guess your favorite sitcom characters actions? Not hard right? You need to know your NPCs/Monsters well enough and have enough written down that when you do have to make a judgment call it is...

You and Thomas Shey are right. No way is it universally detectable. I would say though that over time depending on how it's happening it might get detected once which is enough to shatter trust. Though just changing numbers up or down slightly would likely never get detected. So not...

It is in the eye of the beholder. (Forgive the pun) I think it's a problem if you are playing in my campaign. Every GM has a tolerance level for rules lawyers. I got my fill early in life and my tolerance is now low. And where I come from, rules lawyer is universally viewed negatively...

This is an extremely important point. This is why GMs need to prep ahead of time. They need to use wandering creature charts they made or got up ahead of time. If a wandering monster comes up who can circumvent the alarm that is valid. If another that can't comes up that is valid too and it...

I'm getting up there myself. Right now I am still working hard though so it's even harder. Eventually I plan on slowing down and I at least think it will be easier. I don't generally find understanding the rules all that hard. I still read rules just for fun. I like some new mechanical...

Who knows but I own all the 1e D&D stuff. I own almost all the old DCC module line. I've been into GURPS lately and have bought a good bit there. If I like something I invest in it. You are right though that if all game companies vanished tomorrow I doubt it would affect my own amount of...

This was true but you couldn't just choose it either. You got it by random luck.

I think this is also very appropriate to maintaining fairness but I'd make the roll ahead of time when coming up with the plans if that were at all possible. My approach doesn't eliminate GM's having to make a decision for NPCs but it does help them to be fair. As to your earlier comment, bad...

For me magic and psionics don't flavor together well. And yes I had a problem player and I handled it. I just ended up making psionics functionally equivalent to magic. So if you want mind magic then just have a mind magic school of magic. I think psionics is great but I wouldn't have magic...

I don't mean to be mean but honestly I just said that and you respond as if I am disagreeing. It's like you want to argue for no good reason. And I suspect that it's somewhere in between but we neither one have an measuring instrument that would give us the answer to that question.

Well I am experience but I also do not think minor disputes are worth changing. I don't want to reward rules lawyer behavior. If you like that then by all means encourage it. I do not. If it is egregious as I said then I would revisit it. So yes, my making an egregiously bad ruling is...

Psionics has wrecked many a campaign over the years. I had a 1e player using a Dragon Magazine psionicist who tried hard to wreck my games. (Energy Control anyone). Generally it's a tack on and the flavor doesn't fit. I'd be fine with it done well in a space or moderns style game. GURPS...

I think the best core rule book is the 1e DMG. The best module is probably either B2 or D1-2. The best rules supplement: The Book of the Righteous (3e as I don't own the 5e but it may be just as good). Setting: World of Greyhawk (original).

I think both ways can be fun so my vote was optimistic. I've actually had some players just ask if I could make all the rolls and they could just role play. Others want to roll everything they can because they actually love rolling dice. I think a game can run well with only players or only...

I think you missed my point. If D&D is our main thing, then we will spend a lot. We have a lot more to spend on our hobbies. D&D though may not be our main thing or even a thing anymore for a lot of old timers. Those still really into the game and at the cons will normally be ideal...

Well in my games my changing the ruling is about as frequent as Haley's comet coming by so it's not worth it. I suppose if your DMs are constantly reversing themselves your milage might vary.

This whole debate is why I try to come up with close order action drills for all the enemies ahead of time. I make the instructions appropriate to the intelligence and abilities of the monsters. This helps me to guard against any bias. If the players come up with a really innovative way to...

The OP.

I think what he wrote in the books was good advice most of the time. I think even he would streamline his game if he were around and rewrote it today. His advice concerning how to handle players though has served me very well over the years. And I think Monty Haulism was a blight upon the...