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Every once in a while, I'll get a notification alerting me to receiving XP or being quoted or something. Normally, I can click the link and it takes me to the post in question, however sometimes it takes me to a different post entirely. For example, I have a notification with a link to this...

It's not a big deal in 5e because all but 2 (I think) races have it. It seems like they really just wanted to trivialize things like rations and lighting and such.

My interpretation of this is that Wizards should seriously consider shifting power levels further down the line a bit. Having access to stuff like Plane Shift might be really cool for the player, but those sorts of spells tend to restrict the nature of adventures that can be run. As it...

I closed it. I didn't link it here to gain exposure to it or anything (it was done a month ago on Reddit), but wanted to get a snapshot. I do these things a few times a year to see if there are any trends worth noting.

Considering combat cantrips are supposed to be the caster's version of weapon attacks (so they don't just sit around doing nothing when not casting a full spell), being able to auto-hit is kind of big. And with it being magical damage, it's also an auto-hit that doesn't care about most...

To get around this, I pretty much rewrote the monster creation rules. I have a list of stat templates that represent baselines, HP categories, AC categories, size, attack templates (high hit with low damage, low hit with high damage, high hit and damage, etc), and special abilities...

He's asking if anyone else noticed this, so he's obviously not trying to claim his experience is representative of everyone elses'. Also, your request for a list is facetious, considering you know full well if he did actually link some kind of notepad with crap like "mark is a powergamer who...

I ran into this problem last campaign. I come from a 2E background, so gold seemed like something you kind of save for hiring people and building or investing later on. Turns out my players had no desire for that, and were disappointed to find out they couldn't simply buy magic items (most...

I'd say they have, considering editions before 3rd never really had an expectation of taking campaigns past level 10 or 12 or so. There were exception, of course. Anyway, there are also some interesting bits within the data. For example, among those that are players but don't really GM, Tier...

Last month I ran a survey asking 5 questions, 4 of which were related to the "tiers of play" mentioned in 5th edition. Logged in and there haven't been many more responses recently, so thought I'd share them with you guys in case anyone was curious.

Nice rage-post. I thought I clarified this before, but it looks like I didn't. Allow me to take a moment and explain things, because I didn't intend for my topic to cause you the mental stress that resulted in you going all out on the fancy typeface. You are correct in how the core...

After a few years of 5th Edition, I'm pretty much ready to give up on inspiration. I've tried limited or expanding the number given, and the circumstances under which players earn them. The problem I'm having is inspiration rarely seems to make the action more interesting. Nine times out of...

I prefer to be as transparent as possible, mainly because I don't feel like the game should be GM vs Players. Obviously story and adventure-related lore and details are kept under wraps until needed, but I let quite a bit of GM information hit the table in advance. Anyway, I have a few...

I haven't played in one, but I've sat in while some other people did. I can see the value in getting new people into the game, especially with how much better it is to learn by playing than trying to learn by reading a whole book. It can also help ease people into the local community who might...

There's no further training in the sense that both are martial weapons, but realistically you can't just give a random person a rapier and expect them to be any good with it. It can't just be swung around like a longsword, nor can it randomly stab people like one. As for 2, my point isn't that...