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Only a little bit. Adventurers struggle on with a level or two, and embrace the handicaps and distribute work and roles accordingly. It makes the setting more gritty, so I suppose some players wouldn't enjoy always being a few steps from optimal. On the other hand, they feel really powerful when...

We have a few house rules that everyone enjoys. 1) When you go to negative hit points, you gain one level of Exhaustion upon being healer and getting back up. This helps with the yoyo effect, and effectively makes the PCs care more for each other and everyone staying above 0 HP. All three...

Never had anyone kill themselves yet in either system. :-)

Oops! Updated the initial post. :-)

We use these charts for 5E. I honestly have no idea where I found them initially, as there is no author on the pages, but it was in some thread or other here on EN World iirc back in the PLaytest era of 5E. Here they are. Perhaps the author sees it, and if so, GREAT WORK! :-) I posted our...

I see a lot of fumble discussion, and I wanted to share what my groups do. In Pathfinder / 3E When you roll a natural 1, you reroll the D20. If your result on this roll is equal to or below your Base Attack Bonus, it is NOT a fumble. Thus, the 20th level fighter never fumbles. When a fumble...

This is so long ago, that I don't remember. I think the Bloodhand tribe/clan are featured somewhere in the adventure season, but I might be misremembering.

Exactly. :-)

I subscribe to various newsletters with writing contests and the like. Most of these contests have guidelines and restrictions of some sorts, and it's not just word counts, genre and all the technical stuff. Some are only open to women. Some are only open to people of a certain heritage. Some...

Thanks!

Intro dice set. New starter set. Packs with random miniatures. Magic the Gahtering-esque cardgame with Forgotten Realms tone.

Looks great and I can't wait to read more! And of course it'll cost something.

I play a Psion with Disintegrate. I want to create a pit under an enemy in melee. I target the floor under him. Is the floor considered attended because someone is standing on it, thus getting to use his fortitude save, or does the enemy actively have to wield an object for it to get a save...

Oh definitely! But I still prefer reading/experiencing things spoiler-free so-to-speak the first time around. Second time, whether a movie, a book, a module or other forms of entertainment, might bring new perspectives by KNOWING how things will go down, but I wouldn't want to skip to that part...

Different strokes for different folks. I know a lot of people who read the last page of a book first and who can enjoy things they already know exactly how plays out. I generally don't. :-)

You are probably right.

Imaculata: It depends on the group. Like with cooperative boardgames, one player is often quite dominant, and it becomes a matter of one person ruling the roost in regards to decision-making. So it entirely depends on the kind of people in the group. Is there one or two very dominant people...

Regarding the discussion of attacking creatures (silver on werewolves, maces on skeletons, fire on trolls), I don't really get into the entire "make-belief trial and error" on common D&D monsters (UNLESS it might be interesting for the players to do so as a way to grow their characters...

Few would argue against THAT scenario. :-)

I didn't. I can't stop a player from speaking. I guess I could have never presented any monsters or spells or events, but that would be boring. This has been debated many times, particularly by Lanefan. The characters learning things, adapting, and overcoming, is considered fun at some tables...