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Is it really helpful to accuse people of "getting worked up" when they have an opinion you disagree with? This is a rule I've experienced in person and yes, it did feel like the DM going out of their way to abuse martials. It's something I really don't understand but something I've seen time...

So if a character breaks sword #1, what stops them from pulling sword #2? The encumbrance rules certainly aren't going to matter much, even a greatsword only weighs 6 lbs. At 11th level fighters have 3 attacks per round and action surge which means up to 6 for some fights. On average they'll...

I avoid end-of-the-world apocalypses for several reasons. First of all the characters might fail and I don't want to create a brand new world for every campaign. Second, as @Clint_L just said the players know where everything is headed, I want the game to be more flexible and focused on what...

I don't want to play a game where every single attack could be the difference between life and death, that would be too swingy for me. Even in our current game my character leapt into the action to distract the enemy from attacking some innocents and I got taken from full health to 0 in one...

If you feel "safe" in every or even the majority of combats I'd say the DM is not running challenging enough encounters if that's what you want. I've knocked one or more character down to zero in a combat at all levels up to 20th. Meanwhile there's far fewer accidental deaths where you're...

I take people at their word until proven otherwise. In this case I see no evidence of it or really any reason for them to do so, the reasons they gave were reasonable and logical. There's no evidence they've ever knowingly mislead anyone so I see no reason to imply that they are being less...

They switched to pre-recorded in season 3, it made it easier because of scheduling issues. AFAIK it's still not edited in any significant way.

They explained why they didn't in the interview. There's no "As far as we are aware" when it comes to CR not being offered money by WotC to stick with D&D unless you assume they are lying when they said they have not. They chose to continue with D&D because they started planning this campaign...

Especially when they can, and do, have Daggerheart streams. It would be highly risky to try to push viewers into an entirely different system especially with a new GM and rotating groups of people.

Then it's fantastic that the game and the option exists for you. I would be bored to tears.

I also don't see other systems that I've seen tried and read up on that work significantly better. It's all personal preference of course but a tabletop game can't possibly have a realistic damage and wound system especially when you throw magic into the mix. If it could, it likely wouldn't be...

Sounds like you haven't met 3/4 of my players. ;)

This is something I wrote up a while back, it’s a bit long but I hope it’s helpful. This is what works for me and has for a long time. Advice for New Dungeon Masters: A Practical Philosophy Style and Flexibility Every DM has their own rhythm. What works for one may not work for another. The...

Depends on the hostage of course but if someone has a knife to someone's throat in my game I use a variation of 3e's coupe de grace. The hostage is considered unconscious which means that the attack has advantage and is automatic critical. In addition in my game if they survive that it's a...

It sounds like you weren't the target audience for the starter set as it was designed. Other than that I can't say much - I don't have the starter set and don't plan on buying it because I've introduced plenty of people to the game without one. So it's like giving a bicycle to someone who...

Almost like people can have different preferences in games and different reasons for choosing which game they play. CR being D&D instead of Daggerheart makes sense if you actually listen to the interview. It's not like D&D vs Daggerheart is a zero sum game, people can play and enjoy both.

I have areas that are still scarred by ancient magic, magic is a little wonky (You get to be a Wild Mage and You get to be a Wild Mage!), lots of aberrations, mutants (maybe even a Deathclaw or two) and weird weather effects. I haven't used them all that often because they're dangerous areas...

It was posted a few days ago Critical Role - Professor DM interviews Critical Role Cast. I thought it was a good interview.

I watch/listen to them while doing other things like exercising, making supper, cleaning or whatever. I like them because I can just sort of pay attention but if I need to ignore them for a moment now and then it's not a big deal (and I can always rewind). Four hours a week isn't that much if...

I don't think that's a logical conclusion. This is the training wheels version of D&D just to introduce people to the concepts of the game. If they like it they can download the free rules or go on to the core rules. As much as I liked LMoP as a starter set it still assumed there was an...