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Every time she makes a new house rule, make a point of writing it down in a notebook with the time/date. "So we have a list going forward." Otherwise, mostly let her be. If the game blows up, it blows up. You don't want to create a situation where she feels that you are trying to control her...

In Game of Thrones, it was fairly rare for a Stark and Lannister to directly fight. They sometimes did but most conflicts were done via proxies. The families were long running opponents but the individual players were often interchangeable and sometimes expendable. In our RPG, maybe the PC...

In many game systems, the basic attack can quickly become complex. Take OP's basic attack of: roll to hit, compare to AC, roll damage, apply damage. That can become for some versions: Roll to hit, compare to AC, Did you hit a mirror image or the wizard?, roll for that, either an image winks...

They are trying to claim it. The hearing on July 21 is so the companies who sent the stock to Diamond can object to the try. Then sometime later the Judge will render a ruling. Companies may appeal the ruling. This could take a while to sort out. In the mean time, the stock just sits there...

Plus using a distributor means that Paizo and others don't have to have a separate contract and account with Amazon, Walmart, B&N, etc. and deal with the frequent changes to how each one operates. May also simplify taxes. Seems likely that if Paizo is having issues getting inventory out...

I think both movies are very much a product of the years they were made. Arnold's version was made when the USA was in the middle of a "Tough on Crime" thing. Coupled with one guy, Ted Turner, having near control of cable TV at the time(*), not hard to imagine a future where the main TV...

Mountains in summer can be HOT! I would withhold judging her outfit until you have heard the current weather. Also possible she is a cold area girl journeying to a warmer area. Things that would cause some girls to put on Arctic Winter gear might be bikini season for others.

Possible there is something else going on. If he has a new significant other, that person may want more then one Sunday a month. Stress leading to addiction issues can cause a reassessment of life activities(one of our long time players is dealing with this and has stepped away from in person...

IANAL but some will depend on the bankruptcy laws in the State where filed. They can vary and are one of the reasons companies will pick one state over another to be their corporate HQ. A big part will be how the consignment contracts are written. But bankruptcy often lets the company get out...

Yep. In early versions of RPGs, targeting Familiars, Animal Companions and Paladin Warhorses was great sport. Much easier to volley the Familiar with Magic Missiles then attacking the Wizard. Succeed and force a save vs death roll or similar. Later versions made the animals less...

One solution for the 'hard to retreat due to action economy' is to grant the retreating party a special retreat surprise action where once the decision is made to pull back, the retreating party gets to act now. Not that unrealistic as the sudden change in tactics could well cause a brief bit...

An alternative to forcing the party to retreat,(which may be impossible if there is a raging barbarian or similar involved), is to roll the PC's morale check hidden, and if the result is fail, in your best GM is god voice, mention that it is obvious that the party is losing this one, might be...

I am including the wizard in the "didn't bring the right spells to the party list". DR often works against spells. A fire specialist will be mostly useless fighting a fire resistant/immune critter. Also, kiting may not work if the BBEG has a +2 Composite Long Bow of +4 strength backed up with...

If a character has invested in being very good with a 2 handed battle axe, why punish them repeatedly? One aspect of the game encourages specialization, then another aspect makes that specialization mostly useless. You can accomplish the goal of shifting the balance of an encounter with the...

One question a designer should ask is does a mechanic make the game more fun, just add complexity or worse, sideline one or more players during an encounter? Example is the Damage Reduction system in D&D type games. Early versions had a few monsters that needed silver or magic to hit. But...

For those work place folks that say "I would like to play...", bring some character sheets to work and see if you can get them to sit down over lunch and fill out a character sheet. If they are not willing to spend 1 or 2 lunch hours doing a bit of educational prep work, pretty safe putting...

A group I am playing with is using a VTT as a play aid due to our gaming site not being suited for a physical table. Many times we the players wind up sitting around while the GM takes an hour or more to prep for the day's session. Each of the last 3 sessions have involved a 15+ minute pause...

The Midnight setting by Fantasy Flight is a rather bleak setting where Evil has won and much of the character's activities is just staying alive and there is little chance that anything they do will change the overall world events. Similar to if the hobbits failed to destroy the One Ring and...

A classic example of an encounter where the critter shouldn't be killed is the ST-TOS episode, Devil in the Dark. The one with the Horta that is disrupting critical mining operations. Of course our heroes beam down and start shooting at it and people die. Eventually one(Spock) realizes that...

This was pointed out by an illustration on page 10 of the AD&D PHB. A dunce wizard vs one with brains. On the page describing Intelligence. The next page has a drawing of someone tripping over a banana peel on the page describing Dexterity. A fair number of the illustrations in the AD&D...