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I would generally say the “fundamental forces” are those for which we have to assume “this is a basic rule of how things interact” instead of “this is a rule that emerges from application of other rules.” As mentioned above, the electromagnetic and gravitational forces are generally responsible...

“The Weave” is the Faerun (Forgotten Realms) term. I am not the biggest fan of the Mystara term (“The Radiance”) but to avoid too much in spoilers I will say in BECMI (and 1e and 2e) magic seems to work similar to radiation, including thin sheets of lead (or thicker layers of other material)...

Used my college’s computer lab and printers to read (and print some stuff out) daily. I remember the days when ENWorld wasn’t around yet, it was just Eric Noah’s rumors site. @Morrus you have done an admirable job keeping the community going in the 20+ years since. Cheers, brother!

I think those who want to self-style as “system masters” are stroking their own ego. In the Bartle taxonomy, they are almost universally “killers” that exhibit focus over a single item in the system (usually damage output), not mastery over the entire system. They then attempt to bludgeon the...

As a DM if I want to ensure PC death, I can always fall back on infinity dragons. This to me has derailed from “do players want balance” to something else entirely… a complaint about how the game isn’t deadly enough .. or too deadly. Let’s go back to the original question. I liked the post...

Sorry, no. Since the premise baked into a “+” thread is “no dissenting sentiment is permitted” it is not a trustworthy source for showing something is logically consistent - anyone pointing out problems/inconsistencies has been preemptively banned from the thread so OF COURSE it looks logically...

Agreed, and this is usually couched in the language of “I want escapism/fantasy.” There’s nothing inherently wrong with this, but we need to make sure we are having discussions where the language reflects this, players that want this style of game should not be talking about “balance” but...

Part of the problem seems to be that people see D&D as a “game” and when people play games, they want to “win.” I can’t recall where, but I saw a YouTube video on game design and balance where the psychology of games was discussed and I recall the statement that “players perceive a PVP game to...

Not saying it's per se "better," but there's a pretty famous moment where fleeing happens in some of D&D's seminal fiction... "Fly, you fools!" ;)

For some reason this seems to be the hardest lesson for some players

The magic user in 1E/BECMI was usually the character with the highest Intelligence score. As such, I tended to play him as the "general" in the group; the one tracking the positions of enemies, communicating tactics to the front-liners (suggestions, not orders), tossing a spare quiver of arrows...

IMO part of the perceived problem with Multi-classing is that people often use it for "dipping to get cool new powers" - more meta-gaming than role-playing. As a thought experiment, if Multiclassing rules included a clause like "all levels taken in a class must be taken consecutively" (i.e...

Occasionally you'd be on an adventure "on the clock" and would have to figure out how much you can heal, but in my experience the above was more or less correct. Actually, now that I think about it, the above sounds more or less like "taking a long rest" under the current rules. The only...

Subclasses to me have always felt a bit like 3e prestige classes. Which is probably why I am confused as to why people want to mix them with multiclassing. It feels like they are already kind of multiclassing into their subclass.

I believe it was Groucho Marx who said something to the effect of “I am not interested in being part of any association that would be willing to accept me as a member.” If being on ENWorld makes me a part of “D&D’s greatest” count me out. I’m just me.

I'm hoping to get a West Marches style campaign going locally and have found some interesting ideas out there that I'm going to compile here for feedback (and to hopefully hear others' suggestions). This is NOT about play style, or DM prep, but instead how to "get people invested" in the...

Since I'm someone who is happy to steal from multiple sources, when I find a rule that does the job, I steal it for my games. If you prefer to have an impactful downside for hitting 0 hp, I would advocate stealing the "Wounded" rule from PF2E to put some downside to going to zero, at least as a...

While you did not call me out by name, you implied I was committing the logical fallacy of appeal to authority in your previous post ("using simulation and v-tude as to gussy up preferences with an appearance of authority") - I did not express a general preference one way or the other in my...

I think this is the correct answer. Here at ENWorld, I think we skew both older than the average TTRPGer and skew more towards DMs than players. Also note that D&D has become more and more combat-focused over the years. Exploration, Survival, Dominions, all of these things are less and less...