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It is usually used to emphasize that we should debate the matter civilly, especially when history shows that discussions about "simulationism" can get heated. I also use it as a reminder that arguing against the premise is bad form.

What a shock: TheSword disagrees with Reynard. Hooda guessed? 😉 I don't object to GMing advice books (although I do object to Justin Alexander in general). What i object to is the whole marketing genre of GMing being this impossible task and you can only manage it if you buy (or worse, back) my...

I am not a fan of 2024, but it is literally the first DMG to provide short adventures you can plug in anywhere.

That is a good point. And EN World definitely has an older lean, as well as people that have been playing for a long time. It is actually a little concerning how many folks have expressed misgivings about giving a friend a chance as a DM.

You are free to disagree, of course, I just wanted to clarify my statement.

That's not what I said. I said the existence of paid GMs exacerbates the perception that GMing is hard and only pros can do it well.

There are at least 4 starter sets.

Existing groups that have a member who wants to get behind the screen should absolutely give that person a chance.

I love the PA genre, but I have exactly no interest in playing through the Apocalypse. Misery-porn is no fun for me.

I also think people generally over emphasize scheduling difficulties. Not that they don't exist, but in my experience it is easier to have set day of the week/month/whatever you play, rather than try and schedule from session to session. life still gets in the way, of course. I have to concel...

I am not sure why anyone thinks that the metric for being able to do a thing should be measured against perfection.

No, it isn't. It just takes practice. It takes being allowed to fail.

I don't quite understand the elevations.

What expenses, out of curiosity?

Why do you think that is? Are new players less tolerant of new DMs?

One of the things I really dislike that has come out of the rise of popularity of D&D (and to some degree other RPGs; but let's be honest, it is mostly D&D) is the monetization of convinging people that being a Dungeon master is hard. Early on as 5E gained steam, we had people like Matt Coville...

I did some googling and it is interesting that there isn't a generally agreed upon term. The best one I could find is "scripted sequence" which is accurate but not very pithy.

I like Heroic Maps too, and they are pretty affordable for what you get. I wish you could buy them directly for Fantasy Grounds with the LOS built in.

I don't do this nearly often enough. I will make myself a note! Yeah, I was speaking of castles specifically. There are tons of very cool real world inspirations for dungeons -- endercities like you mention, as well as caverns, underground river paths, and (my favroite) the underground cities...

Mostly because novels have characters and plots and things, and I wanted to avoid adaptations of that sort of thing. I am more interested in what sorts o adventures people think would translate well to being the sort of series bible, rather than talking about casting Drizzt or Raistlin.