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I think that's what advantage/disadvantage is for.

I can't comment on PF or PF2, but I've been successfully running dungeon crawls in 5E with relative ease. I took the "travel activities" and made a few modifications for use in site based locations, rather than overland travel. I stole the idea of exploration turns from older editions...

While not quite Deadpool & Wolverine level, I do tend to put my violence descriptions into the R rating.

If history is any indicator, it will be the format supported by the porn industry...

I generally go with "overcoming challenges," but those can also be individual tasks. For things like tricks and traps, I give each a CR and character multiplier based on the number of characters it is likely to affect. I also give xp for planned social encounters, also with a CR, where the party...

Combat ethics are not something I've normally had to deal with over the decades, but I have to say the combat seems to be the first option most players consider. Even back in AD&D, when players were incentivized to avoid combat (the risk/reward ratio was bad), there were players who thought with...

Back in 1E, my Greyhawk world had Mystara as the other side of the world. It didn't fit quite right, but nobody cared. I also incorporated the Hollow Earth, accessible via a portal beyond the Land of Black Ice.

Human Aasimar Dwarf Elf Genasi Gnome Half-Elf Half-Orc Halfling Tiefling I feel the "descendant" races of Goliath and Dragonborn just aren't as interesting as the half-races.

I used them back when we played face to face. It was important to hide my notes and while I did hide all my rolls, it was to keep the players from knowing which rolls were important (I despise when a DM fudges). Since we play online, everything I would need a screen for is provided by the VTT...

Part of it probably has to do with general ignorance. The difference between the types of mages is completely lost on the average person not trained in arcana. I imagine a great old one is just another type of god to most people.

I would put barbarian at low and sorcerer as average, but otherwise this seems pretty accurate. Probably a pretty good idea to include for new players to get an idea of what class they might want to play.

IME it's pretty rare. If using proper material components, casters are often too busy with their own stuff to help out. Most barbarians tend to buy higher grade medium armor, so they'll be saving too. Not to mention the general purchase of healing potions taking up a chunk of cash. The only ones...

Generally speaking, it usually happens around level 5. It can happen sooner if the party decides to pool their funds.

In my first 5E campaign, the players eventually faced Lolth in the Demonwebs. Using a magical Lanthorne artifact, they forced her to flee, severely crippling her power. In my latest 5E campaign, we're running Vecna: Eve of Ruin, where they'll face off against the God of Secrets himself.

In my Greyhawk, the average person is typically dedicated to a religion/church, but there are quite a few who give worship to whomever fits their current needs. Given that some priests can actually channel divine energy, particularly the healing kind, it only makes sense that most people would...

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Similar to the old D&D Next playtest, which I was a big fan of. I would suggest the fighter learn different options, rather than simply having all of them available. In addition, I would suggest the following modifications: Accuracy: you may add half the die result, rounded up, to an attack...

While I don't have an issue with LR, a simple fix would be to require it to be used before the saving throw is rolled, rather than after. This then requires the DM to decide how important each effect is, choosing to save them for key effects (e.g. stun). Another option would be to have it take...

Sort of, but not really. When 5E came out, they deliberately made certain rules ambiguous to encourage "rulings, not rules." This was largely due to a massive divide from the playtest on how to handle things like stealth (mostly 3E players vs. 4E players). This is why you had Mike Mearls and...

My group runs Perception by the book and it's never been a problem. There's always at least 1 PC without darkvision, so the party always has a light source. Even in a recent campaign when we had everyone with it, we still kept using a light source normally. Technically the bolded part isn't...