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A few threads have touched upon this topic recently, and I thought it might be worth its own discussion. How much, if any, explicit agreement between the GM and the players about the nature and goals of a campaign should exist before play starts? For example, I typically have detailed...

My players and I recently have decided to start a campaign in which orcs will be the primary adversaries for the PCs. Although orcs have been iconic low-level villains since the early days of D&D, I'm having some difficulty coming up with ways to make them viable antagonists over a range of...

I'm starting a new 4e D&D game this weekend, and I'm trying to finish an adventure for my group. Although they're starting at 1st level, the players are experienced and are very familiar with the "low-level dungeon filled with kobolds with a young dragon boss fight at the end" idea. I'd...

Greetings from a long-time lurker and first-time poster. I've been the DM for a group of six players since the mid-1980s. We played a long campaign with characters that were created under the 1e rules and later were converted to 2e. We've recently been running some one-shots under the 4e rules...