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Let's phrase this with two lines of questioning: -In some recent sessions I didn't put the players in a real combat encounter more than once, over the course of three sessions. In fact in one of them we didn't even crack out the map and minis. Were we in some way not playing D&D? Was it not...

In my experience at the table, the answer and most important litmus is success percentage. It really means nothing if the PCs are OP, underpowered, someone has a powerful magic item, etc. so long as you understand that normally you want to give the players a 45%-70% chance of succeeding at...

You got doggos? Kitty cats? Crazy cool stuff like iguanas? Wull I wanna see em! Here's my own offering, he's only the cutest organism on the planet imo: His name is Redford and he's some kind of dachshund and spaniel mix.

Without a doubt, probably most of us here have made our own settings for a TTRPG; but which one is your baby? The one you put the most effort and love into. That one setting your friends might have to shut you up, about, because it's uber fun to think about and play in. For me there's no doubt...

Foreword: this is not intended to start any extended discussion about comparing and debating beliefs. The focus is more narrow than that and if things get heated, or the premise isn't appropriate for this forum, please feel free to remove the thread, mods. How much have your games resembled the...

PVP. Maybe the scariest acronym in tabletop roleplay. Is it too much hassle and stress to try? Will it, without fail, compromise the party? I enjoy PVP, but only in its time and place. And many campaigns and RPGs just aren't made for it. So what do you think about PVP in the main TTRPG...

Warhammer 40k is awesome. Maybe you agree that it's the coolest sci-fi universe, maybe not. But do you know what's not awesome? The mechanics in Dark Heresy. Playing with percentile dice makes things so unnecessarily noodily all the time and it's tiresome. Is there a D20 rpg for the beloved...

A couple of months ago, we decided out of the blue to ask: why are feats only something you can pick up every four levels, and why make it a choice between them and ability scores? I mean I guess it's obvious why, if you think CR should mean something and you think "well a PC that is level 2...

When discussing this subject in different places, I've heard all kinds of responses. But the weirdest of the common responses is that playing evil characters is bad, and if you want to play an evil character you are a bad player. It's really the most bizarre thing. I mean they do understand...

Some time after I first tried DMing 5th edition, I ran into a video by Matt Colville in his Running the Game series on YouTube. In it he mentioned a really cool alternative to initiative that one of the creators of 5E came up with: D4 for ranged. D8 for melee. D12 for spellcasting. +D6 to move...

We've all played around with different XP tables, fast progression, slow progression, and asked ourselves: what do I award XP for? However, how many stop to consider that XP might be a part of the rules of D&D but it never completely made sense for a TTRPG? Pretty much every mechanic in the...