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My players can get a recap and 2 hours later will apparently have forgotten what was in it!

I tend to be an obsessive planner as a player, and spend way too much time working out what my PC can/would do in X situation or Y scenario. So I seldom forget about a crucial item. Trouble is, when I DM I assume my players remember these things too. So the silver arrowheads I described in...

I'm the DM who adjusts final encounter difficulty based on how the PCs have been doing so far. And I'm not sorry.

I have 2 groups. The one with 3 players is pretty easy: If we can't all play, we don't play. Fortunately, everyone is committed enough that we seldom miss a session on short notice. The 5 player group operates with the rule that if one person can't make it, the rest of us will play, but we...

1e/2e: Inconsistent dice roll objectives. If you're attacking, you need to roll HIGH. Same if you're making a saving throw. But if you want to make an ability check, you want to roll LOW. Oh, also initiative, roll LOW. A LOW Thac0 is good, and the lower your armor class is, the better...