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I've grown to dislike ability scores that indicate personality or the intelligence of PCs, for various reasons. For one, it makes certain personality choices highly punishing for some characters. If you want to play a smart or charismatic fighter, you'll be punished by being less effective at...

I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but it's an idea, and I'd like to know what you think. Imagine a d20-based RPG where the numbers you add to the d20 roll generally do not improve as you gain levels, and this goes for monsters as well. There's no proficiency bonus or base attack bonus...

Anybody else playing the remake of this classic game? I never played it back in the day, but I'm loving this version. It's a cyberpunk immersive sim with a kind of retro/pixelated 3d look with lots of neon colors. You explore the maze-like levels of a massive space station with lots of...

I'm brainstorming a bunch of different applications for minor magical effects. If anyone could assist in the brainstorming, I'd appreciate it. They should have some perceivable use and may be combat relevant if the effect is minor. Here's a little list I have so far. Awaken - Wake up a...

Like many others, I like rolling for ability scores while simultaneously disliking how it can generate overpowered characters, underpowered characters and very uneven adventuring parties. So I often think about generation methods that mitigate or eliminate the undesirable outcomes the process...