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If one of my players happens to want to play an orc or half-orc in DragonLance, I’ll simple add them to the ‘corrupted by Takhisis’ list. They’ll be corrupted elves like the draconians are the corrupted good dragon eggs. I’ll just make it clear that they’re super rare and Takhisis’ minion...

My friends and I literally just made up the rules and the game with little to no concept of how to play. It wasn’t until we got 2nd edition books and I finally understood THAC0 as a 12 year old that we started playing the game correctly. I’d just make up stories and they’d throw dice.

Some people find maximum open-ness fun. People with a lot of anxiety might view it as stressful. Most responses will probably follow a bell curve gradient and vary based on personal taste. The actual playing of the game is what matters most. DMs and players working together to craft fun...

I very much liked how the 4e MM was organized. The start of a section would offer up some lore as an intro for the DM. The stat blocks were very easy to run for a DM. Minions! Each would have some suggested combat tactics, and at the end would be some lore based on the DC of a die roll by the...

I like the addition of that idea as well as the post above with the additional sources of ‘cleaning the slate’ with things like the healer’s kit, etc.

I can absolutely see that it would look like ‘tanks’ are going to be affected by these ideas more than caster types who hang back. Generally, I design combats that are dynamic and casters don’t just get to sit back and camp out. I can also see how it could end up turning sessions into ‘let us...

Grittier play. More thoughtful decision-making from players who take the current system for granted. Most players don’t really think there’s much of a chance that their character can perish in 5e.

This would be in lieu of the HP drain from the traditional monster stats.

My group is testing some house rules and I wanted to share. If anyone has attempted something similar, and has constructive feedback, please share! #1: Death Saves Limit - 3 per long rest. There’s only so much a mortal body can handle before death cannot be reversed. #2: Temporary math...

First, identify that you’re feeling it and acknowledge that it’s ok to feel that way. Discuss it with your group, and see if other members of the group will run a few one-shots, or two-shots to give you a chance to play as a character and recharge. If not, then you might need a new group of...

The only problem I’ve seen with a high level of specificity with respect to examining things, a room, an environment and so on is that it can result in a never-ending series of dice rolls. If I make my players make a perception check for each object they search in a busy room, my players start...

I think the system is easy for people to learn and enjoy, and I don’t see how Stranger Things hurts interest in the game. However, I think that the draw to dnd has more to do with the human need to connect and socialize. I also think that people are growing tired of passively consuming content...

I’ve only got one player at my table who’s what I call “a dice snatcher” wherein he’ll roll and snatch up the die before anyone would have a chance to see what he rolled. But it is well lit and we all roll out in the open, even myself.

Is the expectation that ”core” PHB halflings be based around the Tolkien mythos? In the campaign world of Athas (Dark Sun), halflings were the progenitor race and were the mightiest mages of any era. So mighty, they destroyed the sun and ecological balance of the world. Now, halflings are...

Our group is pretty tight and we do a lot of discussion and ‘batting of ideas’ via Discord.

More specifically, what makes you, as a DM, sit down and change a rule? This is entirely situational, or our group has noticed a recurring problem with a certain power/ability/spell. Our group usually works to come up with a solution that everyone thinks is a solid choice. What makes you craft...

Same. I change and use things so liberally for how it’ll fit into my games that the lore aspects of the game mean quite little to me.

Minions (from 4e) will forever remain a part of my game +2 flanking bonus