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Are you rating spells only if used "vanilla," or can a spell's place in a niche build up its ranking? Magic Missile as an evoker or...

Eberron! We open in Korth, capital of Karrnath. The group enters an apothecary, have a chat with the young man at the counter, and then...

. Going into system differences of this sort is relevant to the discussion :D You are right that alice is not used to wine glasses in...

The more you are into the combat and can get the scenes vividly into the players heads and the more you let them participate in making...

Had my 8th session with a group of D&D noobs. It was via Google Hangouts because, you know, end of the world. Characters are 3rd level...

Random Power Ups These power ups where created by the Clueless virus as an effect of the 23 Hours. They can appear almost anywhere, but...

Sounds cool yes. I have heard DMs using 5e lingering wounds say they let players have some veto when they have one aka like your...

Skill was definitely a component but it might be luck or anything else snowballing too... And his descriptions work fine for every...

Yes. This is exactly along the lines of how I have always viewed (most) hit points as a measure of skill/stamina. Where the blows wear...

Fortunately so many adversaries are monsters that describing them as wounds that somehow magically do not impair at all kind of works...

I was just curious if you had one in particular in mind. I've always liked his description of hit points in the AD&D DMG: "It is quite...

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Random Power Ups These power ups where created by the Clueless virus as an effect of the 23 Hours. They can appear almost anywhere, but...

People talk about them in terms of wounds because those are descriptive ways for the gm to paint a picture of combat in a relatable form...