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Scaling DC is dumb. As others have pointed out, it completely defeats the point in gaining levels. Also, levels are dumb, but that's a...

I don't quite understand what people see as the difference between a linear adventure and a railroad. It is just linear if the players...

It’s not to say that one couldn’t write a good Vecna adventure, or that even the one in the back of Perkins’ mind was a bad one. As far...

Many railroaded adventure paths are set up that way. And many Computer RPGs. I'm trying to think of a single RPG system that does this.

Its no Warduke But ive never loved cute toys. I got my daughter this dragon for her 4th birthday which I hung in her room...

I thought this blog post by Cannibal Halfling was an interesting addendum to this thread. NOTE: Most of the post is pretty neutral but...

Many railroaded adventure paths are set up that way. And many Computer RPGs. I'm trying to think of a single RPG system that does this.

I had a witch give the party cucumber sandwiches, which they enjoyed. Until she mentioned that they where sentient cucumbers.

I didn't realize this until now, but for the first two decades or so of my gaming life I never used a computer for anything...

VTT's are by far the best thing to happen to TTRPGs. It opens up the possibility of playing with people you simply couldn't before...

I agree with @Charlaquin earlier in the thread that it is better to define "railroad" as a verb -- it is something that the GM does to...

It is fairly interesting though that some video games have embraced scaling challenges, where either the PC scales to the level of the...

Generally speaking my answer is static, but I think that the locks and thieves example has some additional nuance. A high level party...

Static, because I have played a few systems now where, RAW, characters actively got worse at basic things as they leveled up. Unless...