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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...

Image courtesy of Pixabay. For years, my game room sat as a quiet monument to a dream: a dedicated space where I could play Dungeons &...

I would get really irritated as a player if I had to follow that Bard in the play cycle order. Why should my Thief fail at a pick...

It goes beyond DCs and TNs, of course. One of the frustrating ones for me is level based encounter charts (not Dungeon Level based ones...

I appreciated the article and it's orders of magnitude comparisons of the Genre. But yeah, the conclusion about what we SHOULD or SHOULD...

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

I technically like Medium Rare, when its done right. But I find that many steak houses will often undercook, so I normally go for...

Scaling DCs are design malpractice. They can serve no purpose other than rank illusionism; if you don't want the PC's chances of success...

I'm impressed. I literally can't think of a less satisfying, worse way to produce TNs. It embraces neither the fiction, nor the game...

In your terms, always static. Otherwise, you're looking at a skill/DC increase treadmill. What's the point of increasing your skill if...

I think very importatly, too, those high level characters don't need to roll to climb a regular wall that was kinda challenging at level...

What am I most excited for in your just released six-month lineup of announced products? I am most excited that you're finally giving...

I never said my opinion changed WotC's ability to decide what gets called D&D. I just disagree with them.

Also: cheesecake

First session done. (First with people, I'd already played some solo games.) For now I'm still in my CoM shoes (which is a very good...