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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at...

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

I found it amusing when I came across mention of the three pillars of gameplay in the 2024 PHB. The book talked about the three pillars...

This is a pretty solid example of why spells that create mental effects, but are using "natural language" to do so, shouldn't mix...

Sure. There are always a few bad actors or just entirely clueless players. One of the benefits of being in my late 40s is that I've...

I don't think that's the flex Cocks thinks it is.

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 &...

So because some folks might not want to play a warlock, cleric, paladin, or druid as written, the classes should be eliminated for...

I'm pretty sure D&D One was first announced the year after A5E launched. Because we were like "Typical. How could D&D NOT announce a new...

No, they cannot. A paladin player could choose to become an oathbreaker using the optional subclass changing rules, but there is no way...

I'm pretty sure D&D One was first announced the year after A5E launched. Because we were like "Typical. How could D&D NOT announce a new...

To an extent, yes. Sometimes, though, the player desire would be disruptive to the setting and would necessitate a ton of reworking of...

I mean, that's just false when it comes to 5e. The paladin can be forced to become an oathbreaker, which gives different abilities, so...

Unless 6E is so different as to be unrecognisable, with entirely new game mechanics unrelated to the existing corpus of D&D, I cannot...

Right. An ancient hag who has grown in power to be much more, joining the ranks of the Archfey, or a large group of fey whose combined...