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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 remember thinking that a "good" conspiracy theory that I had never heard any profess was nuclear bomb truthers. Basically, the idea...

Yes, this I'd what I'm talking about. In the setting I'm currently creating, I'm doing exactly this to see what ideas it pulls in that I...

It was necessary to solve another another big problem - DMs screwing with paladins. But there is no reason the player can’t expand on...

For starters because Oathbreaker is comically evil. Oath of Vengeance or Oath of Redemption both to me look like much more interesting...

Who cares? That isn't a requirement of the spell. Assume they represent the only options.

I made the distinction between “a railroad” as a noun and “railroading” as a verb up thread. I think it’s an important one. Linearity in...

Before I tell you how I do it, I'm going to tell you why. I hate imbalance between character options. Some characters having...

In my experience, DMs like to hide behind passive aggressive rules like losing your abilities if you roleplay wrong so they can shift...

I think in some places the designers removed words just for the sake of it, not considering what they do. That is building a straw man...

I've run two warlocks, three "patrons," of varying interaction with the PC. I'm a firm believer in the warlock class specifically...

For sure. I think at least some portion of GM railroading comes from insecurity: that is, being uncertain about being able to flow with...

?? Revenge of the Giants was released hardcover which in theory...could be in the FR (though you would assume Greyhawk, I think FR was...

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