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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...

it's not that i think actions should be outright banned but the main issue i think happens with mental scores is bleedover from player...

I don't remember exactly what D&D or Tales of the Valiant says about these, but I've seen/heard many games where that's how the GM uses...

I think I disagree with the premise, that a single miss in combat creates a frozen narrative. If the state of play hasn't changed...

it's not that i think actions should be outright banned but the main issue i think happens with mental scores is bleedover from player...

Blows off dust It's been a while! I totally fell behind on updating this, and now the campaign is on Session 19, so plenty to catch up...

Fair enough. Good points.

Speaking for me here. Although sandbox style can be ran in 5e, it's a lot more work on the DM since the core books lack the world...

it's not that i think actions should be outright banned but the main issue i think happens with mental scores is bleedover from player...

Yep, and for very good reason. You can't legislate jerks away from being jerks. The rules, when used by not jerks, are better for...

Mechanically, sure. Lorewise, it's loose enough to include the 3.5 version. The warlock in NWN2 is entirely compatible lorewise with 5e...

I am very interested in this game. I have played it solo a few times and wonder how well you like playing it as a group. One thing I...

There is no better. At least not from a stopping jerks from being jerks standpoint. Write me a rule that if I were a jerk I couldn't...

Here are the Man of Adamantine. While the Man of Iron are pure cannon fodder, the Man of Adamantine are more important but still...