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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...

This assumes they're enjoying it rather than them simply not being able to get around their issues here. I've absolutely seen cases of...

Since the target is spending their turn moving away by fastest available means, I'd say that Dash is may very well be expected. After...

This is a terrible prompt though. If someone gave me this in an email I would have questions. This seems like a prompt designed to fail...

That isn't what anyone said. You've gotten hung up on something nobody is arguing. This isn't about whether or not Tom, Dick, and...

Your character sheet informs your PC's capabilities, and to a degree your stats should IMO inform how you play your character, not just...

Here is an example to chew on: A BBEG casts command on a PC and the PC fails the save. the command is Flee. The PC is in a big open...

In the hallway example where all things are equal I'd put it to a die roll or coin flip as to which way the target goes.

I would let the player choose for the character in that situation. IMHO, its good to have the player involved. Even if in a different...

Yeah, I understand that. However, I don't think the word "evil" should be bandied about unless you can bring the receipts.

« Something » in this case being substituting their judgment for that of the person actually playing the character.

The problem here is "matter" does a lot of work. I personally don't think "matter" should be "other players have the right to police...

If you want to play a character as smart as you are, pick an appropriate Intelligence. There can be room for disagreement, but when...

A lot of times people want choices, but only good ones.