Latest activity

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...

Up-thread I posted this:

I would go the opposite way. Get rid of Counterspell as a spell. Instead, allow appropriate spells (either the same spell or something...

This show has my fist pumping the air, cheering and cursing the screen more than I have in a long time.

I agree completely. One of my players wanted to try his hand at DMing and since I was in need of a break, we agreed. He came to us and...

An at-will counter to spellcasters' go-to resource with no expenditure of resources? No thanks. Cantrips are too important to simply get...

While I don't disagree with you in principal, I still think if you're going to be uncomfortable with avowed mental attributes telling...

Its not my preferred way either, but like I said, some people seem to think they should be able to to play an idiot as, well, not, too...

That could prevent the railroading, yes, but my assumption, because it's a game I've agreed to play in, is that expectations have been...

That's your choice, but I really question the value of the attribute as it is presented if you refuse to let your score influence your...

Sure, I would agree there may be better ways to mechanize this stuff for gameplay. I just think that leaving it open to interpretation...

If we all won, does it also mean we all lost.

Like I said, its a suboptimal way to address the issue at best, but I can understand how the motivation can occur and be held honestly.

And I think running away should be fine. It is in my game. This is why I prep a large area, and why I run sandbox. I welcome "run away".