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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...

BL: If I was to ask a character..."where would you flee if you DECIDED to flee ?" (imminent TPK or fear of snakes etc) ...i.e trying to...

Hi everyone!! I’m currently working on my first TTRPG. I’ve previously released a few board games, so I’ve spent some time in that side...

This is the only acceptable expression of a True Neutral character and it's how I personally prefer to play Mordenkainen As Howard Zinn...

From the perspective of mental attributes, a character is only what the player decides to play them as. Most of the time, a PC is...

Great Old Ones are rarely aware that they even have warlocks drawing on their power. You are being far to legalistic in your...

Vampire seems brittle at low levels, but the regen is actually significant at those levels. By mid-heroic they should be regaining 2-3...

When I use established settings, I try to bring up list of gods, if there is one. If it's Msytara, I gave one-sentence to most important...

I, personally, choose how to narratively justify my characters’ stats in 5e. But no else at the table has any standing to decide...

Sure, but in that case don't invest a feat until you are ready. This is one of the motivations to start characters at level 1, to give...

But what if their character isn't that smart?

It depends on how it’s implemented. I mean, taking D&D as an easy example, I’ve seen people who consider an Intelligence of 8 as being...

That's why I play Level Up instead of WotC 5e. It's not missing those tools you mentioned.