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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 hate spines.....

agreed, one or the other in that case you very well could have been affected by the results of WotC pushing through their new OGL...

With the bar set so low for difficulty in 5E, I feel these suggestions may as well do away with the dice and just let people narrate how...

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...

Not a hard-coded rule, but I could see how DM discretion regarding advantage/disadvantage could turn high ground advantage into a de...

The challenge with so many of these ideas is that they encroach on other spells, feats, actions, or abilities that do something similar...

unfortunately, the fighter, even when it's extra feats are dedicated to combat, isn't really all that more of a stand-out at combat than...

SWADE Fantasy - Dragon Kingdoms Goodbye Pale Lady. Hello Maxim. Brindlewood Bay One shot enters fourth session. :p

I do like surprises. I just don't like narrative-based mechanics. Random, curated tables are more my speed.

I think that if your narrative is freezing then you are doing it wrong :) Even if PCs miss a strike, there ought to be enough happening...

Not a hard-coded rule, but I could see how DM discretion regarding advantage/disadvantage could turn high ground advantage into a de...