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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...

In fairness, the backup weapons (which I agree would usually be present) aren't likely to be as good as the one being dropped. We can...

Why would that be rare though? Literally every martial PC has more than one weapon in their inventory, why wouldn't NPCs be similar?

Again, the many combat, exploration and social options available to the fighter class in Level Up go a long way toward fixing these...

i don't think there needs to be less classes, and i don't think there's (much) conflict over niche identity for the classes that exist...

I like Counterspell as a spell but came to despise counterspell wars in MtG and never want to see them in D&D. My solution: all spells...

All three of these (and more) are part of the fighter class in Level Up. I would seriously look there for options, even if you just use...

You're right, of course. But I could see a time when WotC realizes that they can (probably) make money off of selling us (anyone who is...

My Nature Clerics (reworked Druids) aren't far from this. Their fighting is fairly bad, their weapon and armour selections are quite...

You're coming at this from a completely different direction than I am. :) I'm not thinking (and don't really care) about players...

I'll try. The whole point, i think, of a class-based system with adventuring groups or parties is that it somewhat encourages or even...

In your defense you were insanely unlucky with those attack rolls and the sheer danger level of that encounter made a more robust...

I don't even understand why "niche protection" is a thing. Could somebody explain to me why it's desirable?

Just be sure to use the standard D&D version of the portable hole. The A5E version has a weird trait where it automatically causes food...