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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...

TSR Inc. published Dragon #102 in October 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features gully dwarves...

The storm was more than the adventurers could handle. It took them by surprise, and in just a few moments, all their surroundings were...

Beneath the peaks of the mountains, a trade route vanished when a sudden blizzard came out of nowhere. When caravans failed to return...

It was a normal night for the clerics of the Great Cathedral, rites were prepared for the day ahead, the floors were dusted, and they...

I enjoy Deception, Insight, Persuasion and Intimidation. The loose system invites GM and players to establish goals, negotiate, create...

I suppose OP's examples were what made me think of DnD5e: dagger doing 1d4, and moreso two-handing a longsword doing 1d10. And OP...

Is not player intimidating vs npc decided by dice rolls to allow player agency and cause npc not real? And is not npc vs player...

Pretty much just this. Forget the character death, you can always roll a new character. Were you having fun up to that point? If so...

I think the DM was trying to be spontaneously dramatic without knowing they were pulling the rug out from underneath you when they had...

Not gonna lie, there are some flags here to worry about. But some, maybe not. Big enemy numbers and over-leveled NPCs are something...

There's red flags all over the place in my view. You had a fairly large party that seemingly had poor teamwork; for instance, it's not...

I've considered similar approaches, but the idea of linking it to one Physical + one Mental hadn't occurred to me yet. Seems a natural...

Well, I am already noticing some of your issues with "wasting spell slots on healing word" and the like. Healing is never a waste, but...

So what's actually going around the character doesn't matter if the player doesn't like it?