If the idea of bringing your carefully built world to others does not sound like it would be enjoyable, then DND may not be for you. However, suggestion or shopping posts are not really within the scope of this board, especially once we depart from DND and the wide world of ...
I simply say "no you don't," hand them the PHB open to the correct page, and skip over their turn in combat until they present an action which is within their character's abilities. (I check back quickly at the end of each other player's turn.) To be clear: t...
Honestly, from a standpoint of just making sense of things, the solution for this system comes from one of the biggest dumba$& arguments surrounding the whole Total Existence Failure HP System. And that is “what do hit points represent?” How many of you are tired of THAT discussion? I ...
Checkers (or draughts in the UK) is a classic tabletop game for a reason. Dating back over 5,000 years, checkers turns a simple eight by eight board into a brain-boggling black-and-white battlefield. Learninghow to play checkerscan be the first step towards more complex strategy games, a...
As my final word, I’m going to add an extra condition onto that last one. I know WotC loves imposing hard, arbitrary limits for game balance purposes. Like, “you can only have as many companions as your charisma allows.” Well, that’s amateur-hour bulls$&% as far as I’m concer...
Of course, if you start your day at 4:30 or 5:00 am you are unlikely to receive many calls in that first hour anyhow (unless you are working with overseas colleagues or clients). Just try to resist reading any texts that people may have sent you overnight. It is unlikely to make ...
and even set restrictions on content and privacy. While many iPhone and iPad owners will appreciate Screen Time, whether for better understanding their own device usage or for managing a childs device or someone else’s, some iOS users may also decide they do not want the Screen Time feature...
Are you suffering from confirmation bias; you describe 3 encounters where 4 PCs nearly died, how many encounters were there where no one died? How many where no one came anywhere near dying? Adventuring is a dangerous job; people die. Think about the kinds of jobs in the modern world ...
The ratchet turns toward remembering-- in general use the better memory of player and PC You have two cases running in opposite directions. In each case, only one outcome is generally considered "fun". Note-taking players with good memories: If the players are so engaged in the game as to...
When asked last week about whether Canada will send tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “We’re not there yet.” As it turns out, maybe the reason we aren’t “there” is because a decade of neglect has rendered a significant portion of our tanks inoperable. ...