Make sure that, as the GM, you know how the PCs are attempting to overcome the challenge - what physical (or mental) actions are the PCs going to engage in in furtherance of their goal? In the river example, that might be "swim across" or "try to find a safer place to ford" or ...
humans will take shit from each other and hit each other and disrespect things that should be sacred. They don’t even grow empathy until their mid-twenties. To curb those problems, humans build societies. The rules of society — whatever society it is — are there — or should...
Now, we’re on our seventh paragraph and all I’ve done so far is rant about a problem. So you might be worrying that this is one of those articles where I just piss and moan about a problem and then point out how it’s a part of D&D you just have to accept or reveal in a ...
Everything you need to know about the exhaustion condition After battling a fire elemental in a scorching hot caldera or braving a tundra ravaged by icy cold winds, the DM announces your character is taking a level of exhaustion. What does...