The Gaming Den

every game is MTP which is why the use of it as a negative is so amusing coming from you people As a negative? How so? MTP is the default for all RPGs. We fall back on it again and again. But, as has been pointed out numerous times, MTP sucks at resolving player conflicts and at being fair. The who...

EL 1 force being the enemy or the party? Given that a level 0 wand costs more at market price than starting wealth for a 1st level character, the players shouldn't be starting with that shit. Offhand, worst case plausible scenario is someone point-buying up to 18 then playing a +2 Charisma race for ...

...Never seen a damn thing in 3.5, or in 4E, that states any sort of assumption that your levelling up requires anything more or less than that you go out and kill things. And if you do need to train to get the XP working, then so what? You just add that to the training regime of the NPCs, they are ...

While it does depend on the system, you don't in principle need to be exactly as powerful as every person in the party to be able to have a fun time - just powerful enough that you can actually contribute meaningfully. If that can happen at 75% power, and that's only going to be a temporary limitati...