Nuanced Advantage and Disadvantage in Basic DnD

One last post, this one courtesy of a request by Emily Smirle over on the SJG Forums, where a fairly civil discussion of the new edition is taking place. States of Relative Advantage Something that’s very clear in the rules, is that if you find yourself in a situation with both advantage and disadvantage, they…

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Advantaged, Raw 1d20, and GURPS 3d6 (roll high)

I posted a bit on the merits of the Advantaged/Disadvantaged die roll mechanic that drew some nice commentary on Google+. Part of that was wondering out loud what 3d6, the GURPS basic resolution mechanism, would look like under the type of charts (% success vs. target number) that I used to generate the results. Good…

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Basic DnD (5e): Every character and monster

I’m going to be slowly working my way through the Basic DnD (5e) free rules book. Slowly because between a nearly-four-week-old baby and my eldest daughter, I hardly have time to brush my teeth (though I insist on it, as does, well, everyone) much less do a detailed “hey, let’s read an entire chapter of…