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10 questions linked to/from Are "is this balanced" questions on-topic?
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How is the community doing? [2018] [duplicate]
(Largely cribbed from the 2017 check-in)
We, the elected moderators, wanted to take a minute to check in and see how the community feels like things are going on the site. About a year ago we did this ...
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Community self-evaluation: How are we doing with game recommendations?
Our game recommendation guidelines are four years old this month. It's worth taking some time to reflect and review as a community how well they are working.
What works well? What doesn't? Have they ...
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Is homebrew an acceptable answer to a question?
Perhaps it's just the game designer in me, but for many of the questions asked here I almost automatically start thinking of homebrew solutions to whatever problem the asker is having. Would providing ...
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How should I ask about my D&D 5e Homebrew being balanced?
We've had a number of D&D 5e homebrew questions that present a piece of homebrew (a race, a class, etc) and ask if it is balanced. Some get closed as too broad or primarily opinion-based, others ...
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Are homebrew evaluation questions OK?
What's the stance on asking for feedback on house-ruled material? In my particular case, I wrote a couple of generic moves for Tremulus (they can probably be extended to AW/DW), changing the wealth ...
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How to deal with feedback questions about house-rules?
Imagine a DM that wants to introduce a certain house-rule into his game but is unsure about the gameplay/mechanical consequences of his proposal. So he decides to come to RPG.SE and ask a question ...
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How can we address questions about homebrew balance?
Often we get questions such as Is moving between separate attacks of the same spell unbalanced?
The trouble I always face with these questions is "unbalanced with respect to what?". All house rules ...
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How should balance questions about DND 5e UA material be best approached?
Wizards use their Unearthed Arcana blog to disseminate new 5e material for playtesting before publication. Material published there is either adapted for publishing, revised and reissued for further ...
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How to ask about changes resulting from homebrew elements or house rules?
I am currently having difficulty drafting an appropriate question for the following scneario:
I have a player that wants to swap out the spellcasting ability for Warlocks in D&D 5e from Cha to Int....
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How do I present homebrew material in a critique question?
I have begun working on a homebrew class for D&D 5e and I plan to ask a critique question on rpg.se once I'm finished. I figured it would be better to ask this meta question now than at the end ...
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