The Biggest Lie Modern DMs Have Been Told!
Balance is the biggest lie modern DMs have ever been told — and the original B/X D&D rules from 1981 were built to prove it. No Challenge Rating. No encounter budgets. No promise that every fight is winnable. This is the case for why the balanced game is the flat game, and what the 50-year-old design rewarded instead. 🔥 JOIN THE MINIONS: / @tenkarstavern Greyhawk Grognard - • The Biggest Lie You've Been Told About RPGs DM Angelo - • THE BIGGEST LIE MODERN DMs ARE BEING TOLD Modern DM advice is stacked on one assumption: your job is to keep the game balanced. Tune every encounter. Give everyone equal spotlight. A fight every session. A clean ending. Every one of those habits traces back to the same lie — and the rules D&D was founded on had none of it. Here's what B/X actually rewarded: danger, avoidance, specialists, and a world that keeps running with or without a finale. The Tavern Rules: We’re here for B/X and OSR gaming. I use AI as a tool to help organize and format my notes, but every ruling and opinion is 100% Tenkar. Keep it civil, keep it old-school, or the bouncer will show you the door. Basic Rules (Moldvay) PDF & Print - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produ... Expert Rules (Marsh/Cook) PDF & Print - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produ... Join The Tavern’s Discord Server (It's Free): / discord Buy me a Beer! ko-fi.com/tenkar The Tavern uses affiliate links - using our affiliate links supports the channel without costing you anything extra. Humble Bundle: humblebundleinc.sjv.io/da4WJ2 The Tavern’s Amazon Storefront: amzn.to/41Jm0oG DriveThruRPG: drivethrurpg.com/en/?affiliate_id=1446 Fantasy Grounds VTT: affiliates.fantasygrounds.com/388855/15958 The Tavern uses Restream for its livestreams and its long-form videos. You can too! https://restream.io/join/g5Qpgr The Tavern uses ClipGOAT to create its shorts. You can use it too! clipgoat.com/?ref=erik The Tavern also uses VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/TenkarsTavern Master Minion: terrytaylor113, blahlbinoa, DeanSals1, dmakron, agilemonk6305, matthewsherman1183, DanTesch, douglaspearson9552, HalflingTorchbearer, murseoftheyear , tireddaddyof4267, yardofguiness Super Minion: Indigo Ro, DM Raptor, SinnerElla, Ryan Nilsson, Erik Wahlberg, Donalds Angry, COS Crafts, maxnomicon, Midnight Green, Rich3rd, Gladstone Pinheiro, Cecilia Souza, Joe Stone, boss bully boy, Marcelo Correia, Richard Hooper, ᄃΉΣMIᄃΛᄂᄃӨᄃӨПЦƬ, T Flo_Ijimisan, LawDawg, Unscripted ＆ Unchained, JimothyTimothy, Eupolemos, Jay, Martin Penny, im cafferty, Chris Burkhart, Douglas Pearson, Curt Gould, Matthew Sherman #OSR #DnD #BXDnD #TTRPG #TenkarsTavern #DMTips
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