AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
I've been out of RPGs since the end of 3.5, occasionally dipped into try 4e and put it down. My son turned 16 so I felt now was a good time to introduce him to RPGs. I decided we'd all learn 5e together.
I'm DMing, our player's party is a half-elf cleric, dragonborn barbarian, dwarf fighter, and tiefling druid. We're playing Princes of the Apocalypse, everyone is loving it and excited for every session. So far, this has been screaming success introducing a new generation of kids to table top RPGs.
Except with the party reaching 5th level now, our druid found conjure animal for her 3rd level spell. And it's ruining a lot of fun for everyone.
I'm not one to just ban what's in the books. I'm just thinking I'm possibly missing something that had ended up making this spell outsized in its power at our table. Now while I'm an old timer, I've been learning 5e and I have a nagging feeling we are totally ignoring something basic about running conjure animals that is making it overly strong.
I understand this is unhelpfully vague, I mean you aren't at my table, and it's kinda hard to describe things you don't know you aren't doing. But I figure some of you might be able to offer some sensible obvious things, where if ignored or missed, turn a spell into abuse.
I'm DMing, our player's party is a half-elf cleric, dragonborn barbarian, dwarf fighter, and tiefling druid. We're playing Princes of the Apocalypse, everyone is loving it and excited for every session. So far, this has been screaming success introducing a new generation of kids to table top RPGs.
Except with the party reaching 5th level now, our druid found conjure animal for her 3rd level spell. And it's ruining a lot of fun for everyone.
I'm not one to just ban what's in the books. I'm just thinking I'm possibly missing something that had ended up making this spell outsized in its power at our table. Now while I'm an old timer, I've been learning 5e and I have a nagging feeling we are totally ignoring something basic about running conjure animals that is making it overly strong.
I understand this is unhelpfully vague, I mean you aren't at my table, and it's kinda hard to describe things you don't know you aren't doing. But I figure some of you might be able to offer some sensible obvious things, where if ignored or missed, turn a spell into abuse.