Recent content by smokerdragoon

A cinematic short rest I will allow before a big battle. Long rest, no way. The party will need to retreat, to safety, for a long rest. If they stay near the lair, they need to be hidden to avoid ambush. When the party returns to the lair, things have changed. If the party is lucky, some...

I liked 'The Night of Dissolution' for the 3e Ptolus setting. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/11982/The-Night-of-Dissolution?src=also_purchased A great adventure against mad cultists.

This is an encounter I pull out every so often... not quite every campaign. PCs are tasked with delivering a package. They come upon a 100' long by 40' wide bridge. The bottom shrouded in mist. A stream or river is below. The bridge is old and has a few holes and areas of dry rot. Once the...

I've played in 2 and DM'd one. 1st I played a Bard alongside a rogue, a druid, a fighter, & a sorcerer. Still ongoing we reached lvl 20 just before the holidays. The campaign started in April 2015. 2nd I played a Warlock alongside a fighter, a sorcerer, a rogue, and a cleric. Campaign ended at...

12+ months: D&D 2e, 3.5e, 5e, FASERIP Marvel, & Vampire Campaigns that reached a logical end between 6-12 months: Pendragon, Rolemaster & Star Wars (d6)

I've kept as is. With a minor exception- a caster's familiar, if around, can maintain a second concentration. I allow all casters to cast find familiar. The familiar then makes the appropriate checks on the spell it is concentrating on.

I've always wanted to do a militant nature's rights activist. Bent on destroying civilization and returning to a hunter/gatherer society. Freeing horses from stables, and animals from farms. Burning down remote homesteads. If the druid had enough power, destroying small towns.

I usually use 4d6k3 or 2d6+6... For my current game, I have 6 players. I had them generate 6 scores with 4d6k3, kept in order. I then built a 6x6 grid, & told them they could take any row, column, or diagonal as their stats.

In my games, I allow casters to pass concentration of a spell to their familiars. If the familiar takes damage, it makes the concentration check.

I answered warlock, it is my most recent character. I currently have 3 characters, for 3 active games. A level 19 Bard (monthly game), level 8 Paladin (different monthly game), & level 7 Warlock (every other Friday game)...They are all single class.

Of my 4 groups, we've had 2 players multi-class. Both were unhappy with their original class selection.

Another good youtube channel is Matthew Colville's. https://www.youtube.com/user/mcolville He has a 'Running the Game' series to help new DMs. Even as an old DM, his ideas helped me out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-YZvLUXcR8&index=1&list=PLlUk42GiU2guNzWBzxn7hs8MaV7ELLCP_

Bard 9 Fighter 14 Paladin 8 Rogue 10 Warlock 13 Wizard 11

Bard 13 Cleric 7 Druid 7 Fighter 19 Paladin 11 Rogue 16 Warlock 14 Wizard 18

Bard 19 Cleric 10 Druid 11 Fighter 19 Monk 2 Paladin 14 Rogue 19 Warlock 19 Wizard 21