Recent content by Stormonu

I'd prefer upcasting remain, rather than the old as-you-level-the-spell-levels-too. It's just that leveled spells, as a limited resource should do more damage than they do now. Cantrip damage isn't too terribly bad, but that 8d6 fireball (28 ave.) at 5th level will just barely kill a 2014...

Been a forever GM about 99% of the time up until about 2 years ago. Currently my wife has taken over and I only run on special occasions. I had to step away from GMing, as I'd burnt myself out after 40 years of running games. It's been interesting being on the player side of late. I'm...

This seems like a strange thing to ask on EnWorld. 5E D&D or, if I could get away with it, 2E.

5E game, Tomb of Annihilation. Our group, now about level 3, had taken to the jungle, and after being warned about undead made camp in the trees to avoid possible nighttime ambush. Standard solitary night watch, with an elf who only has to sleep for four hours before they can take the second...

Well, I'll be picking this one up. I like the box, but I put my cards into a MtG style binder, so it was easier for the players to actually see the cards when building/leveling their character. So, I plan to just pick up the standard edition, and the cards will be added to the binder. Glad...

Don't forget, if its not in the middle of combat, high-level PCs usually have an ally or the funds to pay an NPC to help them with abilities they lack. Especially if the adventure has some "downtime" between action points. Still, need to be careful not to hinge an adventure by assuming the...

Reminds me of the tales with PCs keeping crowbars to even pack up the items nailed to the floor because Treasure = XP.

While the Greyhawk adventure Gargoyle is rightly lambasted, I do like their appearance. It is also interesting that the gargoyles of this adventure have detachable wings - though I would make them unable fly instead of being clumsy fliers without them. This might make it easier to make them...

I want to say I've seen 3E books with more "warpage" than that. Nothing a couple of days under the holy trinity wouldn't fix, at least.

I prefer getting XP by doing things (of import). Combat, story completion, influencing, evading/surviving traps - that sort of thing. My wife currently does milestones, which is fine by me as long as I get my level.

Well, by 16th level it's very difficult to nail down exactly what the party has or doesn't - and that can be a huge swing on the adventure design. We could go into Beyond and create a generic Fighter, Rogue, Wizard & Cleric party all at 16th level for a basis, but that's unlikely to actually...

While I certainly would avoid the ham-fisted hobbling of older editions (usually by denying or twisting the useage of spells), sometimes using the environment to put a monkeywrench into the straightforward approach makes things interesting. I think for a lot of these high level encounters that...

I seem to remember this first opening up when Complete Book of Humanoids showed up in 2E. But the real watershed moment seems to have been Savage Species in 3E - Anything could be made into a PC. I'll admit that in most cases, if I have the option to play something other than human, I'll take...

Yes. D&D IS a teamwork game, and there's several cases already built in. Bardic Inspiration (if not the whole bard class). Guidance. Healing Word. Commander's Strike. Healing Spirit. Rogue's Sneak Attack. Twilight Cleric. Paladin's Auras. Bless. Many, many more examples, especially of the...