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Hello! I wanted to share this because I was immensely surprised at how well it appeared to be, and I wanted to see if I’m missing something. I have had the opportunity to create a lvl 20 character for a lvl 20 campaign that will be starting soon. I have run such games before, but never played...

This last year or so, I've been experimenting with high level gameplay. Specifically, running high level games. I've hit on a few things that worked, and a lot that didn't, once you get to this level, and after experiencing some moderate level of success, I thought I'd let people know what...

Ok. For a little while, my DND group has gotten rather obsessed with the Deck of Many Things. It's shown up in just about every campaign for the last year. And it's always disruptive. Always. So much so that I have decided it will no longer feature in any of my campaigns. We've had our...

I apologize if this has been asked, but I was looking through the O.L.D. rulebook, and I can't seem to find it. Dying of Old Age is mentioned, but never defined on how it happens. Humans, for example, become Old at age 60, but there's no Max Age, or anything, to determine when they actually...

So a week ago or so, my group wanted me to start up a game. We alternate DM's, and often have two, or even three, campaigns going at any one time, with different people DMing, so none of us get burned out of DMing. Funny how none of us ever get burned out of playing... Anywho, I haven't...

I'm running a game. The party goes out on to a lake that apparently had something that was influencing people to sacrifice to it. It's an Aboleth, because Aboleth's. I wasn't expecting them to do this, so I was like "Cool, I get to play an Aboleth". Anyway, it tries talking to them...

Hello! I'm about to start DMing the starter kit adventure for my group to introduce them to W.O.I.N. I've got a setting I've been wanting to run a campaign in, and I feel that O.L.D. will be perfect for it. Originally, I was going to use 5e, and have them advance a year or so after every...

The following is for DND 5e, but other games that use such stats could be included. If you were allowed to take an 18 on any stat you wanted, at lvl 1, but had to take a 3 in another stat to compensate, which ability scores would you raise, and which would you dump? And what would that look...

I was looking at the last two UA's, and it looks to me that with the addition of the Rune Knight and the new options for Fighters, a grappler is now a viable option. I'd made a grappler once. We rolled stats, so by lvl4 he had 20, 20, 18, 17, 15 and 12. I went with Variant Human Draconic...

Is it just me, or do Continual Flame, Arcane Lock and Magic Mouth just make pseudo magic items you can sell? I mean, assuming you’re playing in a setting that doesn’t have a wizard on every corner, a lvl 3 Wizard should be able to sell a lantern that gives off no heat and cannot be extinguished...

I’ve got a player who wants to develop a character who creates magic swords that float in the air and they fly at enemies. One time use. Anyone know of a spell that does that? I’ve found Sword Burst, Cloud of Daggers, Mordenkeinan’s Sword, and Blade Barrier. But none of them do exactly what he’s...

I can’t find this information anywhere, and I’m surprised that nobody has brought it up. In the Eberron Races UA, the Warforged Envoy can have a tool integrated into its body. It even gives an example of Masque, a Warforged built with an integrated Disguise Kit, who is a Rogue and an assassin...

I Dm’d a lvl 20 One Shot with my brothers the other day. They chose to be an Oathbreaker Paladin and a Wolf Totem Barbarian. I let them pick whatever magical items they wanted. The Paladin picked the Hammer of Thunderbolts, which also needs the Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a Belt of Giant...

Two game questions in one day. Scenario: I have a rag soaked in oil. I tie/wrap said rag to the end of my quarterstaff. I light said rag on fire. Then I point said quarterstaff at an enemy and use Control Flame to spread the fire into the enemy's 5 ft space, using his clothing as "fuel"...

I've been trying to find information on this, but everyone always asks about grappling someone else who is using Mirror Image, or being grappled while using Mirror Image. I want to know how effective it would be to grapple while using Mirror Image. So you cast Mirror Image, then you Grapple...

Hello All, I am coming here because I am lazy and don't feel like looking up if anyone's done anything like this before, which I'm sure they have. I'm about to start a new campaign in which I plan to throw a copious amount of magic items around. The challenge rating of this campaign should...

Can a character be considered Lawful Good and follow a master who is Chaotic Neutral? For example, the character I’m developing grows up an urchin, and is rescued from a very bad life by a “master” who is very much focused on increasing his own wealth, but who recognizes that having loyal...

I have a player who has a Warlock who's getting to pretty high levels. He loves the Warlock, and has been building up a following of adventurers and whatnot to do his dirty work for him. I have no qualms with this. He says that he ultimately sees this guy as being a Quest Giver for his own...

I've recently finished up Curse of Strahd, which I've been running with my family over the last few years. We don't play regularly, but we do every now and then. Now that Strahd is done, they want to continue with the same characters, and I've got no problems with that. I just don't really...

Curse of Strahd help (lots o’ spoilers) Hello all, I’ve been DMing Curse of Strahd for my family, including my mother, father and two brothers. I’m 31, and my brothers are in their 20s. Anyway, I got them all into DND with Mines if Phandelvar, and they continued their characters on to Curse...