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This is an interesting question. One I find myself wondering about more and more as I play D&D. Do I only set up fight that are challenging enough regarding player level? Should I try and balance the fights on the scale of an adventuring day? Should I only consider the scenario and make the...

I ran the King of Feathers encounter this way: As advised in the book, I teased the presence of the King of Feathers in Omu with stomps and roars. The players avoided it carefully. Then I decided than one of the red mages, desperate to fight the advance of the players for the cubes and the...

I'm not sure I understand the point of creating 90 gods inspired from Greek mythology, when the mythology is already there in history books. I firmly believe the setting is only a tool for the story ( and the reason why I'm so into that new version of D&D is because their campaign books are...

It's true. I often have to spike up difficulty by adding feats, class levels, magic items and/or legendary actions to monsters.

Clerics can do many things. They have more subclasses than most other class, each with powerful powers, with a strong identity and lore and a social function. I'm glad they're not just expected to be "the healers" anymore, and that you have to pick this class out of taste rather than necessity...

I mostly ignore it. I have run 5-6 different tables the last 2 year and a half. On average, half the group has darkvision, one caster has the light cantrip and everybody has torches but there's usually only one player in the group who has to actually use torches. By the time they get to lv 4-5...

If the enemy wasn't there anymore, the purpose of the attack roll you asked wasn't to check if the player had hit or missed. You asked as not to betray the information that the enemy had moved by just saying "Don't roll - you hit nothing". The player can't crit if it's a mock check. What you...

I had the players meet Artus and hang around for a while. I introduced the powers of the Ring of Winter (I thought about nerfing it to 6 charges instead of 12. It still would be very powerful. But the rules are not so relevant for an artifact of this magnitude.)... then Cimber having his own...

I'm not sure there's a problem with longswords. But as an early magic item to low level players I sometimes award a longsword with the finesse property. If a player ever asks me "Can I buy a "x item" with "y"property", if they got the coin, go to the right place and make some decent rolls I...

I don't think armor degradation plays well with D&D 5. I just assume players are repairing their armors during long and short rests, and that proficiency with an armor type means the character knows how to deviate blows with it without ruining it. When I ran the first part of OotA, I used...

Nice! Don't forget "Actual Cannibal Shia Leboeuf" while you're at it ^^ : https://winghornpress.com/2016/03/13/monster-actual-cannibal-shia-labeouf/

I act on player's banter when it gets in the way of the game. And only on minor stuff, just to remind them that what they say is important, that I take note and pay attention, and to ensure that they're focused when things are getting serious. But specifically, when it comes to indicators of...

My take on the managing of inventory, encumbrance and provisions in TOA was the following. First I took into account that the PHB states that each player can carry his str score x15 pounds in weight before being encumbered, wich means the weight of stuff is barely a problem. You'd have to carry...

I like the concentration rule as is. It's true I don't always remember the saving throw in case of damage. The more I play, the more I believe it's fine not to throw every time but just when you remember it. For example, if the players encounter a wizard casting whatever concentration spell...

I read "The Ring of Winter" written by James Lowder. It's an excellent novel taking place in Chult. There are some interesting lore parts and pnj backgrounds completely left out of the campaign book. (And it's great read!)

Sit with me for this one. It's quite a story. My only TPK. I believe there is no way I could ever outdo it. There will be a few Curse of Stradht SPOILERS: My players met Esmeralda d'Avenir at the Richten's Tower. To give the players a glimpse of what was waiting for them in the Castle, to...

Hello everyone. I'm probably not the first to toy with a monk subclass inspired by the anime "One Punch Man" ( and Kioku Chin Karate), but I thought I'd share my take on it with you. One Punch Monk Subclass "Some monasteries teach their students that the only right path to victory in...

I'm not sure it's really necessary to have a more "warrior-like" sub class for rogues when you can just take a few levels in the warrior class to achieve the same.

I tend to grant more and more automatic successes, the more experienced my players get, considering the following: 1 - With a well built band of adventurer, every skill is usually covered 2 - When they get to +3 to their proficiency bonus, some of the players have an obscene bonus of +8 to +11...