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Pretty much. As mentioned, I stitch together published stuff, so to avoid having rewrite a bunch of encounters, I want them at an appropriate level (not necessarily what the author states though). I would say, on average, that probably leads to overall slightly quicker leveling after 3 or 4...

I’ve just eliminated the long rest. You get fully restored when you level up, which you can only do in some sort of sanctuary, no tiny huts. It’s worked fine for me, but my worlds and campaigns are largely a series of repurposed “one shots” others have written so I have a good sense of what...

Is it too simple to just update the tables so that all “bad” results have a consolation prize? Like, “you’re in jail, but hey, now have a thieves guild contact” or “you lost a finger, but impressed the mayor’s daughter”. Give all bad results a consolation prize. Seems like in the end, would...

Wow has this thread devolved. I guess no one that cared about OP is still reading, but I will say anyway, as player I liked the character creation via the funnel, it’s sorta like rolling for stats, but you have these rolls ànd try to protect the best one in the opening adventure.

New books add new things. Your old books are not on fire.

What’s the why? So players can target parts and have an effect when part controlled?

Shame they didn’t instead provide more aid and explaination on how to entice the party to develop an emergent story based on their interaction with the encounters.

So, a little. But part of the drag is having Icewind Dale and Baulder’s Gate of two out of 5. Both have been done recently in campaign books so feels like filler. Maybe they want the chance for do over, and ofc Baulder’s Gate has a reason, but 2 of 5 are not new stuff (even if what they do is...

To the OP’s point, sure, some cantrips can easily bypass “things”, but I wouldn’t call them “challenges” because they are easily bypassed. The DM knows what the party can do, don’t get mad at what the party can do, it’s old man yelling at clouds. PCs have always been able to open doors, still...

Page 507 in my digital version. Part of appendix D, right after the text section “Example Combat Challenges” and before “Using Elite Monsters”. I recently redownloaded it, guess I don’t know if it was there in the original KS print version.

The table in A5e MM is good for CR encounter building. I mean, it’s essentially the same as 5e. Some of the narrative is off, like the quick guide sidebar saying, “If the total CR equals or exceeds the total party level, the combat may be impossible to win!” Which I think is where your...

I like the lore, but I’m not emotionally attached to it. And I’m real tired of tiptoeing around people who’ve made it part of their identity.

The OP has two very different examples of DM fiat. One is story, one is rules. If you go to the market looking for your long lost sister, and she doesn’t live in that city, DM Fiat, you don’t need to roll, she’s not there. Same with the Feather, if it’s not there, it’s not there. Not...

Everything by Kelsey Dione is designed to be run easy. The Arcane Library. She has a free one on DMs guild. Like the most famous thing on there. Her adventure style is a bit non-traditional though. Is easy to run, just different from other stuff. The best guy for super easy to run...

To make it different than magic and all the magic-like abilities in 5e you need a different mechanic around it. Otherwise it just boils down to an exclusive spell list. Something like, Psionic abilities take a turn to prepare, and then another to unleash. And the result is worth the two turn...

The thing missing in most adventures are the high level good guys. Cause many adventures have a high level BBEG that could break the adventure if he showed up with his mooks on day one. There is rarely an explanation as to why they do not. A sensible adventure sets up a WWI situation where...

Not sure why you think there might a thing a wish spell could not do. So answer is yes and more, wish can realign planets.

The answer is always to “game the system” which is boring and tedious. “If I use this exploit I can be a sorcerer in heavy armor” or whatever. Look, as a charitable DM I’m always willing to trade, you want to be able to do X, ok, what will you give up for it in character creation. One level...

I would say no on that, they’re all about too many cooks, freelancers, on all adventures since. Also Isn’t ToA a very aggressively rehashed mashup of isle of dread and tomb of horrors? Always seemed like the idea to me.

Sci-fi is a favorite fiction and movie/tv genre for me because I like weird mysterious, and it’s a genre where that is very easy to intrigue me. I don’t care for it in TTRPG because I’d probably be the DM, and I’d know the mystery, and the unheimlich, the uncanny aspect, wouldn’t be there for...