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Troll Trouble is a module I have used on a several occasions to introduce new players to D&D. It is short, 2-3 hours, and has elements of interaction, exploration and combat. It has humorous elements in it but it can be run as serious or silly as the DM and group wants...

Cool! Looks like I'll reinstall Hero-lab. I haven't used it for about a year as I've been playing 5E exclusively. While it certainly isn't needed like it was for Pathfinder, being able to play with character builds in a program I'm already familiar with is worth the $20.

3 out of 5 rating for Out of the Abyss To begin with, I should provide a disclaimer that, though I am probably in the minority, I prefer story/plot/event driven adventures. While I enjoy a sandbox now and then, it still needs to have a strong goal and interesting set pieces. So take that into...

Thanks for the input!

My apologies if this has been covered before but I've checked the rule books and tried the search function to no avail. I'm looking for rules for how to handle the situation when a monster can occupy the same space as a character. Examples being things like swarms, water elementals and the...

5 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Monster Manual The 5E monster manual is gorgeous, fun to read, and clearly a lot of thought went into making monsters interesting and exciting to run. Even trash mobs like kobolds and goblins have quirky abilities that make them feel like more than just...

3 out of 5 rating for Hoard of the Dragon Queen I've been running this module for encounters at my FLGS and have had some very fun sessions. Primarily by doing some significant modification of it to make it memorable and challenging. In the hands of a less experienced DM who might run the...

5 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide I have all the books for every edition of D&D and Pathfinder, and even though I'm almost always the DM, I admit that I mostly just skimmed the DMG from other editions for the magic items and a table here or there. They by and large...

Yes I read this daily. Good summary.

I'd also add that I have found Hero Lab ( Hero Lab - Lone Wolf Development ) to really save me tremendous amounts of time in creating custom NPCs (as well as PCs). It is somewhat expensive, but the time it has saved me in planning and running a game has made it worth every $.

I'd love to try this out! Thanks!

I didn't say it was late. Just curious if the schedule was the same. Thanks for replying.

With all the work going on with the new adventures, is the plan still to release the 3.5 and 4E conversion of the last 2 modules of WoTBS to subscribers? The last was released in February, and I think it has been said the target is every other month, so part 11 should be out this month. Just...

Thanks for the info Soramain! So if I interpret it correctly by 9th level pretty much everyone can have a +3 weapon which bypasses DR X/silver or cold iron. By 11th level everyone can have a +4 weapon to bypass DR X/adamantine. By 13th level they would have +5 to bypass DR X/alignment.

Since I don't have those books, could you give me an idea of how that broke down? I would want to be careful that doing so doesn't make some of the class abilities that bypass DR (Paladin Smite and Inquisitor Exploit Weakness for example) superfluous.

When my group left the island and reached civilization they picked up lesser restoration and anti-toxin potions. Now that they are mostly through the second book, they have adapted and pretty much shrug off poison and disease. Having a cleric and druid along helps quite a bit in that regard...

My players nicknamed the island of the first module "Death Island" for a reason. Lots of environmental hazards, diseases and pretty much every critter on the island is poisonous.

Hey, how do you know my players so well? :D

Yep those are the ones I am referring to. What I was getting at is if I get rid of +x weapons, then I'm right back to the old 3.5 way of needing a golf bag of different weapons to bypass DR. So as an example, the group is facing a vampire which has a DR 10/silver & magic. If they don't have a...

Yeah, I meant the XP penalty/reward system mentioned earlier in the thread.