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Hi folks, I am looking to be a player for the first time in a long time. In fact I am looking at joining two groups, one full of powergamers and one full of newbies. I have wanted to play a gruff retired veteran who takes others under his wing, but is not the fighter he used to be. I can do that...

I just thought I would mention something that I have been having fun with as both a DM and a player. The idea is that after you roll to hit and would apply damage, you can declare that you are not going to do that damage immediately, but rather only if a condition is met. By way of example. A...

Last night while watching PJ Masks with my 4 year old I thought of a theory I'd like to share. I think that most GMs could learn a great deal from writing adventures like kids TV shows. It's a working theory, but it has three parts to it. 1) The stakes are clear and important, but not life or...

I've just started playing at a local store and found that the houserule there is that normal humans get +1 to each stat that is odd and +2 to each stat that is even, up to a maximum of 16. In effect, they get a +1 real bonus to every stat. I'm not sure how I feel about that, so thought I would...

Hi folks, for my game Dwarves use a lot of runic magic, particularly based on putting it on their arms and armor. A Dwarven Runesmith tends to be a fairly scary combatant as they have great arms and armor modified by magic. They also call upon the power of runes to straight up smite the enemies...

Following on from the discussion about clerics in another thread, people were discussing how it is more important to simply cover roles than have a particular class. This got me thinking, what are the actual roles in 5e now? In 4e they were blatant and we seem to assume they are the same in 5e...

Hi folks, I just wanted to start a resource here that GMs can refer back to. I have found over the years, that when PCs enter a room or stumble across some guards, it really adds to the game immensely to have the guards doing something believable but mildly interesting. There is nothing more...

In my current gaming, I play and GM mostly single player games. I find that this brings up a very unique style of play, one that I actually prefer to multi-player games at this stage. The story is crafted around a particular character and the PC-NPC interactions are far more detailed and varied...

Hello all, I have a rather newbish question, which is a little embarrassing as a DM. With regards to triggering defenders' marks (more specifically, the punishment factors like Mindspike), what constitutes an "attack that does not include you amongst its targets"? AE effects in which you are...