D&D 5E How is my 5E game is going?

[Ancalagon]

I'm currently running a GLOG game. The GLOG is a D&D "ish" system that is in some ways similar to B/x, but with a much more fun class system and inovative magic system. Characters retire at level 5 usually.

Last session, the sorcerer casted spells too aggressively and exploded. The player wasn't upset because they had poor stats and expected to explode sooner or later anyway

 

[el-remmen]

Great to see you're still around Ancalagon! Is there a good site for reading more about GLOG?

 

[toucanbuzz]

Welcome back to the DM seat!

We're doing super in that we're about to finish up a 5E Dark Sun campaign and start up a Kingmaker campaign (kingdom building, political intrigue, fey, converted from Pathfinder to 5E with about 10 years of improvements). We've learned to express ourselves a little differently while masked up because scowls, frowns, grins, and so on don't convey so well.

 

[el-remmen]

We've learned to express ourselves a little differently while masked up because scowls, frowns, grins, and so on don't convey so well.

Still meeting in person? At one point in the late summer we considered doing a masked outdoor in-person game, but then another Covid spike put the kibosh on that.

 

[toucanbuzz]

Still meeting in person? At one point in the late summer we considered doing a masked outdoor in-person game, but then another Covid spike put the kibosh on that.

Yeah, it's a tight bubble that may work for us, not others. We took a break for about 3 months until there was some confirmation about what worked and didn't work. We're all work-from-home employees, including a married couple with no kids, who don't travel much or get together in crowds, and none have seen their extended families in person for a long while. We mask up, and I sanitize my home before and after.

 

[THEMNGMNT]

My three games are going good.

Dragon of Icespire Peak: PCs are about to have their climactic encounter with the titular dragon. I think this campaign might continue as the players don't seem to want to retire their 5th level characters.

Dragon Heist/Deck of Many Things: We're about 40% of the way done with this adventure. PCs are 5th level. I think they'll be 7th or 8th level before everything wraps. Only three players in this campaign (the other ones have five) so it's fast-paced and wild. I'm really enjoying it.

Tyranny of Dragons/Scales of War/Storm King's Thunder/Lots of Stuff: 109 sessions so far with about 20 more sessions to go. Players are 19th level. This campaign will celebrate its 4 year anniversary by the time it concludes.

 

[Rhenny]

Welcome back. I’m running a mostly weekly campaign using Tomb of Annihilation. We started the campaign with The Lost Mines of Phandelver and then transitioned into ToA. The pcs are 8th level now and they are exploring Omu trying to get all the puzzle tiles.

My players are friends of mine from high school over 30 years ago, yikes. We play online using Fantasy Grounds Unity and Zoom or Google Hangouts for audio/visual connection. There are only 3 who play regularly, our 4th only played when we met in person for two annual weekend gatherings prior to Covid. Those weekends were a blast. We met up in Park City, Utah to spend 8 hours a day gaming, other hours to hike and explore and eat, drink and be merry.

We hope to plan another weekend after the world tackles Covid. But for now, online is also fun and we all look forward to our gaming nights.

 

[Brotton Goodfellow]

Hardcore mode? Yikes!

(then again, that is how a lot of people that read my Out of the Frying Pan story hour described my DMING style! )

Its given the game a deadlier feel since everyone (bad guys included) are far more squishy. My favourite part about it though is how it’s slowly making my players think outside the box for solutions as they are in near constant peril of being gruesomely eviscerated. A humble pit trap almost turned lethal and my wife had the great idea of simply cutting down a tree and using it to bridge the gap. She has a Dex score of 6, which meant trying to balance on the narrow ledge that surrounded the pit was out of the question (she was also the one who fell headlong into the pit). They’re tracking some goblins through the jungle right now and are legitimately concerned about their characters lives. Again, something that is usually perceived as easy fodder, the lowly goblin is now a cunning and vicious little critter in the players mind. Which, I might add, will make victory all the more sweeter.

 

[el-remmen]

Sounds fun!

 

[Ancalagon]

Great to see you're still around Ancalagon! Is there a good site for reading more about GLOG?

the GLOG is everywhere - it's a very "hackable" system, and people have published all sorts of versions of it. Perhaps the more complete is this one:

OSR: GLOG-based Homebrew v.2: Many Rats on Sticks Edition

I've finally finished updated the original Rat on a Stick GLOG hack. Feedback and notes from playtesting was incorporated. Notable changes...

coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com

the same guy also published an excellent beginger dungeon: OSR: Tomb of the Serpent Kings v4

This dungeon has been extensively play tested and improved - it's version 4!

If you wish to learn more, let me know