Recent content by aco175

I would start with the low-level monsters and add a few mid level to start. Something like goblins, skeletons, ogres, and maybe something like a displacer beast.

I have only been going to the one local con and keep wanting to attend the other close one that is smaller and upcoming. This year was the first as a listed DM though. I had run a pick-up game when tables were overfilled a couple years ago.

@SecretAgentDude welcome to the site. I'm over by Worcester but not looking for another group at this time. I know several other posters are more local and hope you get some play.

The Army had these roles as well. 5 parts for a mission. Planning Reconnaissance Security Control Common Sense The acronym is not really fit for this site.

Good video on what is actually in the adventure and booklets. Still will look to buy even though my group will not need the PC cards and such, but the adventure and maps are a big draw for me. I guess I could get the PDF and make the maps if I want to be cheap and it would still play fine. It...

Inquiring minds also want to now know if different color dragons and have babies together? Would a red dragon and a blue dragon create a purple dragon, or just pick from one of the parents like 5.5e PCs?

I do not think I ever read the site rules before. Don't be a jerk seems to be the overarching theme. I would add that sometimes it is ok to disengage with the others. I have found that some have a need to get in the final word or be right, according to them at least. If someone comes back...

I use them to fill places in the game or when the PCs do something such as try to sleep in the dungeon. I tend to fill the dungeon with more standard encounters and leave places that group encounters together depending on how the PCs go about things. A cluster of rooms may/should hear combat...

I do not play these video games but would like some sort of crossover. I have a campaign around Neverwinter and look online for resources and end up finding things that tie in with the video game such as a ruin or village and it is not in the more 'official' books and products. I would likely...

This reminds me of the TV series, Pillars of the Earth from 2010, based on the book by Ken Follett. A village springs up at a river crossing and a cathedral is built on that location. There was a lot of things in the series as the town grows that I though was really cool. What is means to be...

This is what I was thinking. I could just play 1e if I ever had that itch. If there was something that was similar but 'fixed' most of the issues, then I might want to choose that. As of now, I have no desire for 1e/2e and see 3e/4e as improvements over those older editions that I would...

My games tend to depend on the level of the PCs. In D&D terms, level 1 PCs are only slightly better than most everyone else. Guards, bandits and most merchant laborers are able to go a few rounds with the PCs and a couple of them should get the better of a PC. By the time the PCs are level 5...

I think RAW is no you do not need any proficiency, but I would rule RAI as needing light. I think this magic item granting you the trained ability negates needing training. I would think that boosting your AC would need some sort of training though, even the most basic of light armor.

I first read this as HAM PERSON.

I like the idea of returning to the table more... But they just spend the last couple years telling me that online microtransactions were the future. Something about a billion-dollar-franchise. It would be cool if they had an online tool that allowed me to drag and drop items like monster...