Recent content by beaumontsebos

Yeah, you're right. But there's also a chance they end up with a pretty bad result. The idea of at least getting some XP out of it as a salve when they end up in jail or in debt. So, since my characters don't rely on XP to advance, I need something else to entice them to take the risk.

Oh yeah! I forgot that the 2014 DMG and XGE had official 5E carousing and downtime rules. Time to take a dive and see what's the what.

Exactly. We flesh out the table results with improvising NPCs, scenarios and appropriate consequences. I don't need help with that. And no need to try to convince me to not use the Carousing tables. I am using them. I'm just looking for ideas for an appropriate replacement for the XP award.

With 8 rotating players in a free public game, I am absolutely looking for something that entertains without so much effort. 😁 We roll on the table and then I do a quick back and forth with the players that participated to flesh out the scenario. It has proven super fun with the players so far...

This is a good idea, Maybe I can grant them a limited Boon of Luck from the DMG. Have it last until they use it or they take a long rest. And they can get a bonus to the roll depending on how much they spend to carouse. Could work, but I'm always open to other suggestions...

What is ToV?

Hi all, I'm running a public game that has rotating players. For downtime, I decided to use Shadowdark's carousing rules and tables to make things simple. For those not familiar, players contribute monetarily to a night (or more) of fun and roll to see the outcome. The outcomes can be good or...

Thanks everybody. Taking all your replies into consideration, it seems my ruling abides by the RAW and RAI. Especially when you take into consideration the 2024 definition of Tremorsense purposely omits the 2014 restriction on detecting incorporeal creatures. Also, I should clarify that I...

That's what I'm thinking. This came up in a game and since there's really not too many times a dwarf can use tremorsense, I allowed it. Just rationalizing my ruling and being sure there isn't an official rule I'm breaking (I'm running a public learning game, so if I use rules different from the...

Common sense tells you that an incorporeal creature isn't in contact with the surface. But I can't find any rule specifically stating that for an incorporeal creature. Here's what I've found: Incorporeal Movement. The specter (or whatever creature) can move through other creatures and objects...

Using common sense... tremorsense would likely not be able to detect an incorporeal creature (actually creatures with incorporeal movement). But, is there any actual written rules that preclude this? Thanks!

Once Sigil launched I took a look at what was needed in time and effort to get it going and immediately bailed. This is no surprise to me, but it is a shame.

Nice! Good luck with the new campaign!

As mentioned in a previous response, there were actually two concurrent, intertwining groups of characters. Only one group made it to the end. So, for the arc that made it to the end: Character deaths: 7 confirmed deaths, 1 presumed death, 2 unknown, 2 found different paths in life, 3...

We did go slow. But we also had a second group of characters that had concurrent, intertwining story arcs. We would switch between the arcs based on the story beats. I would usually leave them hanging and then switch because I'm evil like that. About a year into the campaign, a player pitched...