Recent content by c0wfunk

So I went with this, and in fact we had a pretty good scene, my bbeg convinced them to help him open the portal. Once open, the party got antsy and a fight broke out wherein they defeated the bad guy but the portal remained open. Our hexblade, eager to meet his patron, dove into the portal...

It will be interesting to see if the new Stranger Things starter set supplants LMoP as the go to intro. Still, the consensus I've gathered is that LMoP is "pretty good" and I haven't seen an argument there is a better place to start. I've quite enjoyed running it, there is a lot of great content...

heh .. I definitely like this approach but of course my particulars are a bit different and I haven't quite settled on the best approach / line of persuasion & deception and I'm now about 12 hours from game time :) The scene is a bit complex - the BBEG is the one they've been chasing since we...

I've got a few ideas and am going to attempt what you suggest for sure. I have mechanics as a fallback - and they have saves as a defense. I am fairly certain none of them will take issue with it at all and we all quite enjoy rolling dice and using the mechanics to help us create a scene.

Oh yeah, I learned that one pretty quickly on. I quite often will narrate transitions as well to get us to that point where things will actually happen. They are quite often unsure how to respond even when presented with a bunch of options.. ie. a couple of sessions ago we were wrapping up in...

this is actually quite interesting to me as I’m pretty new (and stumbling into this hornet’s nest probably makes that quite clear). I’ve played for 3 years and dmd for about 1 now. One thing I’ve noticed is that this intense concern about agency and railroading that pervades online discourse is...

Odd, since they continue to market it to new players as the best entry point for learning the game. As for the rest I’m very clear on where you, in particular, stand on this point. It stood out to me that this very clear, iconic instance was not brought up in what seemed like an otherwise very...

Except in both places the creature is presented it is very clear they are working to deceive the players.

I can't believe in 79 pages nobody mentioned one of the doppleganger's core actions: "Read Thoughts. The doppelganger magically reads the surface thoughts of one creature within 60 feet of it. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 feet of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or...