Recent content by el-remmen

I think I just get easily overwhelmed looking for a battle map that fits what I see in my mind (or even gets close) - it really puts me off on using a VTT. I have no problem with Dungeons because I just use Dungeon Scrawl to create the version I want and sometimes I throw a Dyson Logos map into...

This may be a weird thread to ask in, but the search function is letting me down with too many irrelevant hits, but does anyone know of a thread on here where people share battle maps for VTT use (like Owlbear Rodeo) or links to free ones?

If we are including those, then I'd include "The Sword of Justice" from Dragon #92.

Ha! I offered this one to two different groups (in-game) in 5E games and neither took the bait! I find his criticism too harsh and based on a framework of "can you run it as published?" Since I don't think that of even the best "official" modules, it is not useful criticism for me (even though...

Yeah. that would irk me to no end. (y)

I get it. But sometimes players aren't sure what to do, or want to see what someone else does first, and doing that is a risk for a potential reward, and that is the kind of thing I like. Trust me, if it turned out to be a pain in the tuchus, been exploited, or slowed the game down, I would have...

I had been considering updating this thread, so thanks to @Richards for the reminder! In my Primordial Evil Campaign, we have had 8 full sessions, and one solo session (#28B) when a PC was separated from the rest of the party for a long time (the player ran a replacement character during that...

While, as i said, this has (perhaps miraculously) not come up in 6 years, we have an understanding that if you have a standing effect/condition of that sort, it may still happen on the original initiative - DM's call.

The very first house rule I made to 5e was grandfathering delayed and readied actions from 3e because I find it makes combat more dynamic to potentially change your place in the order. And it keeps your reaction free for other stuff. We’ve been playing 5e for nearly 6 years and it has not once...

That and playing 3e for 16 years were probably the culprits in my initial confusion.

You can’t take a reaction before the first time you act in the first round of combat and attacks against a surprised opponent are made with Advantage. I kept both even after discovering I was wrong.

"Roarwater Caves" (Dungeon #15) - I ran this back in 2E days and more recently early on in a 5E campaign. "Tallow's Deep" (Dungeon #18) - Classic, that we still talk about and I hope to run again soon. "The School of Nekros" (Dungeon #27) - I renamed this one "River of the Dead" "Through the...

I ran through this one as a player, but I think the DM heavily altered it. I do remember that while the party defeated the titular dragon, my dwarven fighter/thief, Dwur was killed in the process.

I equally dislike when people use their head canon/homebrew to argue for a rule they think everyone should accept or for the primacy of their playstyle as when people dismiss any head canon/homebrew ideas for a rule because the book does not explicitly state it.

I have one from Chris Perkins.