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I love Matt Mercer, but his skill isn't in balancing combat...it is usually in using his powers of presentation to trick his players...

I’m guessing you meant this facetiously, but this is genuinely good advice for running 5e. I mean, knowing that the system expects you...

This is what we've been running at my tables in nearly a dozen 5e campaigns for several dozen people. The players feel engaged. They get...

Side note, I find a lot of old school players take this too far in the opposite direction and are way too precious with their spells. If...

By the way, anybody notice how monster recharge abilities are almost always Recharge 5 or 6? That’s a 1 in 3 chance, in a combat that’s...

It's wondrously simple. It removes the guess work. I'm brainstorming if this might work. Rather than the DM throwing needless...

Na its changing demographics. They did ask about how many encounters. But huge influx of new players play differently. I've noted...

Do you build encounters according to the guidelines in the 2014 DMG? Including the XP multiplier based on the number of monsters in the...

Find a group that wants to play that way, and Bob's your uncle!

Haven’t gotten the chance to yet. I’m talking about classic 5e, because that’s what Mearls was talking about in the opening post. I’m...

Yeah, levels 1 and 2 each only take half an adventuring day to gain enough XP to level up. By design, because they’re supposed to be...

Kinda. I was referring to save or dies and things like old school energy drain. PCs still needed to be cautious. Monsters were scary...

DM specials that have done the best. 1. High AC. 20-22 2. 300+ hp. Baldurgs fate goes to 400-666. 3. Greater magic resistance or 4...

Not if you’re playing efficiently. One of the design goals back during the D&D Next playtest was for combats to take about 10 minutes on...

Maybe 5.0 critters were weaksauce. I suspect I've ran more 5.5 than most here. Sitting behind the DM screen. 2. Saving throws are...