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IDK your players I but can ensure you that many players hate the idea of having permanent unrecoverable penalties. Also, both of the...
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I would like to believe that a new system would help you but given your death toll track record I think you're likely to find a new way...
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It's a fairly major issue in this particular case, since wererats in A5E are hellaciously punishing compared to 2014 wererats. I mean...
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From my experience, many encounters in official 5e adventures suck, big time. In RoTFM for instance there's an encounter with an alleged...
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We have straight up inserted A5e monsters into 5e campaigns and they have worked wonderfully - Monstrous Menagerie is a great resource...
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Did the other DM also have a problem with TPKs?
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Then I wonder, it was an adventure for the number of players and levels your group was at the time? Some people do look at the level...
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Was the adventure in question written specifically for a5e? Or was it converted to a5e?
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I think the "sneak attack" from the A5E wererats was the result of the advantage from pack tactics which allow them to add +2d6 damage...
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Thank you. I quickly looked up Wererat - CR2; 33hp; 12AC; multi-attack (2); bloodied (bonus action attack); um no sneak attack (D14/24...
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oh, well no wonder, then. you threw a cr 8 encounter against a level 3 party of 4 characters - that's beyond a deadly encounter by a5e...
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That's all we need to know. 4 CR 2 creatures vs 4 Level 3 characters is really deadly encounter.
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Yikes! I would find new players. I would never play with a DM who I don’t trust to play a cooperative RPG. D&D is not player vs DM...
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@Retreater Would mind sharing the most recent TPK (in as few words as possible)? I'm interested in the action economy side of things...
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Most battles should be easily winnable (no deaths) even with some bad luck and suboptimal tactics. Most players like encounters where...
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