Recent content by Mort

Very insightful, thanks! Seems particularly true for the first several episodes of campaign 4 because the DM was VERY focused on getting all the characters where HE wanted/needed them to be as opposed to any input from the players/PCs. We'll see how it shapes up going forward, but the DM...

I've found Maps on Beyond much easier than Roll20 which I had been using previously. It's a simple yet very useful VTT. As I said in a prior post, My group is in the same age range. And we don't get ANY of the video game feel you're describing. The default options can be a bit "heroic" but we...

I'm 51 and the second youngest in my group (Youngest is a spry 49), they all REALLY love 5e. It seems to hit the 2e nostalgic vibe they remember playing in college quite well.

Trying to get the hut off during combat is a pretty big task - 10 rounds of doing nothing else, so also 10 rounds without the arcane caster contributing to the fight. I'm honestly surprised no one has chimed in with having a contraption that rolls with the hut (and caster) being on top of it. I...

And much less packed schedules! It's much easier to fit in other games when all the players don't have to schedule around work, kids schedules, family, etc! It's a wonder I can stick in 2 sessions a month, and all else being equal, my players usually prefer D&D in that time. Though sometimes a...

It's decent for other classes, but just huge for the sorcerer. Between almost always getting advantage so you rarely miss and possibly getting to reroll damage so you have a much higher chance to bounce it, it just really meshes with the sorcerer's already strong schtick.

5.24 classes I've played: Sorcerer: definitely deserves S tier. So far have played to fifth level and innate sorcery is just a MASSIVE buff. Innate sorcery + chromatic orb, even at low levels started getting me the stink eye from the DM. Paladin: also deserves S tier. convinced the DM...

Sure, but considering where they end up, it's not too hard to adapt to high level play.

Let's see: Savage RIFTS Lowlife Pathfinder 2 (is that D&D) That's about it recently, and mostly one shots other than D&D. Lots more of we go back a ways.

One of the challenges is this varies greatly by group. High level PCs have the means to be extremely proactive if they choose, they have many tools to dictate play much more significantly than prior levels. Or not, high level play can also be the PCs discovering a much bigger playfield. And...

Sorry, should have linked your name to it. I have descent into Avernus. Haven't run it though, might now that group finished the Planescape adventure. First part looks REALLY linear and then it seems to open up. I might just take the end bits and adapt to my, now 18th level, group.

Yeah, it was much more than now. When magic resistance kicked in, the baddie could literally just walk through a wall of Force, for example. Brought up earlier in this thread. 5.24 introduced greater magic resistance, for atb list the Rakshasa - monster auto makes all saves versus...

I'm assuming he means BoVD (Book of Vile Darkness). Was a bit surprised at how much above initial retail the copies are going for on ebay!

Yeah, this was one of the easiest ways to sideline a high level fighter. Even with indomitable they're basically never making the high int/cha/wis save unless they took resilient, and even then it was usually a tough save. 5e24, of course, changed that. Now a high level fighter, especially if...

Yeah, I tend to look at the less deadly nature of 5e as a feature, not a bug. I quite like the flow and feel of the game, obviously ymmv.