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The article seems to be referring to a completely different adventure. I just read through "Giants of the Star Forge", and it is not about a "journey among the stars" or a "celestial abode". There are also no pre-generated characters for it. I wonder what happened here?

Yup: a Chwinga bestowing a charm of restoration is your best bet. Alternately, someone at Kir Sabal might be able to cast the spell, but... my own players had to travel all the way back to Port Nyanzaru to find someone to cast the spell (any guide should know the way).

I imagine the Sewn Sisters would grow restless if the party tarried long.

50% (or higher) has been my experience for most groups. I have seen some get closer to 90% in AL/conventions (and Epics are pretty much entirely combat). Still, 4e even had higher percentages.

Locate Object seems easy enough to circumvent. Wildshape is indeed powerful for a couple levels... then Conjure Animals takes over... then Polymorph. My solution for the latter two is to target the caster to break concentration. Conjure animals can certainly slow down the game, so I come...

My favored response is: (in-character voice) NPC: "You know, I can hear you. I'm right here!" ... but I then don't really assume the PC said that out loud. I try to ascribe it to rehearsed tactics, an aside whisper, a knowing look, or assisting a new player roleplay an experienced PC (else the...

I see nothing wrong with opponents listening in on Player-Character banter, and I also see nothing wrong with approximating Player-Character banter based on information that the players are passing between themselves.

They will be aware they are lost. They'll see their roll during Navigation, and ToA p.37 says: "Using the poster map, identify the hex in which the party is currently located. Don't share this information with the players if the party is lost; otherwise, show the players the party's location by...

Same as with blank maps: players are aware they are lost, and do not fill in (or reveal) hexes until they are un-lost.

Wouldn't that be a pretty massive printout (like 6 ft. x 8 ft.), and require thousands of hex bases? For my own games: I'm running three groups, so I made three poster sized 'scratch-off' maps using copies of the DM maps, covered with laminate (clear shelf-paper) then painted the unexplored...

Goodberry dinners always remind me of the Violet Beauregarde fate in Willy Wonka. "I've tried it on, like, twenty Oompa-Loompas and each one ended up as a blueberry. It's just weird!"

I think we can safely say that adventurers have eaten dozens of goodberries at a time without ill effect. anecdote: in ToA my druid gave a goodberry pie to a merchant prince, claiming it was an aphrodisiac.

There are a few red flags on Chris Markham's post: 1) It's his first (and currently only) post 2) It resurrects a thread that was dead for (exactly) 11 years 3) It does not realize that "Monstrous Humanoid" and "Humanoid" are different types

Tracking these minor times would requirement more effort than it's worth. I'd use real-world time and only bother with the following: - Short rests (which add an hour) - Combats (which stop the clock: hour-long battles rarely last more than 10 rounds) Real world time has the following...

Curious: have you seen "Three Dragon Ante"? It's basically poker in the D&D world, and it too contained additional rules for reflecting your PC's abilities while playing the came.