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I tend to make "real" places. Actual locations that people would actually build - complete with bathrooms/latrines, and kitchens and...

I have to echo others' posts: Start with a Bang! Start with something that gets the blood pumping, and start the Action rather than...

Always start a campaign with a BANG!!! My favorite way to start a campaign is with a massive disaster. Start it with something...

I've had the PCs show up at a specific place, at a specific time, all having received letters suggesting they should be there, then. The...

My two Stonetop campaigns, with a set of provocative questions at a few of the PCs to set the scene ("Judge, when the last kid went...

Still baffles me that you think the Wizard starts off D-tier, but whatever. Beyond that, the Bladesinger looks pretty much exactly the...

Given that my gaming group has been together (mostly) for 30 years, we don't generally have too much difficulty in this regard. As the...

Depends entirely on the tone and setting of the campaign. Fine for some campaigns, wrong for others. Expectations (and how much exactly...

I agree that it can be kind of frustrating sometimes. But I fear it's just a question of play style clash. Some players want to play the...

I have always felt it a little jarring when I am in a party that has characters ranging from a talking bird to a centaur with nary a...

That does highlight one of the usual issues with gargoyles, though - usually nobody's fooled by them. One mention of statues in a...

If nothing else, the detachable wings are a fun idea to play with: Every time a bell rings, a gargoyle gets its wings... A gargoyle...

Way back in 2nd ed., I had the local would-be evil empire learn a way to turn their elite soldiers into gargoyles. The campaign started...

Did you just re-invent the "Ecology of..." articles from Dragon magazine?

@Shades of Eternity At the end of Storm Kings Thunder the PCs face the ancient blue wyrm Iymrith. One of her titles is the Dragon of...