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Player seduces octogenarian. Eats him!

I sold my 5e books in 2020 and did not play the game since then. I bought 5e 2024 (alternate covers) and played a level 1 to 5 solo...

That's probably the major one, but the other three aspects play into the same thing.

I think swamps as sources of disease and decay is the main reason they get a bad rep and the rot aspect in particular gets the Black...

I think there are four sources. One is that swamps are treacherous. It is, at least in stories, fairly common that a piece of...

They are the only monsters in the 1e MM with their Latin genus and species names spelled out. :) It also talks about them...

There was a Dungeon side quest in issue 32 called Changeling where the party hears of a rampaging white dragon only for it to turn out...

I pulled that trick on my PCs with a wight wolf once. It was fun -- but you can only pull it off once. Had to go to a dracolich for my...

I like to keep the color coding, but either: Make the alignment thing a genuine inherent aspect of the cosmology. E.g., I have a...

I do think the folks at WotC could be doing a lot more to emphasize the different options for what failing a roll means, but...

Only if there's a time constraint, in my experience. Otherwise, you try the free resource (rogue skill check) first. Also, sometimes...

Oh there is though. And this is something I've seen reliably across virtually every DM I've ever played D&D with, and the same occurs...

There's also the Extended Downtime section on pg 181 where you can skip forward a chunk of time. Perfect for 'Between Sessions' if your...

The trouble with that is it's a bit "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today", which is to say, you're essentially giving the...

Yup, and the book tells players this! “Before creating Experiences, you’ll want to have a solid idea of who your character is; the...