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Can you lose this combat (or is the loss just simply a more difficult encounter?)

I use the A5E version as I prefer the original design (no need for tents) before it became a force field.* I had an old D&D group once use it to cut through a wall of fire and pre-A5E it was the "lazy man's" method of finding a safe zone to rest in a mega-dungeon rather than strategizing (and...

I ran a fey-heavy Kingmaker (Paizo) campaign and had a ton of fun with it. Fey can be nasty and frivolous in the same minute as their reality is different from mortals. Here's what I had: Fey don't die. They might lose their body and have to assume something else that they don't like later down...

Article Argument: by taking only 1 level in wizard, you learn & cast every wizard spell, using scrolls to add spells. Answer: No. On p44 (PHB 2024), it specifically says you "prepare" spells as if you were a "single-class" wizard of that level. So, you'll be limited always to only preparing 1st...

I joined this conversation late, but I'm running a Pirate campaign using Pathfinder's Skull & Shackles pirate adventures as a framework, and my players just got their own ship after a mutiny: Skull & Shackles rocks for adventure ideas. Getting your own ship should be cool. You should want to...

Sounds like Pathfinder 2nd Edition's "three action" economy (with 1 reaction). It's more nuanced such as more attacks = decreased accuracy, and some powerful stuff takes two actions. Haven't tried it since D&D isn't designed that way and I'm not game designer savvy enough to merge systems, but...

It's wondrously simple. It removes the guess work. I'm brainstorming if this might work. Rather than the DM throwing needless encounters that don't make sense to get to 6-7 "combats" to drain resources in a day, or guessing what might drain resources, the party knows in advance they won't get...

Zardnaar, your keyboard exploded! Anecdotally, the last time I had a D&D player wizard was @5 years ago. The player, newish to D&D, came to me and wanted to play a "blaster caster." He envisioned rows of enemies melting before his character (and yeah, pretty all the "optimization" and "which...

I blame the CR system and module writing for the decline (as I've observed at my game table since 2014) in folks who play the wizard. In AD&D days, when battles could look like this: The wizard and their fireballs were a must. But the power curve looked like this. Skipping ahead, hit points...

I'm watching a Druid of the Sea in our current campaign (level 3). They're a bit squishy but Wrath is already solid (especially when we battle atop ships and it tosses foes over the side, terrain matters...) He uses his "familiar" ability to "Help" others get Advantage, which depending on the...

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR ANYONE WISHING TO PLAY THE CAMPAIGN ..... I ran COS and read all the books, integrated quite a few of them into discovering Strahd's past as a key to defeating him. I also put a calendar timer into play. This is Strahd's curse and why the Land savors its favored child so...

In a homebrew world, Pathfinder's Golarian, or maybe Dragonlance, sure. In Dragonlance, kobolds were created to be cannon fodder for the Dark Queen's armies. Perhaps someone tinkered with the model while creating draconians. Canon predating 3E, no. Kobolds were cunning dogmen that had 0% to do...

It's on my list for a homebrew campaign. I've run a 2E and 3E campaign there around the Time of Troubles, and it's just rich besides. Problem is, my original books are in fragile shape and my maps are in tatters.