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Oh, that reminds me of a beholder encounter in a megadungeon - Dungeon-a-day - It had a glass tube, impervious to magic, that it used to "visit" the upper levels of the dungeon to spy on events taking place there. So the first time or two the PCs spotted it, they could not get attacked, nor...

Yes, I suppose that's a risk. So have some pregens ready, but push them to do their own if at all possible.

Just because there's a beholder there, doesn't mean the PCs have to fight it. They could get a chance to avoid it completely, not fight it and run away until they're more powerful. They could get captured, dragged before it and have to bargain their way out of being sold off as slaves. Or they...

Since your new group has experience with playing RPGs, I would NOT do pregens; I would simply tell them that they need to come with a finished character - tell them to do point buy or rolls, and whatever else. Suggest, possibly, that if they don't have a Player's Handbook, that using the free...

I recommend two things: 1) start "in media res". Skip the whole tavern thing. "You are standing in front of the gates to the Dungeon of Doom. It has taken you six weeks of travel to get here from the Last City on the Shore. You are seeking the Great Emerald Eye of Belevere, which has been lost...

Hmmm.... I guess I must use some bastardized version of leveling halfway between milestones and XP. It works more or less like this in my campaign; we start an adventure - say, clearing out a haunted building of whatever is inside - that the PCs have freely chosen to do. When they finish, I look...

Humans. The evil wizard has replaced the true heir with a duplicate that he controls. No one believes the adventurers who have stumbled on a piece of the plot, and even they have no clue who the real villains are.

I fully intend to adopt these backgrounds into my campaign world. I like! I do agree though, that nobody should feel pushed to take a background just because they come from such a place.

I own both - I've only run one adventure so far - the winery one. My pcs liked it, but it took a bunch of work to make the maps even remotely sensible. And a whole winery estate with one tiny patch of vines made no sense; I just added acres of fields around the estate on the hills. In the house...

I'm looking forward to more adventures. Winters Heart doesn't fit my current campaign but it was a very good read.

It is a game, so I know reality only loosely applies, but the idea that an unbroken animal can be controlled that way (knees only) is laughable. A well trained animal with a skilled rider? No problem. An untrained, unwilling predator? Sorry. No. Magic would be needed. So yes, I would apply...

In my county, I was paid $7 the first day, $14 the second, and $40 for every day thereafter. I donated it all to the animal shelter. My employer ( the city) paid my salary while I served. We were not sequestered, but we were told not to speak about it, research it, listen to or read anything...

Oops! But the thought still counts. I would definitely apply at least a -5 penalty to any checks for going bareback, and another -2 or more for no bridle. Or possibly the reverse. And if the animal is wild, unbroken, then effectively he's trying to break the animal on the spot. That's a pretty...

The more I read of PotA, the happier I am that my current (4th+ lvl) party did NOT bite on the chance to go down to Red Larch. I'll save the whole thing to start my next campaign...

1. There's a saddle? If not, all his ride/control checks should be at disadvantage. There are reins? If not, then he's at another penalty. 2. The other sharks and crocs are going to be trying to pick this morsel off the back of the first shark. 3. He's going to have a LOT of trouble holding his...

In 5e, where magic items have no real price, each item is a bargaining chip to someone. That weapon of a type nobody likes? SOMEONE loves it. And will fork over a tremendous secret they know about someone else to get it. Keoghtum's Ointment? The queen's daughter is ill, and no one can cure her...

Well, to bring the dragons down and make them fight the giants face to face, without fleeing, there has to be something overwhelmingly important that they are guarding. Maybe an injured or otherwise unable-to-leave the scene dragon. The ancient dragon high priest has to conduct a tremendously...

Actually, Whizbang, I know a lot more about it than I wrote, because I didn't figure it was all germane to the discussion. 400 years ago, this whole region was part of a very successful empire. However, the empire was failing, and kingdoms were breaking away, civil wars were occurring, and this...

Yeah, sounds perfect on paper. Could be fun, if you're good at long, twisty-turny plots. Unfortunately, I'm not. So I'll pass on this idea, but I hope someone else falls in love with it.

This sounds perfect! Why I didn't think of a vampire... is the reason I post on EnWorld! Thanks.