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Fantastically useful (threat and the PDF) - thanks. I'd ideally prefer to have sources/explanations for most of these if possible, but I appreciate that would be an enormous job. One minor error I spotted: the thing about elves trancing appears twice (actually, it's literally the first and last...

Is there any connection between these two artifacts? I'm running Storm King's Thunder at the moment and it seems odd to me that the the frost giants' plot hinges on the former and not the latter, since otherwise they sound thematically pretty similar and the second is (a) an artifact of giant...

As someone who missed 4e entirely, would you (or anyone) mind expanding on this a bit?

Me too. And actually I thought it was an awesome idea. :D I'm going to go for a level 6 Sewer with a 2-lvl dip into Secret Cult Base for the Primordial Altar class feature - it synergises so well with Sewer's 'Chamber of Oozes'...

While that was a slightly tongue in cheek answer (hence the smiley), honestly I'd say 'balance' is a pretty accurate description of exactly what this does; you gain something, you lose something. You might think it's not a fair trade, but that's a personal opinion; when I'm playing I'd actively...

I'd be in favour of this; the biggest issue I have with 5e is how little difference specialising in a skill actually makes in practice. If I'm a 9th-level bard ('name level' in old-school) with 18 Charisma and proficiency in persuasion, I shouldn't fail at 'moderate' difficulty social...

CR23, according to Appendix C. Her legendary actions are nasty but I've seen level 9 parties take down stronger, and her Create Fire Elemental ability weakens her so much she'll only be able to use it a couple of times at most.

Apologies if this had some different meaning in one of the editions I skipped; by 'standard', I simply meant that it appears in the DMG and is presumably non-unique. I'd say anything other than an artifact shouldn't have any chance of containing something of equivalent power to a god. If the PCs...

(anyone playing D&D via a Meetup group in Surrey please stop reading now, by the way). Does Maegera seem a little underpowered in Storm King's Thunder, or is it just me? I'm not too well up on the lore around primordials (I only started 5e recently; before that I'd only played 2e) but I was...

Thanks! :D

Since this is one of the only 2e products I've been able to extricate from storage since I started playing 5e, I may run it at some point - so if anyone else has suggestions on converting it please go ahead :)

I'm currently running Storm King's Thunder and it occurs to me that the Kraken Society could be replaced with (effectively) a Cthulhu cult, with the serial numbers filed off, without changing much (an ancient and terrible evil lurks beneath the waves but psychically manipulates the surface...

I would also be interested in this - as it is I'm tempted to just let the Oracle give them the answer straight away (but adopt the idea mentioned elsewhere in this thread that each conch only transports one player, so they have to take out multiple giant lords).

+1 Basic Sword 11 -2 = 9 Because dull, dull, dull. Flame Tongue 8 + 1 = 9 Because it would be strangely fascinating to watch even when not in combat (it basically has a built-in screensaver!) Frost Brand 9 Vorpal 6. Also: ooh, a three-way tie... :D

I'm still looking for ways to give the Kraken Society a more prominent role throughout the campaign; I'd like Slarkrethel to have at least one secret plan that Iymrith is unaware of. One possibility I'm considering is making the recovery or destruction of Ulutiu's necklace, causing the melting...

The AV Club gave a fairly comprehensive introduction to the problems with the first book a few years back: http://www.avclub.com/article/revisiting-the-sad-misogynistic-fantasy-of-xanth-104382

I haven't played Call of Cthulhu since the late 1990s, but still have most of my old 5e books. Could someone who has played 5e and 7e let me know what the major differences are, whether they found 7e an improvement over 5e, and how cross-compatible the editions are? If you can also recommend a...

I might be missing something, but are there any limits on which *class* can craft magic items? I was actually looking to find out if warlocks are included (since 'pact magic' class feature ~= 'spellcasting' class feature) but as far as I can see it doesn't list *any* class restrictions; the only...

I don't play as much Dwarf Fortress as I used to, but from memory the gobllins there farm trolls for their wool - I might have to borrow that...

Just noticed I completely forgot to mention it in the original post, but the most likely swap will be for more of the bandits that they've already faced off against a few times :D I suspect a lot of players automatically assume that human/elf/dwarf/etc groups have a backstory - there's a reason...