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This current group I am running through OOtA is level 4 - 5 and currently in the middle of the Darklake several days out of escaping an encounter with Demogorgon who ravaged Sloobludop. All of the NPCs they started with at Velkynvelve are either confirmed dead or missing and presumed dead...

I'm serious enough as a DM that I spend 8 - 12 hours simply preparing for a 4 - 6 hour game session. I want the PCs to have as good a time in the session as I possibly can make it so try to do all I can in that regard. It's mostly still not perfect but I typically come away from any given...

I feel that, for Drow, sunlight sensitivity is more a product of the environment they live and thrive than simply a racial feature (or curse) because they are a drow. In my opinion it would be perfectly acceptable for Drow, who were actually born and raised, or perhaps even lived on the surface...

With a druid and a bard in the party, I don't feel the lack of magic users is as glaring as perhaps was first thought. Also a party consisting of fighter, barbarian, monk, druid and bard seems fairly versatile to me. You may want to discuss options with your DM as he/she may make suggestions...

This happened just yesterday: When the DM says, "The already unconscious paladin has his throat cut by the Darkling giving him 2 Death fails and now holds the blade to his throat threatening a final death slash if the party does not cease attacking." The experienced players in the group...

Yes, there are a lot of DM's Guild supplements set around the town of Phandalin in the Lost Mine of Phandelver Adventure.

I play a variant human Battlemaster with Great Weapon Fighting, the Polearm feat at Level 1, riposte as one of my maneuvers, and Sentinel as the next feat at ASI level up. I find this combination can be quite lethal in melee combat through at least level 5 as that as high as I have progressed...

We currently have a human hexblade warlock in our campaign. He was going to be executed in Hillsfar for smuggling and was brought to the Arena where he was sentenced to fight the current champion. Facing almost certain death in the arena and having only 3 days to prepare, a "shadowy cloaked"...

This stigma does not exist for me personally though I can understand how it may for some depending on their own personal experiences with GMs. Don't get me wrong. I am positive "jerk GMs" exist though I have never experienced one personally. It's just that I can't help wondering how such GMs...

As some have said already in this thread, check out the Free Basic Rules available from the Wizards of the Coast D&D Website before deciding to purchase a hole bunch of rule books and accessories for a game you may not end up loving. I am also still a proponent of the Starter Set...

These are the video series I have consulted the most. Of the two I would have to say Web DM helped me the most. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7XFmdssWgaPzGyGbKk8GaQ https://geekandsundry.com/tag/matt-mercer-gm-tips/

I also admit to forgetting about it most of the time both as a PC and a DM. I have even started just telling players they have one inspiration die at the start of a night's session but in the last session I think one player remembered they had it and used it.

A Gloomstalker in the Underdark works quite well in play assuming Underdark is also the favored terrain. Like most sub-classes, they will have specific settings where they will work well. Some of the fun is projecting what will work best in your specific campaign.

As a DM, I had a group simply want to start another campaign when they reached level 8. There was always the option to go back later but we haven't yet. The same group had too many life circumstances which prevented the 2nd campaign from continuing past level 5. As a player, I had all...

I love this character sheet and use it exclusively. Thank, you.

5E also brought me back to TTRPG but it was really a perfect set of circumstances that made it happen. I'm not even sure how it happened to be quite honest. I was not even aware that a new, popular system (5E) had been released recently at the time I pulled the trigger on the Starter Set. I...

All I can think of is Shrek and Fiona style Ogre love but don't think I have what it takes to run something like that.

This was me 2-1/2 years ago. I started with the Free Basic Rules many others in this thread have suggested. My first purchase was the D&D Starter Set for under $20 and a cheap 5-set of dice for under $10. I signed up on Roll20 and tried for about 30 days to get into a game and found one that...

I compile my character sheets electronically and print them in PDF format and will actually re-print after each session because I like to transpose all of my notes to the electronic version. So I start with a clean and up-to-date printed character sheet for each game session.

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