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This sounds a lot like a Mastermind NPC I have infiltrating my party traversing the Underdark. He is an Air Genasi whose mother happens to be from an obscenely rich noble family so he has near unlimited resources as she coddled her only close blood relative as he grew up. Knowing his origins to...

What kind of game do your players want? Do they really want "easy mode"? My players don't but that doesn't mean that I won't let them take feats or use anything in rules as written. As a DM I will find a way to make the game challenging for them knowing the make-up of the PCs along with their...

Yes part of my limited knowledge is from MToF and some from the Forgotten Realms Wiki you linked above. However I did not get the impression that all drow feel her presence though I agree most would not acknowledge it if they did. Still that could certainly be within the realm of possibility...

From reading what is available on her, I am under the impression that the average Drow is likely to not even know of the existence of Eilistraee. Drow Priestesses have written records of her existence but they are kept hidden and secret. For who knows what effect on Drow society as they know...

Everyone's likes and dislikes are based on their own unique past experiences. Unique as in everyone is different even if only to varying degrees. This doesn't necessarily make it right or wrong. It is simply different and that's OK.

So I am running OotA and we are through three (4-1/2 hour) sessions, currently 1 session into Chapter 2. The players all seem to be excited with the campaign so far and appear to be pleasantly surprised with developments as they unfold. All claimed beforehand they never played and were not...

I am currently playing with a group that meets weekly. Every-other-week we alternate campaigns. One week I run OotA as the DM. The next week I am a player in another DM's homebrew campaign. The group seems to be pleased with this routine.

At the risk of being overly contrarian for contrarian's sake, I would amend this statement to "nothing in the history of the universe has ever lasted forever". Also, the inevitable end of 5E doesn't necessarily mean there will be a "6E" or any other new edition. It may mean the end of D&D (gasp!).

Kill em all! Let the gods sort this out. :] Also, I find this poll to be racist. :p

It is easy to come up with ways to beat a Nightwalker in the right setting and circumstances and, with the right party abilities. In what ways could you place a Nightwalker encounter into your campaign that makes it exceedingly more difficult is what I believe is the pertinent question to ask...

Current results seem kind of all over the place as I was expecting. :)

I think it's fine but you may want to put limits on it such as the amount a small humanoid might be able to carry along with other starting equipment. However, you could also make it a proficiency allowing the gathering of such items as long as it is in a type of natural terrain familiar to the...

I have had playing background music during sessions to have reactions from players that reach both ends of the spectrum. Some have absolutely loved it while others have said it's too much of a distraction. I think a DM should probably poll the players beforehand to see what they feel. If just...

Yep, environment and circumstance matter in combat. Depending on your party, I wonder what impact this has going forward in the campaign? Will the party now expect more encounters above their weight class from the DM? If so, will they expect to dominate them like this particular encounter and...

Meh, I like the way you pick and choose items out of context and assume what I am saying is strictly an either/or situation and/or simply argue the opposite of what I was apparently attempting poorly to say. Nowhere was I am implying the party should be penalized for "good choices". My...

Sometimes a TPK really is a result of the parties choices. The DM can drop hints if he/she so wishes but it is up to the party to take them. As you say, they are new players and sometimes new players don't understand (or don't care) the consequences of their choices. A DM can only drop so...

For me, like you, my group is deep in OotA. I am thinking they will have a fear of the dark when it's all over so I probably won't be looking at Mad Mage for awhile. Dragon Heist is a real possibility but we are a long way away as we are only into Chapter 2 of OotA and the party is already...

I think it depends on the campaign. I am running Out of the Abyss right now and, for at least certain stretches of the campaign, such resources are supposed to be scarce.

I began playing in junior high school (7th grade) back in the AD&D days. It was often hard to find others to get a campaign going back then but I recall playing during lunch and homeroom. I also remember having a couple of sleepovers centered around playing. There was only one other in my...

I created a Mastermind inspired by Desslok of Gamilon of the old anime series Star Blazers (US)/SpaceBattleship Yamato (Japan). He is an Air Genasi since they are blue and so were the Gamilons. He wants to find a "new home" for all of the Genasi race since they have nowhere to call their own...