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Most underrated module? I have three: I8 Ravager of Time. Another from the UK team, this one slips under most gamers' radar for some reason. It's got an excellent plot, a unique locale and plenty of intrigue and variety. It's been criticized for being railroad heavy in spots, but it's designed...

The Slave Lords series was the only classic campaign from 1st edition that I never got a chance to run. Thankfully, 5e makes converting a cinch and I'm currently taking my group through it. It's been a blast so far. Return to the Tomb of Horrors is another I'd really like to run one day. Ditto...

Check out The Blight - Richard Pett's Crooked City from Frog God Games. It's a huge urban setting /adventure (approximately 900 pages) that will be released for 5e this summer. There was a successful Kickstarter for it earlier this year to bring it to 5th edition, Pathfinder, and Swords &...

We will definitely make a character sheet for it, plus the doppleganger already has a head start on the dead PC's personality. When it was "rescued" by the party, the druid (the deceased PC) immediately became it's sworn protector. So the doppleganger (in it's slave disguise) glommed on to her...

Those are some great ideas, Morinth, especially of it enjoying its sense of belonging. So suitable for a doppleganger, a creature that has no true identity. I will definitely sit down and talk with my player about it before our next game, this could add a great layer of intrigue.

Yes its a scenario that should get milked for all its worth. I can't even imagine what the party would do if they happened to go down that tunnel and discover their dead companion D: All I need to do is persuade my player to have some fun with it.

Yeah, while I don't revel in character death, I do love seeing a crafty monster like a doppleganger get used to it's fullest potential. It doesn't happen very often, so I'm hoping the player will be more receptive to the role. Heck, if she really gets into it, she could develop it into a very...

It was bittersweet for the player. Her character's death was very ironic, for her backstory was that she was once a slave and now a crusader for liberating slaves and stamping out slavery (hence her involvement in the Slavelords), only to perish at the hands of one she thought she was saving...

Of the top of my head, I'd say about half a dozen PCs have met their end in my 5e games. Most memorable one was also from our most recent game. I'm running the original Slavelords series on-the-fly (straight up one-for-one conversion). The party is in Slave Pits of the Undercity, which has some...

This won't help with encounter math, but I recommend this guy's advice: http://theangrygm.com/return-of-the-son-of-the-dd-boss-fight-now-in-5e/ I've tried this several times in my games and it works quite well. It doesn't necessarily apply to just boss/solo encounters either, it can be used...

Actually, Chris Perkins did a conversion of Tomb of Horrors in Dungeon Magazine #213 during the playtest and it works fairly well. Its still really lethal and very faithful to the original material, but the some of insta-die areas have been softened up a little. Those who dislike the original...

My vote goes to Vecna. Since an icon is an exemplary representative of something (in this case, lichdom), I'm not sure the arguments of his godlike status or whether he has personally shown up in a module qualify. He was first and foremost an arch lich, which is how he gained infamy and is...

WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure is in a castle, as well as it's 3.5 update Maure Castle from Dungeon Magazine #112. There is also the awful WG7 Castle Greyhawk, or you can also check out WGR1 Greyhawk Ruins.

Yes, that is a great spell that I've seen used to even greater effect. For an adventure of this type, I would highly encourage a party to use it. Problem solved? I guess it depends on your point of view. Its an hour long concentration spell that requires a druid or ranger in the party, so its...

I completely agree with OB1. After reading his post, the first thing I thought of was the 2E module WGR6 City of Skulls, where the party must infiltrate an evil city (Dorakaa in Greyhawk, but its easy enough to plant in any campaign) and rescue an important good guy imprisoned in a dungeon...

There is no set order in which the elemental cults ares encountered, it totally depends on the decisions of the players where they will end up. But there is a recommended order, should the DM wish to steer the party in a certain direction: air, water, earth, and fire.

Cities are so wide open and big environments, but can be a lot of fun. If you've laid down the basic groundwork, let the PCs do some of the work bringing it to life. If they are already familiar with the city, you could have each player come up with a favourite (or least favourite, or both)...

For ability scores, go with the a standard 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, and 8. It saves players a lot of grief when rolling lousy scores and saves DMs even more grief when players roll "miraculous" scores. Set scores also keeps everyone on a fairly even playing field.

I'd say mine are about a 7, but used to be more like a 9. I haven't tried to discourage it so much as just encourage non-combat solutions and reward accordingly. Giving small boons like additional info, alliance opportunities, inspiration or hero points, and the "Other Rewards" on p. 227 of...

Three days ago the chances of this Kickstarter reaching the 5e hardcover seemed very touch-and-go. It has now smashed passed that goal and sits at over $112 k with eleven hours to go, with the $120 k stretch goal of autographed hardcovers within sight - which would just be gravy to an otherwise...