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Help me out. How does scrolls work in 5e? It is clear that I go it wrong.

Forgive me, I do not have the books in front of me. I read somewhere about anyone being able to read a scroll and there was nothing about the spell needed to be in your spell list. This is becoming confusing to me. In one place I read that anyone who can read can do it, but this on page 200...

Ok I am officially confused. What is a spell-scroll? I missed that completely. Scrolls are scrolls and spell scrolls are different? Help me out here?

I suppose this is my on-going saga of discovery in 5thedition D&D. My group just started acampaign using the system. We are comingover from Castles and Crusades. I haveplayed AD&D, 3.x, Pathfinder and C&C. C&C is a great system that feels old-school but lacks a little love by its creators...

Ok, so I get it; 5e will be less dependent on magic items to make the character a hero. However, in the last game I ran, I did have an apothecary capable of potions and other helpful items. What was available were a few simple herbal mixtures and a cure light wounds potion. What is a...

Ok, I am super old-school. Back when I started, we did home-brew. There was nothing else. I borrowed heavily from JRR himself. Eventually Greyhawk was published as a setting. I purchased that and played in it for many a happy year. What I missed, were the little gems that Judges Guild put...

I do not see anything specific about friendlies being threatened if you fire into combat and miss the intended target. How is that handled?

Ok, I like that it is either mentioned in the conditions, in the spells or the DM determines it. I like 5e more every day. Looking for chance to play it in about a week.

Ok, help me out. What constitutes being advantaged or disadvantaged? Help me understand the rule. Examples, etc.....

My first thought, as I start this campaign, is that I want to place this ruined tower on a rocky coast line, with a sizable settlement nearby. The town/city can be the home base of the PC’s for their first several adventures. I can detail that area and then as they move out, I can detail more...

Back in 1977 I ran a game with the blue Holmes basic D&D. My buddy was deeply into Lord of the Rings but did not play D&D. He helped me develop an incredible world based on our collaboration. My map was hand drawn in manilla graph paper. He and I spent hours drawing pictures of monsters and...

I have done homebrew, but it was in a distant past life. The player have always enjoyed my work over published material. I guess the homebrew lends itself to my spur of the moment add-ins. I tend to try to stay cannon like the poster above, when I use a published setting. When I do my own...

I will venture to guess the favorite setting here in use is Forgotten Realms. I have used Wilderlands, but that is getting old after a vey long run. Starting a new campaign with 5e when-ever my books arrive; I am thinking of doing a home brew. What do you do? Why do you use a published...

I like hearing this. I have a vast library of material ranging from 1e AD&D to 3.5 Pathfinder. I have Judges Guild stuff and Paizo stuff. It runs the gamut. The idea of being able to sit down and convert it with minimal numbers crunching and big worry over balance is a load off of my small mind.

Wow, this has been very, very helpful! Thank you so much! I am very experienced as a DM so I am moving full steam ahead. Ordered the books from Amazon. I am stoked!

Thank you for the welcome. I would love to see some 3PP but not the extent of the glut we had with 3.x So is Tyrrany of Dragons worth the price? Are there any freeby 5e adventures out there?

I have been playing C&C. I have some issues with the system and after reading up on D&D 5e, I may be ready to return to D&D. When will WotC release a license for 3rd part publishers? I see that the adventures look great but they are pricy! How well do AD&D, 1e, and 3.3 D&D materials convert...