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The leveling rate for the epic tier is insane! I was actually about to post about this today as well. We normally run three hour sessions, but every year on my birthday we do an all day game. The party I run for JUST hit Level 15. (They were just about a thousand XP over the level 15...

Nothing about bringing in epic threats precludes having a purpose, or story. What I'd recommend for plot inspiration is, think less "high fantasy" and more "Superhero story". A high level party isn't a team of dungeon delving adventurers, they're essentially the Justice League or the Avengers...

So, I'm gonna go against some of the conventional wisdom here, but I LOVE high level gaming (both running and playing), and want to add my perspective. "Save someone from a dungeon" should be absolutely trivial for high level characters. Let it be! They gate the guy out. Tell them about all...

Tome of Beasts is my favorite 5e book by far, super jazzed for this.

My biggest advice is, no plan ever survives contact with the players! You don't really want to spend a ton of time planning the entirety of the campaign. Between now and February, you could easily write an epic tale that spreads out over dozens of sessions...but then you end up throwing it all...

To me, "Broadway" evokes the idea of a big glitzy Fey Adventure, and "Catacomb" could be Yawning Portal 2.

5 level 20s, actually! One thing I'm likely going to do is boost his AC, HP, Save DC and damage output to match a CR 30 creature- it's the last fight of a three year campaign, and he's an iconic creature so I want to make sure it really gives them a run for it. They've already had a few...

I'm not running Out of the Abyss, but I am going to be using Demogorgon as the final battle in the campaign I'm currently running, so this is a helpful read. The characters will likely be level 20, so I know I'm going to have to retool him quite a bit- what were some things you wish were...

I'm running the 13th Age Adventure "Eyes of the Stone Thief" in 5e, which will likely be finished in the next few months. Next I plan on running "Storm Kings Thunder" in the Midgard Northlands setting.

I use this companion system available on DMs guild for NPC interactions. It essentially abstracts NPCs, and has them work as a special ability players are able to use. They also get benefits for well done interactions, so it sort of gives the game a Bioware RPG vibe. Both me and my players are...

I keep my monster conversions fairly simple. Step one: Decide what CR the monster should be. Step two: Use the table in the DMs guide to correlate AC, Damage output, etc to what I want the CR to be. Step three: Add the special ability, which is really the fun part of the monster anyway...

How well did Demogorgon do for himself? He's going to be the final boss in the campaign I'm currently running, I've been wondering how well he holds up.

Fourth Edition Plane Above, Plane Below, and Underdark. (My favorite sourcebooks ever written, they're all so compelling and just jam packed with adventure hooks.)

Can you elaborate more about how you handle solo creatures in 5e?

Under CRed is the intellect devourer, which I think has a better chance of killing a high level player than a mind flayer does. Especially considering how many characters use intelligence as a dump stat. Over CRed, I've found Dragons don't quite have enough tricks up their sleeves for...

Oh, and almost forgot, I run skill challenges as well.

I use the 4th edition lore- especially "Manual of the Planes", "Planes Above", and "The Underdark", three of my favorite sourcebooks ever written. I also use the 4th edition adventuring tier expectations- local heroes, national heroes, world heroes, to planar heroes. Monsters are upgraded with...

I was thinking the same thing too! Limiting long rests in the jungle will stop them from just NOVA-ing their way through a 1-2 encounter travel day. One thing I'm playing with is, the idea that they can only take long rests in base camps. So they either have to become friendly with a group...

Yeah, true, it just felt a little too much like lip service to fly with my jaded players, haha.

So, I've got a change I'm making up front, putting it here in case it's helpful to someone else. Teleporting to Chult seems less fun for me than sailing in, and I also know my players are gonna joke around about level 1s being sent to the island instead of a more skilled/experienced party, so...