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I think this really only affects the paladin and cleric - if what they are doing or helping with goes against the their oaths or the tenets of their gods, then hit them with the dreams, omens and messengers that you already suggested. If they really offend their gods over a long period then they...

Green slime. A trick/trap that involves solving a riddle. Getting locked up in a dungeon/gaol cell and having to escape. edit: I see you already included most of those. Well done! And beautifully drawn too.

Six Tables of Obstacles, Hazards and Memorable Events for Wilderness Travel. This set of tables was written to be used with Part 3 of the Lost Mines of Phandelver adventure included in the 5th Edition Starter Set, but it can be added to any campaign taking place in a temperate mountainous...

It's funny, I have a hard time getting my head around just how to run the more "railroady" modules (like HotDQ) and making them work - they're ones that seem like a mess to me whereas sandboxes seem obvious. I guess it's all different strokes for different folks. Excellent advice from...

I'd say Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Random. But if you do want to stack the deck a little, remove the cards that correspond to locations in Castle Ravenloft for the treasures, along with Eva's camp card if that bothers you (although Ezmerelda can also give the reading if the party meets...

The shambling mound would still be immune because it knows no languages, so your Awakened Mind telepathy would not work on it ("...the creature must be able to understand at least one language") If you were to use this combination on a creature that knew at least one language, then yes I would...

He probably has spare clothes and axes stashed around the forest. or amulet of illusion (he's not wearing clothes you just think he is!)

There is lots of advice around - including in the DMG - about not rolling where success is assumed. In the case of Perform I would give a PC with proficiency an automatic success if they were just trying to play for an average crowd without botching it. I would call for a roll if they were eg...

There are opportunities to do this in CoS - say during some kind of festival... You could even manage it surreptitiously. I would consider that smart play; you are using Divine Sense for exactly the reason it was made. This adds to the adventure rather than detract from or disrupt it.

I love that kind of thing too, and built my 4E campaign world along those lines - a whole world of archipelagos inspired mostly by the Voyages of Sinbad and the Earthsea novels - plus Celtic mythology and classical civilisations (and of course plenty of pirates -...

In previous versions Strahd managed to keep his vampirism fairly secret (somehow!) In Curse of Strahd most Barovians know that he is a vampire, he is just too powerful for them to do anything about it. So Divine Sense won't tell the Paladin anything about Strahd that everyone doesn't already know.

As I just posted in the 'NPCs with class levels' thread, I prefer to think of the PC classes as being pretty unique - they describe the PCs and not necessarily anyone else. Yes there are plenty of barbarians, but none of them have quite the same abilities as the barbarian the PC is playing...

I would only give class levels to a very unique NPC or monster, probable a major villain or something special. I prefer to view the PC classes as being unique. Sure there are soldiers and warriors in the world, but none of them have quite the same set of techniques as the PC's fighter. Yes...

Just for fun: One giant has his strength reduced to your level. In retribution for this deadly insult his clan begin tracking you down. You can now carry more than 330 pounds. If you try to carry anything less than this you are encumbered.

Maybe downgrade it to Low Light Vision (something I am thinking of doing). Or you could swap it for Improved Hearing and Smell - that way those 'perceptive' races still get a slight early warning, but you can play up the tension as you describe something that sounds weird or horrifying, or...

I'd would be careful of referencing a monster ("I wish for the strength of a giant" - *poof* now you are a giant). Maybe "I wish to be twice as strong as I am now". The rules say that wish can reliably duplicate any spell (of 8th level or lower). So maybe just push that a little further and...

Almost certainly Chaotic Good. Like you say - punish evil, protect innocent = good. Break the law, not worried about the means to an end = chaotic (although if he upholds the law when it suits him, perhaps that axis is neutral). At most he's erring towards neutral, and if he stops protecting the...

In 5E the fiction and mechanics are not as separate as they once were. So while the revenant subrace may not have the undead trait (meaning it still has to eat and breathe) it is, thematically, a walking corpse, and so the DMs decision will lean heavily on that. Narrative first, mechanics second...

There was also the "Mystic Theurge" in 3rd edition.

I say do what you're doing - read blurbs, check reviews and talk to your group to see what type of thing they would like too. You're going to get a lot of very personal recommendations from here - so here's mine: I would not recommend Rise of Tiamat, as the first book (Horde of the Dragon Quen)...