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2 out of 5 rating for Hoard of the Dragon Queen I was rather disappointed with this book. Other than the various dungeons there is not a lot for a DM to work with. NPCs are given hardly any description or characterisation (the best descriptions appear in the wagon train chapter, for NPCs who...

What one person sees as 'watered down' others may see as 'streamlined'. In fact I'm tempted to say that 3.5 has been watered down with far too many bad-choice options, single-case rules and so on and so forth. If I look at it this way, then 5E is the more 'pure'. Of course any 5E player can...

I would suggest using the Orog statblock for the chief and Orc Eye of Gruumsh for the shaman - just replace the 'Agressive' trait with the Grimlock traits (Blindsense, Keen Hearing and Smell, Stone Camouflage). edit: oh and replace the skills, immunities, senses and language with those of the...

RAW is Rules As Written. You will see it a lot when discussing 5E, probably because there are more interpretations possible for the DM than in other recent editions. You are correct in general about retreating and advancing, although as Li Shenron noted Opportunity Attacks are also important if...

Good question. This might be a case of looking past the rules to underlying fiction eg why would a vampire want to drink the blood of, essentially, a walking corpse. For the vampire it would be like biting a zombie, very unpleasant. Here's a fun idea though - what if the revenant returned in a...

I'm not going to get too involved in the discussion but I have an anecdote that I think might be relevant. As a teenager I was in the army cadets here in the UK, and eventually got promoted to cadet sergeant. Several times a year we would go away to camp on an army base and take part in various...

Unlikely. On the other hand, around when 5E launched there was talk of optional rule "modules" that would alter or expand the game in a very specific direction for each, with game tables able to mix and match depending on the flavour of campaign they wanted. That's not really happened so far...

I think any class should represent very clear type of character found in fantasy fiction and/or mythology. I'm having a real hard time trying to think of such a character that can't already be created with existing class, archetype, race and background combos. Spirit shaman is about the only...

Nice idea, and it has a good pedigree in D&D history. There are plenty of clues that the very first D&D settings were post-apocalyptic, heavily based as they were on the Dying Earth stories by Vance. There are a bit weirder than your setting, but still worth reading, and some of them are now...

Both this and the torches thread are informed by p185 of the PHB, "interacting with objects". That's all you need.

Top of page 121 of the DMG is the spot that refers to using Intelligence (arcana) to detect and disarm magical traps, but I agree with the above about discussing this with your DM, whatever you end up doing. Another option: if you can't fight your way in and you can't sneak your way in, then...

An interesting discussion and I think the OP definitely has a point. Implicit sexuality - or the fear of it - is absolutely a part of the gothic horror. Looking at all the major works from Wuthering Heights to Jekyll & Hyde, they all have undertones of dysfunctional lust and passion. At the same...

Hello, new member here joining to discuss CoS. I've been enjoying this and other threads a great deal, and they helped me clarify the tweaks I'm going to make for running the campaign. Probably not as much as some people here: 1. I expect to use a hook based on ‘Plea for Help’ just so the party...