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I'm with Iserith, In my game no attendance= no XP. My game has a spread of about 5 levels between the most frequently attending players' characters & replacement characters for those who died. Those who attend less frequently (due to real life issues like...work) are now 2-3 levels behind the...

From my PoV most need some work- some good adventure sites can be picked out of them but have not run any of them in entirety and not really endeared to any of the main storylines (aka railroad) with many them. Like Dungeon mag I plunder for ideas and don't run them as is. "Princes" has been...

My guys were levels 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 6 and an NPC (Lukanu?)released from the mirror in level 4 who replaced a fallen 8th level PC when we finished the tomb- which I shortened it as wandering dungeons to find keys to unlock the next level is fine for video games but bores me as a DM. As for the...

We had 2 game nights of intense battle there. My solution with most 5E maps, go back to the AD&D standard of 1 square= 10 ft. However, in the end we lost 1 pc in that temple- a barbarian jumped down into the pit while the rest of the party tried to offer fire support form above- not a good...

In the game I am taking part in we refer to him as Straddy McStrad-face- the DM is not amused, but slowly coming round to this his real, and long forgotten title. Stormdale

I had Withers send tomb guardians and wights against the party interrupting their rests (he can use the pool of scrying to keep tabs on their progress)- and eventually they had a showdown with Withers himelf as a "wandering" encounter. The Sewn sisters is another choice, you could also have...

I have ended up ditching most of the tomb of the nine gods, my guys did level 1, part of level 2 (room 22 was real challenge for them Pukunui- they couldn’t figure out how to damage the bronze warrior) before leading them straight down to level 4 which then led into level 6. I ditched the...

I’ve been DMing since 1982 and find many 5e monsters as written are boring as hell to run. I like to run more old school games and find many 5e monsters to have a couple of tricks but no substance. I see the monster manual as the baseline and as such monsters should be/need to be...

Do we have a ranger/barbarian etc who can hunt for/provide food and or find a suitible campsite? Check Do we have druid/ranger/bard(?) who can cast goodberry? Check (food issues gone right there) Do we have someone who can cast purify food & drink? Check Do we have a Leomund's Tiny hut to sleep...

My current game is a mix of homebrew and canabilising parts of 5E adventures & some older adventures. We have run: • T1- Village of Hommlet • PoTA- Feathergale keep • RttToEE- the 3e version of the moathouse • Siege of Durgham’s Folly (Necro games) • PoTA- Rivergard keep • PoTA- Temple of the...

My guys have a wand of magic missiles and liked max firing it as a shot gun which saved their bacon a few times. They also have a ring of shooting stars- for items like those I only allow 1 charge per day to recharge so they do use them sparingly. I also like limiting more powerful wands (eg...

I limit wands to either 20 charges max (just like I did in 1e/2e) and require them to be recharged- gets rid of some of that annoying coin pcs carry, or I limit recharge to regains one charge per day for items like this, which helps limit their use, at least in our games Stormdale

Really? My group ranges from 5th-10th level doing ToA. Nobody is less useful or having less fun because they on't all have exactly the same xp. The 10th level PC has missed 1 session out of about 60, the other players have missed sessions, had their PC killed, or in one case retired them to...

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My guys have come close to losing several pcs but usually they've just scrapped through & we've only lost one pc so far- in area 20 of the second level of the main tomb/dungeon but have been very close to losing others. The gladiator pit was especially nasty and they struggled vs the gladiators...

Same. Have just started playing for a change, we seldom have a cleric in the party so decided to play one. My pc is forever saying "May Moradin bless you" or "May Moradin guide your endevours" as he casts guidance. I do like the idea of having a special guidance die to hand out to pcs at the...

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I started my group at higher levels, two pcs have been affected by death curse and its not been an issue, being higher level they didn't muck round on side quests just to get xp, they had a pretty good reason to find Omu ASAP and have done so. Flagged the yuan ti area, didn't really add much...

Or did you not once you realised you were in way over your head retreat! Not all encounters are designed to be "balanced" vs party level/abilities and not everything needs to be tackled head on so I'm not judging your DM's rulings but am questioning the players decision making. As for using...

Sounds like you've plenty of damage dealing options there. A spike growth in the exit tunnel so they have to pass though it and then another as they exit into the upper shrine? Any web spells to fill up the tunnel to the upper level? Our wizard cast 8x 1/4 CR creatures to help out as well. Also...