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This topic came up with my warlock player and the use of the Darkness spell. The player like to use the Darkness spell and Devils Sight feature to fight, which at lower levels made for very easy combats they said were not really challenging. He was looking for more challenging encounters. I...

I've had a long discussion with my warlock player about this early on in my home game. The net result was to allow higher level darkness to dispell light from spells of equal level or lower to the darkness spell. In cases where light is not natural and not from a spell (i.e. light from a flame...

Interesting points to consider. After watching a lot of Mike Mearls Happy Fun hour on YouTube, I can say with almost 95% certainty that he did not think that in depth about the Shield spell. He probably considered how he runs his games. Jeremy Crawford probably thought about the various...

The context of this question gets to the first sentence of the spell Blindness / Deafness, "You can blind or deafen a foe." As a DM I would tend to as my player to think about how their target for this spell is a foe and then give them a chance to describe to me why one of their allies might be...

I discussed these ideas with my player who is also in the medical field. She was very adamant that being deaf temporarily would not significantly affect spell casting. She also like to play sorcerers. Would you restrict the player from selecting an ally as a target for Blindness / Deafness?

As mentioned above, Storm Kings Thunder, takes place in the Savage North. Princes of the Apocalypse might be located in the Savage North since it's in the Dessarin Valley. Of the two I would recommend Storm Kings Thunder. I'm a fan of the work by Kobold Press which has some flexible location...

While I agree that the first sentence of a spell might set a mood or flavor for the spell, I'm also aware that Crawford would revise the word or group of words if they were not intended to be used as commonly interpreted. In this case, I don't fee the text can be ignored; however, I see that if...

I'm raising this one from the grave because the same question about use came up in a conversation recently. The goal of the player was to find a sorcerer spell that helps in controlling wizards. They asked about silence, which is not a sorcerer spell, but I recommended Blindness / Deafness...

This is an interesting thread. You have an error in the number of spells that can be prepared by a wizard for non-concentration defense. You did catch Mage Armor, but another defensive spell is Mirror Image. One somewhat defensive spell is Blink. In addition, I like Freedom of Movement as an...

They'll know when you tell them that all ranged attacks against the prone tarrasque are at disadvantage. :)

I didn't see an error in the use of the hiding rules when each goblin uses it's bonus action to hide and compare that value to the passive perception of the characters. As others said, regarding line of sight, I interpret that when a model moves around an object and line of sight exists then...

Have you considered looking at the magic item modification tables in the DMG. I don't recall the page, but it is located on 2 pages right before the list of magic items. Consider who or what made the window originally. Consider what it was used for prior to the PCs getting their hands on it...

I've only run Red Hand of Doom, Princes of the Apocalypse, and Cat & Mouse, and Tomb of Tiberesh. Red Hand of Doom is a bit of a sandbox and made with 3.5 rules, so it's hard to judge from it. Princes of the Apocalypse has a lot of dungeon crawl. This allows characters to choose when to take...

I understand the OP to be seeking a game where the players can use cool abilities a majority of the time. The question might be asked, "Why does a wizard need to use Firebolt repetitively, in an action game based in fantasy?" I would say this is a good question, and my initial thought is that...

Thunderspire Labyrinth has a good option as mentioned above. In particular, the Duergar hold could be a city that was lost to some dwarves, but now is occupied by Duergar that are on the take to do the bidding of a greater evil. In addition, Princes of the Apocalypse maps are said to be old...

I cannot say that my sorcerer has identified any particular feat she likes. My warlock player did take lucky, but he uses that to pass saves. I've also added a house rule to allow Lucky to influence the d20 roll on spells such as Blink, Mirror Image, or Slow.

This is interesting data. Would you be able to add a sentence that describes how you counted for resistance or immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, & slashing from non-magical weapons? Another way to split the data up is by monster type. For instance, I'm aware elementals are immune to poison...

All of the images on the printed maps below have been purchased from Mike Shley's website for the Princes of the Apocalypse adventure. They were printed by either Spoonflower.com or by Designyourfabric.com at 300 dpi. The Fane of the Eye The Black Geode The aboleth fight