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I ran a one-shot awhile back, and introduced one of my friends who played a pre-gen Bard. He really went to town with using the Dancing Lights cantrip; lit up multiple enemies or areas of interest at once, talked about (but didn't get a chance to) use the lights to ruin the night-vision of...

I agree. The Ranger seems like it has great non-combat skills and good combat skills, meaning that it can hold its own in a tussle, but really shines when it comes to the exploration/travel/etc part of a game. I think a lot of the complaints are coming from people who want the Ranger to just...

I played a Human Fighter, Battlemaster, Defense style, who took Heavy Armor Master and Sentinel (and found a +1 Shield giving me the Shield Master Feat, thanks DM!) all the way through HotDQ/RoT. In my experience the combination made for a superb tank. The high AC meant I spent most fights...

I would say that it would survive getting wet, if you wanted the PC's to have it as loot. That being said, I think the idea of a wet spellbook, with the ink running together, could be pretty fun. Maybe the spells are mixed up; and if the PC's learn from this book, they're likely to end up with...

I used poison, and poisoning in my game, but I keep it expensive or hard to get. Survival checks to harvest it from creatures, Nature or Medicine checks to identify poisons or create them from components. No way any PC is walking into the local equipment shop and buying a vial of poison; it'll...

I'd buy a finished adventure path of the AL stuff, despite having access to them already. I can agree with your customers on this. I think that a series of cheap, soft-cover, 1-5 level adventures would be a great seller. With all the feedback out there on Lost Mine of Phandelver being a hit...

Here's something I found on the One Page Dungeon contest pages. http://www.onepagedungeon.info/2015/image-gallery/detail/monkey-blood-design---escape-the-oubliette/ Removing the enemy entirely could give your PC's a fun puzzle to solve together. Edit; Herobizkit, I had never heard of the...

Have an encounter in a temple of Chaos, psionic randomness cause PC's consciousness to switch bodies every now and again. (Mechanics wise, the players around your table switch character sheets, stats and skill sets stay with 'bodies', but some other consciousness is controlling them; RP wise...

The Mariner fighting style from the UA Waterborne might be close to what you're after. Fighting Style: Mariner The following new option can be selected by fighters, paladins, and rangers for the Fighting Style class feature. Whether a buccaneer, an experienced sailor, or a specially trained...

Hive Shield; Once per long rest, as a reaction to an attack, Druid can use Hive shield to release a swarm of insects which attack his enemy. Staff of Spike Growth; As an action, thumping the staff on the ground casts Spike Growth centered on the Druid. Druid is unaffected by spikes.

- Buying a business, paying the employees. It can pay dividends if they do everything correctly. Roll on random disaster/profit tables on the DM's whim. - Buying or building a stronghold, paying the guards/servants. - Buying a ship, paying the crew. - Paying for training (you guys hang out...

I don't think you should go with 'Core', but you should definitely go with 'Simple'. I think some prospective players, who are possibly strangers to each other, would be hesitant to jump right into a complex, open-world roleplaying type of game. Something that's a bit more railroaded or...

You can use the maps, storyline, etc. without any switch over. For bad guys, just look up a similar creature in the MM and switch it out. If the adventure has 1st level 4e PC's fighting goblins, then you could just toss 5e goblins in against your 1st level PC's. Mechanics and stat blocks may...

I'm a kickstarter neophyte, so I have a question or two. Can I purchase one of these packages (say, the 20$ reward package) now that the project has been funded, or did I miss out? What exactly is the slacker backer programme, and what does that entail?

Interesting thread. I don't have much to add other than agree with one that I've never seen a "short" adventure fit seamlessly into the standard session length (I assume 3-4 hours is average game time?). I'm trying to build an adventure myself, and it keeps expanding beyond my control, hah. I...

First off; I'm a newbie DM with only a few sessions under my belt (but a year of being a player). Lately I've been trolling through old publications like Dungeon to get ideas encounters, adventures, etc. There's some crappy ones out there, but a lot of adventures are surprisingly good...

Played a Sword and Board Battlemaster for the entirety of HotDQ and RoT, had a blast. Never felt that I had a second tier character, and numerous times felt that I was the "star" of the session. Most of the people complaining about how "terrible" certain classes perform are just looking for...

Stop hanging out with the type of people who will throw hissy fits over a game.

I don't see Goblins having magic items often. "Vicious Weapons", (as per the PHB), poisons and traps, yes, but not magic items. I do believe that they'd make heavy use of their environment to augment their abilities. For example, keeping animals and insects to harvest poisons, using animals and...

Luckily I've got that ignore button handy... While I agree that the math seems to show that TWF is slightly inferior to other styles, I honestly don't think that it lags behind enough to need to be revamped. Pretty sure that the players who pick it for the flavor wouldn't even notice the...