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I did check the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide and it doesn't mention many numbers although it does say that Baldur's Gate is "home to tens of thousands". From that to well over a hundred thousand is quite a big change.

This recent book (a WOTC official licensed product) lists the number of people living in these locations: Baldur's Gate: 125,000 Candlekeep: 500 Gauntlgrym: 10,000 - 15,000 Icewind Dale: 4,200 Luskan: 5,000 Menzoberranzan: 20,000+ Mithral Hall: 5,000 Neverwinter: 23,000 Phandalin: 500...

Many wood elves are rangers and can speak with animals. When the players killed one of the animals the others scattered into the woods. I had told the players that there was a flock of birds and deer grazing. I can imagine word of what had happened would get back to the elves from the animals...

I was not trying to manipulate anyone. I was worried that the players playing the druid and the life cleric would be upset by the actions of the player playing the wizard. I assumed (wrongly) that someone who plays a druid would be an animal lover and would not morally approve of unnecessary...

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It was the first session of a continuing game. Although that particular player did not attend any of the subsequent sessions.

He said his character was a noble and a wizard. Didn't mention anything specific about his personality apart from he was an adventurer seeking fame and fortune.

No I didn't know him well. And truly, I know lots of people enjoy the combat side of D&D and I had prepared some encounters accordingly. It was made very clear in the introduction that these brigands were ruthless and were not going to go down easily, it was going to be a serious battle. And the...

Well I honestly do want to engage my players in entertaining adventures. And I do want my players to be able to make their own choices and do things their own way within the adventure. But I just feel that your character should be doing this in a way that makes sense. I mean these are often life...

The wizard seemed to be in his twenties, not sure of his exact age. The players didn't seem to mind that evil alignments were banned (if they did they didn't mention it to me). I didn't react in a bad or upset way. I simply wanted to know why the characters wanted to do what they were doing. I...

I don't know what was going on in their heads. When I am a player and one of my fellow party members wants to do something like that, I just say "Hold on, what are we trying to achieve here? What are the ramifications of our characters doing that? Why would our characters want to do that?" Not...

I had specifically told them that their characters could not have evil alignments.

Well to be honest I just didn't understand what is fun about killing a non-threatening animal for no reason? And why the characters would want to that? I mean if the players were bored then there were things they could do to make something happen that would still be logical in-game. For...

Here is an IRL example from a session that I DMed a while back. The party was hired by townspeople to slay some brigands that had been causing trouble and were hiding out in a nearby forest. The party consisted of a wizard, a rogue, a life domain cleric and a circle-of-the-moon druid. These...

When I DM, I don't want the players to "tell my story". They have agency over their characters. But the player characters should be making choices that make sense in the game world that the characters are inhabiting. And choices that are consistent with who they have said their characters are.

I think the 'tyranny of fun' phrase means the DM is having to sacrifice his/her own enjoyment or plans for the game in order to satisfy the players. So the players might be having fun but the DM isn't. It can definitely happen if you have a DM that wants to keep things logical and consistent...

As an example, here's the original art for Forest Of Doom: And here's the art that has been used for some of the reissues over the years, nowhere near as good:

I hope they use ALL the original art for both the covers and the interior illustrations. In the past, many of the reissues of these FF and Sorcery books have used 'modernized' art which really detracts from the experience.

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If/When I start DMing 5e2024 I will allow players with Herbalism Kit proficiency to cure or alleviate the symptoms of some diseases. They might know or be able to guess how to make concoctions that are natural remedies. Might also allow players with a poisoners kit proficiency to do so too as...