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A quick update. . . we had our next session this past weekend and it went much better, thanks to you all. I certainly didn't take any quantum leaps as a DM (that's going to take time) but I felt good about the progress that was made. I embraced the game style that they prefer (math...

There is an absolutely astounding amount of phenomenal advice in this thread, thank you all. It's truly appreciated. My week has been insane with work but I will be posting a proper response asap. In the meantime, many thanks again!

Man, this is a hell of a supportive and insightful community. Tremendous thanks for all of the responses thus far! I'll be responding to them further but am simply digesting the excellent input right now. Again, many thanks.

My group and I are meeting about every two weeks now for three hours, which is great for us as we all have hectic schedules. Tonight they fought the BBEG and her minions to end the first chapter of an old AP we're running (RotRL converted to 5e). Man, I was horrendous. I did my best to come...

Dude, Absolute Tabletop. I have no idea how these guys aren't youtube 5e stars. Start with "The Provokers" series. Matt Click is far and away my favorite DM. He and his players are hardcore roleplayers and not beer and pretzels at all, which is just my preference. All rolling occurs off...

Many thanks to both Cyber-Dave and ccs. Both are inspired responses!

TL;DR at bottom. I'm running Rise of the Runelords (a Pathfinder adventure path) adapted for 5e, thus I'm placing this question here. The final BBEG, dude named Karzoug whom the party won't encounter for a very long time (not until level 20, they're currently lvl 3) is starting to make...

These replies are all extremely helpful and very much appreciated, thanks! Completely agree with iserith that Mercer's narration of the characters' actions should actually be turned over to the group as opposed to handled by the DM. These are excellent suggestions, many of which I feel like...

Warning; wall of text and slightly nebulous question incoming. So I just finished another session of Rise of the Rune Lords which I'm adapting to 5e (primarily using pre-adapted versions of monsters I've found online). It was. . . fine. My players were pretty solidly involved for the first...

Appreciate the input. Just a friendly reminder that we're not using the 5e leveling system. We're using the milestones set down in the AP, which very well may be part of the problem.

Many thanks to everyone for all of the extremely helpful input. Some great ideas in here re: how I can slow things down a bit and some validating info telling me that it's also just the nature of the AP. Will be putting all of this input to good use!

All very helpful thoughts, thanks. And, yes, the plan was to require attunement. I hadn't considered the longevity of such an item, though, so thanks for bringing that to my attention. And dropping a BBEG in one round was, indeed, one of my concerns with this item so it's something I'll have to...

My players are level three at the moment and I'm considering giving them a magic item. Would an item that did the following be OP? 1.) Grants its user 1 extra attack per day, or 2.) Grants its user 2 extra attacks per day. 3.) What if the attack(s) were made with advantage? Thanks in...

New DM looking for some help. I'm running Rise of the Runelords adapted for 5e and so far all of the action has been fueled by a fair amount of urgency (solve the goblin problem before the next invasion occurs, etc.) Because of this, the PC's have reached level three in one week's time and in...

This is all phenomenally helpful information, many thanks to you all for your input! I've reread the entire thread a couple of times now and will be returning to it often. If others would like to contribute, please feel free. Just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone so far.

Strange title, I know, but it's true. I'm currently running Pathfinder's Rise of the Runelords adapted for 5e. My problem is that, despite hours and hours of prep time, I find it difficult to run the adventure fast and loose and allow the party to go off the rails if they like. Or I'm...

Ugh, awfully sorry to see that all of this work was lost. Was loving this thread. Will be an avid follower in the future. Good luck and have fun.

I've looked for months and have watched so many recorded sessions of 5E games but for my money there isn't one that comes close to being as good as Fistful of Dice's Matt click's "Provokers" campaign. Highly, highly recommended if you enjoy immersive roleplay over a more casual beer and...

This has all been invaluable, thanks so much to everyone for the help. Indeed, no need to corner them into playing in a manner they don't enjoy. And Elfcrusher kind of nailed it. . . if they feel that the rp is cringeworthy (whether that's actually the case or not), it would certainly shut...

You bring up a good point, Mishihari Lord, in that we've done everything but have a very candid conversation about the whole thing. I think I'm shying away from that a bit because I don't want the whole thing to get too heady or feel more like a job or chore than a game. But that may be...