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One other note: I half expected Edran to just jump down the garbage chute in the kitchen. That chute empties into a pool of lava on the second level of the lair, and I'd already decided that if he was reckless enough to do something that dumb it would mean the end of him. He's 14th freaking...

Session 13 We start the session with Thoradin gathering the group around him for a healing ritual, although Edran is already on the run. Thoradin shrugs, unwilling to let Edran dictate his actions and begins to cast anyway. Edran sneaks down the southern hallway and spies a group of...

Session 12 We begin the session with the gang just having ported back to Pellak. First things first, Thoradin, Krote, Sai, Joshua and Selendra head for the temple of Clangadin in search of Restorations to rid them of the exhaustion they've built up during the last fight. The priest there has...

What I don't understand is, if hit points represent some sort of nebulous "energy" then why are there specific damage types? A long sword does slashing damage, so it seems safe to assume that when it does damage it is actually a slash, not just a hard blow against armor. If you have armor that...

Good suggestions here. Thanks. I think I'll just keep it simple, that a short rest negates one level of exhaustion and a long rest gets rid of them all.

I've been using the house rule whereby whenever a character goes to zero hit points and gets back up again he/she gains a level of exhaustion. I like it because it makes going to to zero suck quite a bit and have consequences. However, taking a whole day to get rid of a level of exhaustion...

I allow multiple inspiration, but I'm very stingy about giving them out. I will, but it has to be for extremely good role play or something similar. I do allow all players to roll a d20 at the end of each session. A natural 2o gets you an inspiration point. So they're still pretty rare. So far...

A few post game notes: I was very much looking forward to seeing the differences between frost and fire giants. After this battle I can say that's it's notable! They both do roughly the same amount of damage, but the extra hit points and higher AC makes a pretty big difference. I noticed far...

I can tell you that DMing with a laptop has revolutionized my gaming. I'm so much more organized, so much more prepared now. Even just the ease and neatness of a word processor was a huge leap forward. Add to that the ability to use donjon generators, dice rollers, and access to the internet for...

Session 11 We begin the session with the alarm sounded. Giants are mobilizing in the lair. King Snurre has been expecting them and has a plan in place. Krote slashes through the tapestry concealing the fire giant in the hidden alcove behind it, but cannot immediately reach him. However...

I don't remember 3.5 having save every turn spells, but it's been probably ten years since my last 3.5 game, so I'll take your word for it.

A little different than what you're talking about, but I'll add 2 cents here just for comparisons sake. I added a dog NPC to my campaign on a whim back when the PC's were pretty low level. They are 14th now, and he's still tagging along and still comes in very handy. He's alerted the party to...

I have to wonder how far you've actually gotten into a 5E campaign. If you've DMed into the higher levels and have still decided that concentration is no good, then by all means, change it. There are plenty of good house rule ideas here and on other threads. If you haven't though, I'd...

Cool. Thanks for the replies. Dunno how I missed that grapple rule in the book. Thanks for pointing it out. Sent from my SGH-M919 using EN World mobile app

I'm currently running a module wherein one of the encounters is with a pair of giants in a torture chamber. There's an iron maiden and a well in the chamber. The entry for the encounter states that the giants will attempt to grapple their enemies and either chuck them into the iron maiden...

I see. I misunderstood then. I DM from a laptop behind a DM's screen. It would be nice to have all the info from the screen on my laptop, in addition to weapon/armor tables, magic items lists, etc. Other things I'd love to have quick access to... A calendar that's customization. You could...

I'm running a 14th level group right now, wizard, cleric, barbarian and rogue. So far everybody still shines. I'd say give it a chance before you bring out the nerf bat. Yeah, the wizard can do some stuff that the others can't, but he's a wizard! And his damage output against a single foe...

It might just boil down to feel. A high level 3.5 wizard felt epic! A high level 5e wizard is a bad ass, to be sure, and is absolutely worth playing, but not in the same league as his 3.5 counterpart. And that's not a bad thing in the context of this edition. As many have already said, the...

Never had a TPK as a DM (is that a bad thing?), but we had one as players. ***Small Against the Giants spoiler ahead*** 3.5e, one of our group is running us through AtG. There had been several deaths as we progressed, but we'd keep teleporting back to the city and resurrecting and then, back...

Session 10 A rather strange night, with no combat, but plenty of role play, much of it weird. We started the session in the Jarl's throne room, the party very wounded, surrounded by dead giants, with palpable bad vibes in the air given Edran's pot shot at Jef. Thoradin is especially...