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Not quite. I might not have made it 100% clear, but when a character spends a hit die on a long rest they gain the full benefit of a long rest (all hp recovered, all spells, all class abilities, etc). This system has some similarity to AD&D- overland travel is much easier with a healer of some...

My group has been using a pretty cool resting system for the last few campaigns, and it works *much* better than the slow resting system described in the DMG. There are only a few rules: 1. You do not recover hit dice when you long rest. 2. You must spend a minimum of 1 hit die to gain any...

Strength saving throws are the least consequential to fail (most in the MM are save vs. get knocked prone by a goat or something), and Intelligence saving throws are the worst (Mind Flayer, Intellect Devourer, Feeblemind). I think that fighter/barbarian have the most to gain from the Resilient...

I don't have a problem with Int save or die effects existing in the game. If Mind Flayers have highly lethal attacks defended against with Int, that just means that Mind Flayers are scary and dangerous monsters. I don't have a problem with feeblemind* either, because that's an 8th-level spell...

http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/HyApIxu3g Here it is! I just wrote this up and I'm anxious to push it on one of my players who is running a level 10 mystic in my Out of the Abyss game. It's a rough concept so please let me know what you think. Spoiler alert: It's basically a sorcerer.

Yeah, AD&D was pretty strange. About half the MM was monsters you were supposed to f***. There were so many subtle variations on the nymph that I couldn't imagine any DM would actually need them all. It is surprising that not a single variant of the "sexy fey/elemental" got updated to 5e, but...

Wow, thanks Prakriti! It looks like Yawning Portal could have quite an extensive bestiary, depending on how literally they do they the conversions.

Mike Mearls said that all of the old monsters from these 7 adventures will be updated to 5e. Does anyone know what monsters are missing from the MM? I don't have access to any of the Yawning Portal adventures: The Sunless Citadel The Forge of Fury The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan Dead in Thay...

I like this idea. I might have them roll 1d20 when they are dropped to 0 hp and 2d20 when they take a critical hit.

Has anyone used the lingering wounds rules from the DMG? I wanted to use this for an upcoming campaign, but I can't decide when to call for a roll on the lingering wounds table. If players roll when they drop to zero HP, most of the lingering wounds won't matter because they disappear after...

I like the two book format. Player's Guide to ______ and DM's guide to ______.

Also, it's a lot of fun to have your PCs fight 50 or 60 guys at a time. It doesn't take as long as you'd expect- just be sure to play it fast and loose when moving globs of monsters around on the map. Grab a cluster of tokens and plop them down "about" 12 spaces away from where they started...

I think Hemlock had the right idea. When you go up in level you're not supposed to keep fighting groups of 5-10 monsters giving you the same amount of "challenge" as you experienced early in your career. Pen & paper RPGs are very different from CRPGs in this respect. You can't have a world where...

The long rest rules don't really capture the gameplay of AD&D. This was one of my disappointments with the 5e DMG. You'll need to homebrew the rest and healing rules if you want to play an AD&D-style game.

You could always pull out a reference like this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13774064 Tell your player that the radiant damage is so intense it breaks apart the proteins and enzymes in animal venom.

Good call on the flametongue. You should not allow the PCs to apply poison to a flaming sword. I don't see why there would be a conflict with divine smite, unless there is a religious issue. A good deity might not allow its followers to divine smite w/ poison.

It says right on the page that "some of these races are more or less powerful than the typical D&D races" and should be used with care.

Healing doesn't hurt the nilbog? I'm a little disappointed with this particular monster update...

Wow, the flind is extremely powerful. That's the CR of humanoid warlord I would expect to be ruling an entire kingdom. Edit: Also, the leucrotta will be in VGtM!

It sounds like Stars without Number would be perfect for you. Completely free, very rules light, science fiction setting. I'm a huge fan and would recommend you pick it up (the free version has more than enough content).