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Not so much, actually. Wood rots exceptionally slowly in anaerobic conditions. Same reason one finds thousand-year-old bodies buried in bogs occasionally.

As a DM who regularly forgets to describe details that are intended to be in a given location, it's nice to have stuff blocked out. That said, surprise surprise particular instances of writing can be good or bad. And trying to describe or DM on autopilot is a recipe for errors.

As others have said, it doesn't need to be THE legendary sword of King Dragos himself. But it could be the glowing sword of that knight who came through here a couple years back. Had kind eyes that one, pity about him. The sword was etched in fine silver, as I recall, with a glittering amber...

The empire is secretly run by a cabal of aboleths who bioengineer various species and monstrosities in their efforts to destroy the (terrestrial) gods. The aboleths have set up a blasphemous imperial religion using one of their creations - krakens - as divine figureheads ruling the smaller and...

Dodge on bonus action (windling) is NOT balanced by slightly reduced HP and damage.

Being tiny does NOT make Gnomes easier to cook. It makes them have less meat per unit time spent butchering; or alternately per count of Murder.

It's not medieval, but... Sad, really, as one cannot help but suspect that the guy should have known better.

It's probably worth mentioning that the real-life range of cannons and ballistae is very significantly greater than that of a Fireball spell. Even using grapeshot. (On the order of like 500 to 1000 yards as opposed to 150 feet). Though I'd imagine that fireball would still be a fairly...

On top of 1) making rests exceptionally difficult to prevent via spells like the ritual-cast Tiny Hut and 2) the nearly complete removal of ANY lasting adverse condition. So that there's essentially no stakes. It truly and honestly disgusts me.

I've occasionally included various special techniques and abilities that can be learned by martial characters. For example: from rare books, from retired or legendary heroes, from spiritual personifications of battle (like Valkyries or Furies or einherjar), from the spirits of legendary...

Yeah, this has long been my favorite way to handle life drain; and it seems so logical and intuitive that I'm actually disappointed that WotC decided to double down on max hp reduction instead. I'd also consider giving most monsters that drain life advantage on their next attack roll / ability...

With the minor issue that they canonically are focused on devouring goblin souls. If one bothers with the lore. Though I guess maybe it could be upset that the party murdered its meal and let the soul get away.

Some ideas to use or ignore: Call it something menacing, like Throatripper. The beast has a hunting obsession and wants to see the party suffer. So it tracks and follows them for days or weeks. It tries to lure dangerous monsters and predators toward the party, such as by making noise with...

I'm flabbergasted and honestly somewhat curious as to how this subject has somehow spawned 50+ pages? I don't mind the bestial look the slightest little bit. Nor would I be terribly offended if there were now somehow male Mariliths. And even if I were - demons are the spiritual...

I'm not intimately familiar with Shadowdark's carousing mechanics. But it's just as easy to introduce longer-term gold sinks that operate under similar principles. Maybe a PC is trying to funnel money to the Rebellion. Or fund an orphanage. Or raise a temple. Or buy an expensive business so...

I don't personally find it that difficult or complicated to incentivise stuff like that. Downtime... or just time passing really.. allows the DM to introduce events that make stuff like having castles worthwhile. Keeps can serve to protect the town if goblins come raiding while the PCs are...

One sees it occasionally in my games - couple levels of rogue to add some skill versatility and maybe a little more punch to a martial char. Or a couple levels of full caster to expand spell use on a partial caster. Warlock for stuff like Devil's Sight. Has a long history in the game, helps...

Fling poison spines at those who not phrase things to their exacting, arbitrary, and often inconsistent standards?

Even if it's allowed under the rules, it's a terrible idea to do so since the players cannot. Having the monsters operate under clearly different standards tends to lead to bad outcomes in my 30+ year gaming experience. Essentially the practice undermines the sense of trust and perception of...

Stuff players can do with money in my present campaign: (Buy or commission magic items, of course) Buy property Construct, expand, or contract the construction of buildings on that property. Purchase exotic creatures, like griffons. Hire experts to train said creatures Commission sages to...