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You don't need an attack roll for pushing a rock off a cliff or turning over a boiling kettle. These have no difference between the chance of success for a 0-level schmuck and a 20th-level PC.

yes, Hill Giants will use their preferred tactic of rock-throwing. But how many of them would have thought to use the ogres to create a shield wall and *hide* behind it, not attacking? As for a dragons grapple attack, that's still just a straight-forward physical attack. It has all the...

A series of Masters Tourney adventures that we wrote/ran for a Con one year, where the party has been tricked into taking on a task that will actually help a great evil power. All through the first two rounds, traditionally goodly NPCs keep attacking them, and traditionally evil NPCs keep...

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Absolutely. Or push a rock off a high ledge, or tip over a kettle of boiling oil in a castle siege, etc.

I'm curious, what sorts of things have other DMs here done to make bad guys more effective without having to use ten times more of them, or artificially inflate their AC/HP/etc? Let's face it, in a "straight-up" encounter, the winner can be reasonably predicted by simple statistics. This means...

Why do you have to be all the way up in NY? I'd *LOVE* to find a 1e or 2e game! lol You're almost certainly going to end up with a fair number of "house rules" on different things, and you should probably record them so you can refer back later. There are also going to be times when a...

After almost 30 years of gaming, there've been so many characters that I can't even remember them all. Sometimes I write full back-stories for them, other times I just whip them up for a specific gaming session or story arc. Probably my all-time favorite character is an elven mage-thief named...

Having just re-read the original book, I've been toying with something like this as well, but not from the same angle as yours. I've been looking at it from a 2e perspective, so not sure if this will help you or not. There are a series of Familiar Enhancer spells which create modifications in...

I have a wizard character who A) likes his creature comforts, and B) is a wee bit paranoid, so likes his security. I have a spell I'm considering having him research, and would like your opinions. It's sort of a cross between Leomund's Tiny Hut, and Leomund's Secure Shelter. For an "active...

I've used "The Palace of the Silver Princess" as an introductory module several times, with good results.

For smaller kids For smaller kids... A lamp that prevents nightmares while it is lit? May also act as a Prot Vs. Evil spell. A Teddy Bear of Protection, gives +1 to any saves? Linus' Blue Blanket, keeps the person under it at a comfortable temperature. If the person is completely covered...

Did something similar in a 2e game, inspired by a throw-away line from the movie, "The Mummy" -- the discussion between Evie and O'Connel about "You know your history!" "No, I know my treasure!" We decided that if there were proficiencies in ancient languages, etc there was no reason there...

Groom Person Or Animal Provides personal grooming services for the person or animal touched. Includes bathing, cutting/trimming/shaving hair, cleaning teeth, elimination of fleas or other similar pests, mending/cleaning/polishing non-magical clothing or equipment, etc. Very useful for those...

I've seen different schools of thought on this, and wanted to see what folks here had to say. Most DMs wouldn't send a low-level party into a high-level dungeon. It would be a slaughter, and that's usually only fun for the DM ;-). So there's a certain amount of implied trust from the players...

There used to be a publication called "Dungeon" that would have a handful of fully-developed adventures in each issue. I used to subscribe to it, but my subscription was up just about the same time as my job transferred me halfway across the country, and I never picked it back up. When I was...

Good luck!

I can see your point with the "you don't get the bonuses until/unless you've gotten to that life stage, not just that calendar age." I think that part of it would be having to learn to use your skull instead of just your muscles. On the other hand, I'm also hesitant to say that once a lesson...

Actually, I can understand it, from a certain point of view. It make sense for races with significantly different lifespans to reach the different stages of life at different times, especially given that the relevant age categories here are middle age, old age, and venerable. An elf isn't...

And as a follow-up, what effect to Rings of Regeneration have on physical aging? The tissues never break down, so does the body age physically while such a ring is worn?