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As the title says, here's yet another monster list: https://5e-monsters.meteor.com/ It builds on Mouseferatu 's great monster compilation (which is awesome, thank you!). I added a source column so that the list can be filtered by what books you have available. Put it together as the start of...

I agree it feels a little clunky, though I think for the most part I'll always be using this after the fact. The modification I've been using to this method is setting threshold number between 'Pair' and 'Group' the number of PCs in the party: Number of MonstersXP MultiplierSingle...

I generally agree with the simultaneous discovery. In this specific example, I think I would adjudicate it like this: - Because the PC's are in motion and the bugbear is stationary: are the PC's making an effort to move quietly? If yes, then I would check their last stealth roll vs. the...

Just want to say point taken, I apologize to Mad Zagyg for the heavy-handed wording of my last reply. I've already XP'ed Steel_Wind for his consistently thoughtful replies, but wanted to say on-thread that I've enjoyed his perspective in contrasting this early 5E offering to his experience with...

I had a much longer reply but it boils down to this. You are mixing up the fact that there are 7 provided missions by thinking there are 7 critical missions. I'm sorry but it seems you are ignoring or misread the part where you are not required to put your players through all missions. Just...

? Lost Mines of Phandelver provides the same mechanic to give the pregen characters a link to that setting. If the examples provided in Appendix A are not suitable to your setting/style, it's easy to use it as a template to create ones you do like / is appropriate. It doesn't mean they didn't...

I guess I'm having difficulty seeing how this episode is so specifically poorly written. With regards to the emphasized quotes; There are 7 in-game hours, there are 7 items in the 'shopping list' of encounters. The adventure states that, if the characters take a short rest, they will not be...

Given Steel_Wind's experience was actually positive, his DM is obviously an experienced DM as he's mentioned. So, what would be very informative is how much intervention he/she Steel_Wind's DM) felt was required based on this definition of a good AP. In short, whether the DM felt ToD as written...

It reads like quite a few of the negative opinions boils down to Adventure-as-Read or Adventure-as-Interpreted as much as Adventure as Written. The missions are varied and well supported but yes, if you as a DM insist that your players run one mission after another without rest, they WILL get...

I have the HotDQ adventure as well and, as far as getting into the keep, reading past the summary: The very first (and only required) 'mission' of that episode is you meet a family under attack in Greenest as they try to get to the keep for safety. The adventurers are setup to help this group...

Sorry, this wasn't a whiney "fighters can't have nice things" thread until your reply made it so. The comparison was between Basic vs PHB and that's what I answered. And there are all kinds of 'advanced' options across all classes with what's provided in the PHB. All that's needed is creativity...

I'm glad that they didn't opt to have too many things from the Playing the Game sections (Chapters 7-9) removed from the Basic PDF. It ensures that Everyone is playing on the same general rules-set and those who opt to only use Basic is not somehow handicapped on the game mechanics side. The...

I am fine with crafting encounters using CR and Encounter XP. I don't subscribe to using the numbers as hard-fast scopes, but as tools to understand where each encounter lands in relation to a party's current combat strength. Does knowing that an encounter is too hard preclude me from including...

WOW. There is a lot judgement and general hysterics over one tweet. To whom my feel so invested (if this is really that important to you), do yourself the service of listening to the actual Gencon panel and availing yourself of some context...

See the Mystic Arcanum class feature on page 108. This feature is what gives warlocks access to spells from Levels 6-9. This access isn't linked to their spell slots, which is why it's a little confusing if you're only looking from the class table to the available-spell list: You get...

Fiddled around with it for a very short time last night and it's pretty straight forward. Only thing that jumped out at me was that it doesn't yet handle accounting for larger or smaller parties: Otherwise great work, it'll find use on my laptop!

I've seen a couple of times the Polearm Master's butt-end attack referred to as off-hand and therefore applying the same drawback of not adding your ability modifier. But nothing in the description refers to this as an offhand attack neither does it state that you do not add the ability...

This looks interesting! Looking forward to playing with it. Thanks for sharing!

Yup, this sounds about right.