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Here's more context. The city is a rather big one for the setting, about as populous as medieval Paris. The elves themselves are about 200 hundred adults and form the aristocracy, but most of the citizenry (and military) are humans, gnomes and a few dwarves. It's a city normally open for...

In our next session, the PCs will embark with the totally-not vikings and participate a raid against an elven city. What the players do not know is that the jarl has awaken frost giants and believe they should rule both totally-not vikings and the elves. I'm looking for inspiration or...

It's not necessary a different reason. First, the PCs don't create NPCs. The DM does. The PC decide, however, how they react to the NPC. If they keep him because they some sort of bond or relationship with the NPC, then it's a tool to further the story, even if the DMPC plays a rather minor...

I don't see how I could seriously enforce equal treasure between characters, let alone DMPC, at least when I play with adults. When I DM for my kids (8 and 6 years old), I do enforce some sort of equal treasure between them, because the game will otherwise go sour and the youngest one will end...

I'm usually very careful about DMPCs. They can often turn out as Mary Sue or the players can feel the NPC overshadow their own characters. I would also advise against using the NPC as a info-dump or, worst, as a guide for the PCs. However, carefully used, a DMPC can be a great tool, providing...

Stalker0's comments are so on the spot, I'm going to pretend he's my alter-ego so I can impress all my friends.

To be honest, I'm not a fan of your idea. I don't really want the system to steer players toward having a single useful ability scores and the others be dump stats. I'm perhaps one of the few who genuinely like some sort of low-key MAD, as it forces players to make meaningful choices for their...

Most of my rolls are done in the open, but for those few rolls where the element of surprise or uncertainty is necessary, such as rolling to see if someone believe a lie or notice a hidden character, I prefer to hide the result of Lady Fortune.

For me, a low-magic setting is one where magic is rare but, more than anything, mysterious (and consequently feared and misunderstood). It has nothing to do with magic being powerful or not. In D&D, magic isn't mysterious. It's a tool, just like a sword and it is as predictable. A warlock throw...

DMing takes time. I know there are plenty of websites, aids and whatnots to speed up play but it still takes more time to DM than to be a player. Of course, some people do not mind the burden, and really like preparing a campaign or an adventure. Some are pretty efficient and manage to...

That's one of the reason I tought WotC would never publish such a book, but Theros, a setting with no elves, gnomes or dragonborns, showed otherwise.

Customization, such as alternate class abilities, including ways to replace spellcasting for paladins, rangers and bards. Meaningful choices for weapons and armors. More combat actions: I have no problem with the battlemaster being the king of maneuvers, but it would be cool to have something...

I often forgot to give Inspiration to my players, so, at one point, I said "You guys are mature enough to know when your character should get inspiration. So give your character inspiration when you feel it is deserved". Of course, they too keep forgetting about Inspiration , so their character...

Here's two short sessions worth of stuff. The PCs Ardashir the Bloodthirsty, a human fighter from the City State of the Invincible Overlord and former general of the city-state of Ajjah Crixorus the Red Leopard, an upper Altanian (red halfling) whose a former gladiator (rogue swashbuckler) Eorn...

In my homebrew: Elves Syndics of the North (elves who believe they should rule humanity* for its own sake) are blue skinned with silver or white hair. Gardian Elves (elves who believe they should act as conseillors for humanity) are pale skinned, a bit like caucasian humans. Wild Elves (elves...

Is it? Maybe, in some world, all elves gain a proficiency with elves as a divine gift from the god of elves. Either you're an elf and you get the proficiency or you're not and have to learn it by hard work. Also, I don't understand how culture would give you darkvision. Anyway, culture seem to...

An even better alternative would be to stop trying to create some universal description of orcs which apply to all worlds (or, in case of large worlds, to all regions). it would help to lessen stereotypes while still providing a common ground to help players picture how orcs fit in the big...

Actually quite good. Having saved from the clutches of the Yuan-Ti a merchant's adopted daughter, a former soldier from one PC's army and a wild elf, the PCs stole back their horses which were in the village next to the Yuan-Ti compound and startey their journey back to Karaal, the city of...

Nergal was also used by Howard before that.

We once played Mouse Guard witht the D&D 5e rules. We had rabbits as mounts, cricket as dogs, so I guess it's quite possible.