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Vilhon Reach

Totally, yeah, action denial has a wide swing of impact in 5E. I have experienced that too. Against lots of mooks or in certain situations (eg. slipping past held ogre door guard), it can work great, but against single or a few enemies, it can utterly cripple them for fairly low cost to the...

Love their art and the passion going into this, and thank you for the interview. That said, here’s my tongue in cheek reply to cut through some of the marketing speak. … The NPC stats are going to get a ton of use…not at all because we’ve removed many of the frequently used humanoid monsters...

Don’t know many of those products… A monster book (as opposed to a database or spreadsheet or stats-only list) is something i reference for ideas, lore, cool pictures - anything to inspire my creativity. If i need to just get to the stats, I will either get them online or have them copy-pasted...

Reducing hit points across the board, bounded accuracy, changing saves, curating spells, making monsters scary – there are worthy reasons to explore these changes. However... ...I think Magic Resistance is not the best way to go... especially when you're asserting that "Most spells aren't...

The wiry white hair you found in the snow does not match the half-orc's fur hood. You won't know without someone trained in Medicine performing an exam - or just trying to cast it - but if the innkeeper Clyde is suffering pneumonia, for example, then lesser restoration could cure that.

Hamvang tugs the ear flaps of his hat and scratches his scraggly beard. "Clyde took a fall into the Maer Dualdon (lake) last winter... feels like a lifetime ago... poor man's lungs have never been the same since. Can't carry a firkin without an awful coughing fit." If you're catching up on...

Devourer (AC 16, hp 178) has no special defenses – so your party will focus fire and crush it fast, unless you focus on some creative defenses for it. Rather than boosting numbers, I prefer to make the special defenses unique to my specific scenario (e.g. a mighty lich with multiple phylacteries...

My experience was that the default skill challenge system from 4e sucked - it was a deeply flawed system that was harmed by its abstract nature. The d20 Star Wars Galaxy of Intrigue book had the best skill challenge approach that I’ve seen, and even when I used that for chases it… let’s just say...

It’s a design challenge, yes, but there are RPGs with great chase rules… James Bond 007 and Cineflex both use fun bidding systems (the former is more vehicle maneuver based but still involves bidding) which make for exciting chases… I’ve wondered if the White Hack bidding challenges might be...

@Reynard It's a good question. Apologies if someone already mentioned (I only scanned the first 6 pages of replies), but thrilling chase scenes... Thrilling chase scenes is something I've never seen D&D handle well.

Just so I’m clear… Your upcoming/TBD climactic fight is going to be in a desecrated area and will include these enemies: Devourer (from an official 5e book) Cleric of Shar (CR10-11 homebrew) ?# of mooks (official NPCs with your own modifications) And your concern is about the sheer spell...

@Steampunkette But how do you say "Languages suck in D&D" in Elvish??

If you're catching up on posts, I described the Eastside inn and inhabitants back in post 932. You're looking for the cold-hearted killer who you believe to be Sephek Kaltro, a man in the employment of Torrga, a dwarf who operates a traveling black market on dogsleds. You also have an unopened...

Bugbears

That bullywug art is the best thing about 2024 D&D!

Only because I wish for all players to share in my dread of, torment at the hands of, and burning spite for quicklings... they should be in the game. Pesky malicious little blue gits. We hates them.

I've previously posted extensively on Tiny Hut (can't find post, it was years back). Basically, in each edition, Tiny Hut has experienced power creep until in 5e we got the most unrestricted version of Tiny Hut that is essentially a cost-free force field. Go back to older versions and you'll see...

"Much obliged, master dwarf," says the wiry-haired man in the trapper hat to Oskar, then stepping aside for Logrim to sift through the debris. Shaved bits of wood, as if cut off by something with a chisel tip. The wood matches the rafters. No signs of the magical perma-ice that seems to be the...

I wonder if cohesiveness (unity of effect) is one of the critical common features of D&D adventures that come to be considered classic over time? I’m not as well read on a diversity of adventures as you and others are, though, so for me it’s an open question. My observation of Out of the...