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Yeah, mage hand is pretty indicative of Hasbro/WotC era D&D’s priorities. I mean, in my opinion, D&D has always struggled with trap implementation, but it got worse (well maybe just differently worse) in 3e and on. One leverage point you have as GM in 5e-adjacent games - though I use it very...

Yes, bigger dog using dire wolf is ok. There is no scent trail, due to snows. There’s a scent “point.”

Good question! Since snow/cold tends to disperse scents faster, there probably wouldn't be a scent trail. Buuut, I was reading that snowdrifts might trap a bit of scent, so as a dog you might notice a scent... and then if you happen to run across it again in dog form you could recognize it...

Snow from last night's storm has covered any tracks. Digging into the snowbank rising above the subterranean "roof", Aric and Oskar definitely find long hollow indentations, as if a pole – a spear or a rock bar, perhaps – were thrust into the snow to break the rafters. Aric also spots a faint...

Xanxost agrees about the lemon salad.

Goblins could drop caltrops in tandem with Nimble Escape. Minotaur's Vengeance doesn't give players enough ways to creatively avoid (10' reach). "Vengeance's" narrative is weak. As a trait, can limit it 1/player's turn (e.g. 2014 Sneak Attack) instead of opp attack. Might be cool if lamia...

Hydra is an example of one approach.

GM POST Yes! Mending will fix the break in the wooden beams. The man in the trapper hat rapidly shakes his head, "No, just beneath the Eastside, connecting the inn's buildings. Tunnels have been here since I was a boy." He appraises the cracked rafter and nods slowly, as if he were seeing the...

Once Oskar gets to the bottoms of the stairs, the unusual layout of the Eastside inn with separate buildings quickly makes sense – underground tunnels connect the buildings like a sprawling cellar. It's decent craftsmanship (for human construction), dug into the earth, and braced with stones up...

Is the Carrion Crawler "infinite save fail loop" with Dexterity save paralyzed (changed from Con save in 2014) confirmed as an error?

A weary cracking voice calls up to Oskar, “Levistus’ balls! Snow keeps seeping into these old passages. If storms keep getting worse, might have to seal them off for good. Not unless you have a water level or a dwarven eye for slopes.”

I'll point out the flaw – or the crucial factor – that was left out in that conversation (and also the...Goblin...something blog interview with Jeremy that covered the same topic). Pace and actual play matter as much as if not more than numbers. Interpreting a ghoul's paralyzation as hold...

GM POST Sure enough, what seems to be a jumble of separate snow-covered buildings – stables, kitchens, sculleries, storerooms – turns out to be the local inn. A tattered sign dripping icicles reads "The Eastside" at the smallest of these buildings with warm light emanating through the frosted...

GM POST Termalaine Creeping through the gem-encrusted mines, every sound is intensified, every crackle of ice or crunch of snow a chance to be discovered. At last, you exit the caves, beholding Termalaine's palette of washed out whites, greys, and blues. You've made it out undetected by...

GM POST Lumrolur unearths a mottled pink and green pebble sized tourmaline gem (1 gp). However, the scraping of the chisel and clinking of the hammer cause the cultist voices to your southwest to momentarily hush and then a sharp woman's voice as cold as winter wind calls out. Thinking fast...

I always appreciate your thoughts, Merric, and look forward to reading anything you care to post on the topic!

It sounds like you might say the 2024 stealth rules are... ...hiding in plain sight?

GM POST It takes a moment for the cat-sized ugly rats to sniff out the jerked rations that Oskar tosses into the north alcove. After a minute of watching the party, they scurry over to investigate and hungrily chew on the rations, eyeing the party as you move quietly past and along the...