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I've seen two 5e campaigns, but a revolving cast of PCs. So far there have been: Sorcerer 9, Fighter 9, Barbarian 9 (twice!), Cleric 9, Warlock (Talisman) 8 / Cleric 1, Paladin 6 / Warlock (Tome) 3, Druid 9, Rogue 9, Artificer 8, Rogue 6 / Druid 2, Fighter 3 / Rogue (AT) 5, Bard 8, Cleric 7...

TL;DR = "Normals" (NPCs) are in their late 20s or 30s by Wizard 1, and maybe 5th by 60. PCs can be 18ish, and live bright short lives... My 5e campaign is around a bunch of "late teenagers", with a "grizzled veteran" warrior. They all started at 1st level, with different backstories. The...

I like the idea of the masteries; I like "right tool for the job" concept (which 5e is painfully missing), and I like fighters treating their weapons as tools. I think/agree the options are a bit unbalanced; auto-damage from Graze, for example, might make some boss fights significantly...

The only time in 5e I have ever seen Versatile get used in two multi-year campaigns is when the paladin (sword & board) got an Animated Shield. Now he could "board" while also doing a little more damage. (He loved his custom themed longsword, so upgrading to a two-hander wasn't something he...

Book printing is a bit off-topic... I want there to be "magic for all occasions"... but a lot of it should be low level. Hallucinatory Terrain, for example, is perfect in a few situations... but does it need to be 3rd level just because it lasts? I'm an unrepentant pack rat, because there's...

1) I agree that facing a guy wielding two weapons is Intimidating. Showy as all hell. 2) Looking at the recent OneD&D playtest, they changed the Berserker's bonus attack into a bunch of extra damage on his normal attack. TWF could work that way. "When you attack with two weapons and score...

In my campaign, our social contract is basically "The DM provides the game. The host provides the drinks. Everyone but the DM provides the food." (In practice, the DM always provides Swiss Rolls... and sometimes is also the host, so provides drinks. Sometimes, the DM chips in for food too.)...

The 9-room dungeon I just ran was a puzzle, from a lore point of view. Figuring out the story behind it would give an advantage in the boss fight in the attached secondary area. In the game I play, we just fought our way through a Cube, where corridors didn't line up the way you would think...

In the case of my dwarven mine, there were indeed signs in dwarven. And old mining gear. the PCs oiled up an old mining cart and pushed it along initially, to carry stuff they found while exploring! They even stumbled across the skeletons of dwarven rear guard and the goblins that were...

Not at all - rather, I need to exercise my imagination to justify in my own head and understanding. Because I guarantee my players will ask backstory questions about it (especially if I didn't work it out!). My players are almost all "engineers" by background and personality, they want to know...

Nevin, I'm totally with you here. This is the key thought that drives all my designs/maps/"dungeons". If it's a true dungeon - why was this underground prison built, and why here? (secret research base around the dragon skeleton, with a fort to protect the researchers) If it's a tower in the...

Here was my Dungeon from Monday's session: Edit: map formatting was abysmal! 1 was the entry; an alternate concealed entry/exit in 7. 7 is actually a huge room. the path between 5 and 6 is broken (15' gap over a 45' fall to water). Room 3 is partially submerged, and has water tunnels to...

Absolutely. When we shift to my first point, defining a "dungeon" as an "area with a set of related encounters/locations", then yes, absolutely, dragons can fit into that. When "dungeon" is "a series of stone corridors, with rooms of varying sizes", which is generally also not realistically...

Honestly, I've always had an issue with "Dungeons" and "dragons".... dungeons are not a natural habitat of dragons! Even the one I just described a couple posts ago isn't a dragon, it's a dragon skeleton - the (now-ruined) castle was built on top of this discovery because they found a dragon...

First: I consider any fixed location with several (or more) encounters to be a "dungeon". The orc keep, the dwarven mine, the ruined temple, the ore processing plant, the Ancient sealed tower... Second: Having said that, last night I literally provided a dungeon exploration for my players...

We used it a few times to get awkward treasure out of the dungeon and up to our waiting wagons. Which I think was the intended purpose. (Still works, now that it is a ritual spell.) Also used it a couple times to get corpses out of places - once a party member, and once a minotaur we were...

Yes, this is what martials should have, which would compare to casters. You have your preferred spells, and different ones for different situations; I have my preferred weapons, and also different ones for different situations! I had a 2e dwarf rogue that specialized in TWF with his...

That was just a quick Google example I found. Didn't want to break out the 4e books...!