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    D&D 5E (2014) Help me find the next campaign/adventure for my group

    "Steading of the Hill Giant Chief" says levels 6-12 which is average around 7. sort of big dungeon "City of the Spider Queen" is long, says level 10. if you consider underdark a wilderness "Tears for Twilight Hollow" Dungeon Mag#90 is level 7 - got wilderness and town - got it all "Woe To...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    So this has come up in the last few 5E games I've played. A Rogue tries to pick a lock, or a fighter tries to climb a wet wall. They fail. Then they immediately ask "Can I try again?" and most DM's are like "umm I don't know..." "Sure" Is it in the rules anywhere? Or is it up to the DM...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Does anyone who got an mm at Gencon want to offer up spoilers to us?

    Lich, Empyrean, and Erinyes http://imgur.com/jSsZZDx http://imgur.com/O7eg7WL http://imgur.com/S8vL5qW
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    D&D 5E (2014) Does anyone who got an mm at Gencon want to offer up spoilers to us?

    some pics http://imgur.com/GiUOF5p http://imgur.com/XBdVs43 http://imgur.com/qmSZduz http://imgur.com/8h1RdhQ http://imgur.com/Lu7lm50 http://imgur.com/lwbDi4F http://imgur.com/mqVcuAm http://imgur.com/kJgdmjD http://imgur.com/S0IHzUQ http://imgur.com/xGtvjH2 http://imgur.com/GiCn7M8...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Does anyone who got an mm at Gencon want to offer up spoilers to us?

    there are Thri-Kreen in the book. The templates are majorly simple. I think Half-Dragon was two things: breath weapon, and Damage type Resistance, and little else. I didn't see any monsster "leveling-up" rules, or difficulty editing. I was also a little disappointed that there is a sidebar...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Does anyone who got an mm at Gencon want to offer up spoilers to us?

    Spoiler 0: The best thing, Hit Points of monsters is way jacked up over the last playtests. These monsters can take hits! My biggest playtest complaint was that monsters died too easily. Spoiler 1: and first complaint! There is no List of monsters by Challenge Rating in the book, only an...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why I'm Buying the Starter Set

    It seems they are really listening to the game stores or organized play organizers. I bet their website will have a free online character generator for levels 1-5 or 1-3. As an organizer, it was extremely easy to point people to the free online character generator for 4E, when it existed...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why I'm Buying the Starter Set

    I already bought it for $16 on amazon, because it probably has an adventure in it. Adventure is the entire reason I D&D. It probably has a solo adventure, and an adventure you can run for friends. I also loved every D&D Red Box ever made, even the 4E one.
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5e launches with two adventures - designed by Kobold Press

    Is anyone else FREAKING excited as heck at this announcement. The very first adventures for the latest release of a new ruleset, HAVE BEEN OUTSOURCED. That bodes well for the entire future of adventures being published by other writers/publishers. Did anyone else notice that "Scourge of the...
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    Shortening P1 King of the Trollhaunt Warrens

    You could have the Troglodytes surrender, or attempt to talk and cut a deal right off the bat. Cuz, who the heck wants to fight Troglodytes, they're the worst. I'd also just like to add: don't run the Black Dragon with the old stats printed in the adventure! Use the updated Black Dragon in the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle - Fall of Illefarn

    I think they gave the fire key to Sir Isteval since he asked them to get it.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle - Fall of Illefarn

    There's like two coins in the entire adventure. One in the black dragon caves. One in that crazy dwarf guy's puppet or something. I just described the safe's as having slots, "about the size of a coin", but no key-holes. They figured it out themselves. What sucked is I had to tell the Rogue...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Release date?

    July 15th there should be a "starter set", which probably won't have all the classes or go up to higher levels. After that the official launch seems to be at GEN CON where people attending can buy it, then the rest of the world gets it August 19th.
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    Pathfinder 1E Is there a male counterpart to the hag?

    I'm pretty darn sure the Hag in D&D comes directly from Chaucer. "The Wyf of Bath". and also the Witches from Macbeth. from wikipedia Wyf of Bath: ... Knight is looking for the one true answer to "what women desire most" .... Outside a castle in the woods, he sees twenty four maidens dancing...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Struggling to find info on WotC adventures

    What would be really cool is if the database could contain two different descriptions. One that was spoiler-free and one that had all the details for the DMs. For example: Spoiler Free This adventure is a sandbox adventure set in the land of Icewind Dale. Plots involving many of the Ten-towns...
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    Is Dark Sun an alternate future Forgotten Realms?

    The inspiration is mostly historical Earth, Middle East, Africa and other ancient cultures. Just Post-Apocalyptic and D&D'ified. Plus the Den (comics) - which are essentially "A Princess of Mars" so Mars is the other influence. There was a real world city named Tyre, (on earth, in Lebanon) one...
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    D&D 5E (2014) D&DNext WotC Adventures

    Don't forget Dungeon Magazine Chris Perkins wrote a D&D Next "Tomb of Horrors" in Dungeon Magazine#213. Battle for Emridy Meadows - Dungeon Magazine#221 there's some AD&D ones too The conversions in all the playtests: Caves of Chaos (Keep on the Borderlands) Expedition to the Barrier Peaks...
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    How to manage all the conditions and effects?

    Photo-paper is your friend. Have you ever printed from a photo-printer onto photo-paper? Photo-paper is thick and coated in a plastic type substance. So it is pliable like paper, but holds up more like plastic. You can print out labels of the conditions on photo paper, with colored...
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    Pathfinder 1E What are the best "undead" modules?

    I recommend "Hungry Are the Dead" as well. Stands perfectly well all by itself. Tons of undead, and it has some nice role-playing interaction. The big-boss taunts you through his undead minions the entire time. Your wife could enjoy that...
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