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Yeah, I agree that the description of the encounter assumes that it may be too easy to more than four characters, which makes no sense since the berserkers are actually tougher (HP-wise) than Cyanwrath! My guess is that berserkers were originally CR 1 instead of 2, with thirty-something hit...

I do think the two berserkers were odd design choices, though this is probably due to shifting monster stats during the development of Hoard; I changed them to dragonclaw cultists when I ran the adventure. I would've kept the berserker if the number of players were five or six instead of three...

Man, I'm so happy I never had a Realms-lawyer player at my table! They don't even know who the hell Elminster is :D

I go for Deception vs Insight for all cases.

Just chiming in to say that IME Hoard runs far better than I expected after reading the book- some "WTF this doesn´t make any sense" moments (such as Cyanwrath´s duel with a 1st level PC) turned out to be actually pretty good from the players´ pespective in the end.

In my games, the only people with levels on the gaming world are the PCs. For the rest, I strictly use monster stats (with Challenge rating being an approximate of "level"), and though some NPCs have class features -such as spellcasting- I only worry about how they make sense in the story and...

Every time you would get a skill you already have, you gain other of your choice instead :)

I'm running a slightly modified version of HotDQ with a group of three players and so far we're having a blast.

As others side, Mr. Baker is a top-notch designer. Can't wait to see what he (and the other folks at SGS) did with this module.

Cool! I don't really use online reference documents, but a lot of people seem to do it, so kudos for WotC.

Now this is my kind of DM screen!

I don't think there's anything wrong with a human-centric world- in fact, some of the official DnD material suggests that the "common" races are not really common at all (Dwarvish civilization in decline, Elves having mostly migrated to another world or sequestered in their primeval forests)...

I found them on the FantasyWelt.de online shop while looking for other stuff. I don't think they'd put fake covers for the products they sell.

This will probably be the first DM Screen I actually use at the gaming table, since I hate clutter and would rather have a decent amount of useful tables than lots of information I'll seldom need getting in the way.

Nope. What I'm using is the "Monsters' initiative is 10+Dex mod" optional rule, with only players rolling for initiative. It saves me a lot of time for mixed monster encounters.

Ditto. Proficiency in a skill doesn't entitle the character to know everything about that topic- it may, however, allow for a roll to figure out information about the monster. In my book, "information" can mean a lot of stuff, and doesn't necessarily mean "my character can read the stats of the...

Wasn't the Cult turning to worship Tiamat somewhere in the 3e FRCS? In the Well of Dragons entry, IIRC-don't have the book with me, I had to sell it a few years ago :(

With the New Year, we finally get a glimpse at the covers of the upcoming Elemental Evil storyline for D&D 5E - Princes of the Apocalypse and the accompanying player sourcebook, Adventurer's Handbook. For more D&D 5E schedule information, click here. Not hi res at all, but it's...