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No. Neither the games I am running nor the games I am playing in have a BBEG, with one possible exception (out of 5 total- two that I am currently running and three that I am currently playing in). No. Having a BBEG lends itself to some playstyles better than others. Without a BBEG, there are...

No cookout, too damn hot here (it was in the area of 115 F). Instead, we did hamburgers and corn on the cob on the stove top. The real standout was the cole slaw, though. I found a cool recipe for tangy cole slaw. I used red and Napa cabbage and carrots for the veggies, but the sauce was what...

You're saying that hobbits are jerren? (Sorry, 3e Book of Vile Darkness reference.)

I was going to say that this is false, but... "accidentally"? What does that mean in this context? There's a certain level of judgement there that I'm not sure how to interpret. Is a monster killing a 3rd level pc "accidental"? Is falling damage? Is exhaustion? This is kind of a loaded...

I missed this interaction for like the first six or seven years of 5e, and have instituted it since. In fact, an all-darkvision party just used some torches because of it last session.

At issue, at least IMHO, is the pc's participation in that eternal punishment and torture.

Hard doubt

A dead creature is no longer a creature. It is an object. The spirit/soul might be a creature but isn't the same as the original fleshly being; it's only part of it.

I would be very surprised if this happened anytime soon.

Yes- one of my (male) friends has had breast cancer.

What's wrong with resting up for a few days or a week?

Oooh, I've always wanted to run Maure Castle. I wonder how many of those Dungeon issues I have? Maybe I can track down the ones I'm missing.

What? How do you figure that? What law does this? More importantly, what does the law have to do with the Elemental Planes as presented in a game where we pretend to be elves and dragon-people? Lightning, in D&D lore, is where the Plane of Air and the Positive Energy Plane intersect. This is a...

A few monsters adjusted the difficulty of saves, especially when it involved poison. Giant centipedes gave you a +4 bonus to save against their relatively weak poison, I seem to recall a whole chart for random types of giant snake poisons in the MM2, etc. But you're right that it was the...

I love how the Greyhawk pantheon is actually several cultural pantheons that overlap in interesting ways. I do the same thing in my campaign.

You can have rituals that aren't spells already- in fact, there are a number of them in published 5e adventures, such as the yuan-ti ritual to create histachii in Tomb of Annihilation. But allowing certain spells to be rituals as well as being available for casting on the spot with spell slots...

Last session was disappointingly short, with the pcs basically finishing a big fight that started the session before and calling it a night. They were crossing a jungle, near some bubbling hot mud pits, and a group of mudmen (converted from 2e) rose up to attack. After a couple of rounds, a...

The real effect was on class selection. If you didn't have high enough scores you couldn't play some (many) classes, with the paladin's "let's start with a 17 Cha and add a few more tough requirements" being the hardest to qualify for.

Wastri's entry mentions the "Sacred Polystery". Does anyone know what a polystery is? I can't find a definition.