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I usually run my own stuff, but I have multiple uses of: Lost Mine of Phandelver Keep on the Borderlands Sunless Citadel / Forge of Fury Dragonlance Series White Plume Mountain Palace of the Silver Princess Vault of the Drow Temple of Elemental Evil The thing I have run the most is a homebrew...

There are things that can be done in the 5E space that balances the load, better. However, it would essentially require the rewriting of the system for them to all have an equal level of importance. Things you would likely want to achieve: 1.) Decrease the importance of Constitution for hps...

You explicitly did encounter them by your own description of the mechanics. You effectively limited how much damage the PCs could deal to the creature by giving it the 150 hp bubbles to fill out. That was you contriving a way to make the combats last longer. Walk me through something. The...

High level singular deadly combats suffer two fates: They're overpowered by PCs or the DM contrives ways to prolong them. If the PCs can prepare for the fight they have enough tools that they should be able to modify the rules of the fight to give them the win. This is true of virtually all...

People might benefit from remembering that the direct application of these tariffs is not the entire story. In fact, it is a minor part of the overall picture on how these tariffs are going to impact every element of the global economy. The US shattered the faith in the US economy that was a...

A common problem in these analysis is to look as combats as separate, not a series. Average damage is an easy calculation, but there are bigger factors. Taking it to an extreme, would you rather deal an average of 50 damage or 100 damage? What if that 50 damage is a 100% chance to hit for 50...

Think about that statement. Magic weapon. Not interesting. Magic. Not interesting. Doesn't that strike you as ... wrong? Something magical that just doesn't matter? Abilities like this were part of what was intended, and in games that used the mechanics well, did make magic matter in...

Dude. I am done with this as well - but i am going to go back to two points I have made over and over and over and over and over and over ... 1.) You can't claim it doesn't work when people have been using it, and having it work, for decades. It isn't an opinion item. It isn't a...

If you're not going to even bother to read my post ... sigh You just included in the quote a couple additional options that allow the PCs to best the threat: Reflecting the gaze to put it to sleep and luring it away. AND ONCE AGAIN: This is the puzzle for the PCs to resolve. You're rambling...

So you need more than two broad solutions for a problem for there to be enough solutions for it to be worth having a mechanic that creates fun story opportunities? There are hundreds, if not of thousands, of well known horror/fantasy stories where this concept is explored - and they are not all...

And yet Canada provides 70 to 80% of the US softwood lumber. The US is incapable of producing enough lumber to meet our needs. If we tried, we'd destroy our forests at a rate that we could not rebuild. We'd fail because that rate would not be sustainable. We'd meet our needs for a few years...

Again, having the rules enables their use. Excluding the rules makes it so that it is not an option. This is not a playstyle option. It is a play availability. As already addressed - you can houserule all you want in either direction, but building the option into the game without...

There are a lot of people making dumb statements. They don't factor in the indirect costs, for example. Last I checked, they print books. Even if printed in the USA, the lumber comes largely from across national borders in order to make those books. Also, they sell to stores that sell games...

Again, please read my responses if you're going to criticize them. My main argument is that you DO NOT NEED to provide those weapons. Yes, I pointed out to someone that you can give them the tool as part of the adventure as one way to move the story forward - but my initial suggestions had...

I understand. I'm trying to convey something that I don't think has reached you correctly, though. Consider the first two of your elements there: Gunslinger/wandslinger duels and train robberies. I think both of those can work at low levels and can convey the feel of a Western. However...

If you want a 'sticky' defensive fighter, my suggestion is to go Eldritch Knight and look for third party or homebrew spells that your DM will allow that will give you some fun mechanics. I went that route in early 2014 5E and it was fun. The DM was into it and gave me a bunch of overpowered...

I would go Bard 1, Rogue (Thief) 19 as the build. Musician origin feat (Entertainer Background). Friends and Prestidigitation as the cantrips and Command, Comprehend Languages, Detect Magic and Distort Value would be my spells - with them all explained as verbal trickery, knowledge, tomfoolery...

In my setting I have 5 types of magic. 3 are delivered through the Weave (Arcane, Divine, Nature), one is internally generated (Psionics) and one if infused into the world (Supernatural). I have 4E style rituals that use Supernatural power to enact magical effects. These rely upon skill...

One point I have not hit on clearly enough overlaps with what Merric pointed out here: This is an ability meant to be overcome as players advance. It is meant to be introduced when you have to work around it, and then as the characters advance they outgrow it as a concern and it washes out...

No. They shouldn't have magic weapons when you follow the guidelines - but using a monster where it makes a difference in the adventure when they get them? Good use. Read my posts. You were presented with a puzzle. Your fighter friend didn't come up with a solution. Did your fighter friend...