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Chill touch pretty much ruined regeneration. So regeneration in any group that has even a bare minimum understanding of the rules is useless for another edition. Very disappointing.

Let us know how the fight goes Zapp. I haven't started boosting demon lords yet, but soon. My group just finished wiping out a marilith, four hezrou, four vrock, and six chasme in one right. The pounded through the marilith's hit points in two rounds. She was dead by round three. The casters had...

None of the WotC modules have enough xp from combat to level at the right rate. Even in Out of the Abyss, they have you fighting minotaurs in Chapter 13. A CR 2 creature for what should be level 10 plus creatures will not provide enough xp to level. Not sure why the xp tracking is so poor in all...

Not in 5E. If they hear the PCs and no one can beat their Stealth of 17, then they get surprise. You get a full turn during a surprise round. So you would run it the following way: 1. PCs enter. 2. Slaad hear PCs. 3. Roll initiative. Only people not surprised are those with Passive Perception...

That's why I layered the slaad. With 60 foot blindsight, no cover, and them invisible, I figured they would guaranteed be right up on the door to ensure they don't miss anyone entering and would force immediate initiative. Maybe Flamestrike set them up 70 feet away to be kind, I don't know. I...

I would only allow this as a DM if your diviner won initiative versus the slaad. You wouldn't be able to alert anyone until your action. Rary's does not allow you to provide the group with such information with any greater speed than if you were talking and that would occur on your turn.

Encounter 2: Round 1 (Surprise) Surprise Round: Slaad and Jubali only ones that can act. DM modifications: I'm going to set up the death slaad a little bit different than Flamestrike. One of them will be 60 feet from the door and one will be 70 feet. This ensures no one can stealth by the...

Aggregate Resource Report Time allotted: 4:55 minutes Time used: 1 hour 41 minutes 2 round Pre-encounter: Wizard: 1 5th level slot to use teleportation circle from device. 10 minutes to cast ritual version of Rary's Telepathic Bond. Encounter 1 Eldritch Knight: Hps: 120/106 Bolts used: 17...

Didn't memorize sending. I'll have to tough it out.

Some Gravenhollow interactions Jharzzle's research with stonespeaker crystal concerning demon lords. Jharzzle enters the Archives of the Present with the stonespeaker crystal. Above the entrance it says in Dwarvish and Giant (you find that you can read the languages in Gravenhollow), The...

Pre-encounter Discussion Entering the Portal: Given the information we received and our knowledge of the rary's telepathic bond, the feeling is that there is no way to scout ahead effectively and get information back to the party. Jubali throws her head back and laughs, then she looks at the...

I would never do limited magic immunity. Casters are screwed enough without having their level 4 or lower slots made useless against demon lords as well as saves against higher level spells against Legendary Resistance and complete immunity to cantrips. A caster might as well not even show up.

That's more understandable than what I was thinking. So we just think differently for how long something would take. We'll see how Flamestrike runs it. For me it would depend on how obvious the information was.

Pre-encounter Questions Flamestrike, The gnome will Investigate the Planar Rift with assistance from Jubali and Dom. His Passive Investigation is 25 with Observation. If you don't allow Passive Investigation, what kind of bonus will you give me for the Observation feat for the Passive...

Description of Set Up and Planar Restrictions As noted above, after the PCs kill or subdue the giants, they face a 2 hour journey to the Mountain (or whats left of it). Smart PCs should attempt to shorten this journey by any means possible in order to allow more short rest opportunities in...

Adventure Synopsis Adventure Synopsis In short: The PCs are hired to undo a catastrophic magical accident that has unleashed a godly nihilistic force into the realm. Adventure Background: A band of NPC adventurers recently entered white plume mountain to recover three (stolen) magical weapons...

Encounter 3 Encounter 3: Encounter conditions: Same as the rest of the demi-plane. Encounter environment: The PCs enter a 40'x40' room,with exits to the north, east, west and south. They enter via the southern entrance. The exits to the east and west are twisting corridors that lead to...

I memorize as many rules as I can. I read up on anything I don't know after the fight if I have a question as to how the player runs it. In general, players have to bear part of the responsibility. They should at least know the rules involving their character. It really does slow the game down...

That would be a helpful app. I just love intense debate, a little too much for many tastes. I never dislike anyone or hold any grudges against the people I'm in discussions with. I always enjoyed your tactical viewpoint, though I still want to use the necromancer idea in some campaign where it...

Aggregate Resource Report Time allotted: 4:55 minutes Time used: 1 hour 16 minutes 1 round Pre-encounter: Wizard: 1 5th level slot to use teleportation circle from device. 10 minutes to cast ritual version of Rary's Telepathic Bond. Encounter 1 Eldritch Knight: Hps: 120/106 Bolts used: 17...