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Would those of you who wouldn't give out magic armour also not give out a ring of protection? Same reason - bounded accuracy breaking? I am thinking of making the ring of protection not increase AC above 20 (saving throw bonus still applies) in a bit of a nod to the old AD&D limitation. I am...

Acererak 18 Asmodeus 20 Demogorgon 27 Graz'zt 23 Iggwilv 15 Iuz 25 King Snurre 17 Lord Soth 23 Orcus 4+1=5 Szass Tam 13 Tharizdun 25 Tiamat 24 Venger 18-2=16 Vlaakith 16 Xanathar 10 Zargon 19

Ahh the eternal battle between Orcus and Demogorgon continues I see

Acererak 18 Asmodeus 20 Demogorgon 28 Graz'zt 22 Iggwilv 13 Iuz 26 King Snurre 19 Lord Soth 23 Orcus 4+1=5 Szass Tam 13 Tharizdun 25 Tiamat 25 Venger 23 -2=21 Vlaakith 16 Xanathar 12 Zargon 19

Acererak 18 Asmodeus 20 Demogorgon 27 Graz'zt 24 Iggwilv 16 Iuz 25 King Snurre 17+1=18 Lolth 1 Lord Soth 27 Orcus 5 Szass Tam 13 Strahd von Zarovich 8-2=6 Tharizdun 23 Tiamat 26 Venger 21 Vlaakith 18 Xanathar 12 Zargon 19

1. I run a slow progression game (and a couple of normal progression game with many of the same players). The slow progression game I gave out 1/5th exp for monsters up to 5th level and now 1/10th. I also give out goal achievement xp in both games. The players refer to the slow xp game as "the...

Acererak 18 Asmodeus 21 Bargle 1-2= gone Demogorgon 25 Graz'zt 24 Iggwilv 14 Iuz 25 King Snurre 21 Lolth 11 Lord Soth 26 Orcus 10+1=11 Szass Tam 13 Strahd von Zarovich 8 Tharizdun 22 Tiamat 24 Venger 22 Vlaakith 18 Xanathar 16 Zargon 20

Acererak 18 Asmodeus 20 Bargle 7-2=5 Demogorgon 25 Graz'zt 24 Iggwilv 16 Iuz 27 King Snurre 18 Lolth 10 Lord Soth 25 Orcus 12 Szass Tam 15 Strahd von Zarovich 10 Tharizdun 22 Tiamat 23 Vecna 1+1=2 Venger 22 Vlaakith 20 Xanathar 18 Zargon 20 The original artifacts gave cool ideas Vecna is great...

]Acererak 18 Asmodeus 20 Bargle 14-2=12 Demogorgon 25 Graz'zt 24 Iggwilv 17+1=18 Iuz 24 King Snurre 18 Lolth 13 Lord Soth 26 Orcus 12 Szass Tam 15 Strahd von Zarovich 11 Tharizdun 22 Tiamat 22 Vecna 6 Venger 21 Vlaakith 20 Xanathar 18 Zargon 20

I use the average in the stat block but if I want a tougher creature I just add a bunch of HP regardless of the hit die. So a leader gnoll just give some bonus ability and +30 HP

I'm happy with the way it is

Gees if dumb names are grounds then there're at least half a dozen more that need to be gone.

Acererak 19 Asmodeus 20 Bargle 16-2=14 Demogorgon 23 Graz'zt 24 Iggwilv 19 Iuz 25 King Snurre 20 Lolth 15 Lord Soth 24 Orcus 14 Szass Tam 16 Strahd von Zarovich 12 Tharizdun 22 Tiamat 21 Vecna 11+1=12 Venger 21 Vlaakith 20 Xanathar 18 Zargon 20 Can't believe Rary went first, the traitor within...

Acererak 19 Asmodeus 20 Bargle 17-2=15 Demogorgon 22 Graz'zt 23 Iggwilv 19 Iuz 23 King Snurre 20 Lolth 17 Lord Soth 24 Orcus 14 Rary 8 Szass Tam 20 Strahd von Zarovich 12 Tharizdun 22 Tiamat 21 Vecna 11+1=12 Venger 21 Vlaakith 20 Xanathar 18 Zargon 20

Acererak 20 Asmodeus 20 Bargle 17-2=15 Demogorgon 20 Graz'zt 21 Iggwilv 20 Iuz 23 King Snurre 20 Lolth 20 Lord Soth 22 Orcus 18 Rary 12 Szass Tam 20 Strahd von Zarovich 15 Tharizdun 23 Tiamat 21 Vecna 15+1=16 Venger 20 Vlaakith 20 Warduke 8 Xanathar 20 Zargon 19

Acererak 20 Asmodeus 20 Bargle 18-2=16 Demogorgon 20 Graz'zt 21 Iggwilv 20 Iuz 21 King Snurre 20 Lolth 20 Lord Soth 21 Orcus 18 Rary 12 Szass Tam 20 Strahd von Zarovich 17 Tharizdun 22 Tiamat 19 Vecna 16+1=17 Venger 20 Vlaakith 20 Warduke 16 Xanathar 20 Zargon 21

For me it is either players behaving flippantly toward the setting or min maxing. Probably min maxing.

Especially when the basis for shooting down the plan is an assumption. "Oh that won't work, the bad guys are bound to have a guard to stop you climbing up to the window. Don't even try."

If the players succeed at something that is public knowledge don't just go straight to the next adventure. Reward them by having NPCs react accordingly. As well as gold, exp and magic players love it when a bartender NPC offers them free drinks and food for the night because that peasant they...

Agreed. But judging it on its merits doesn't exclude disliking it if it takes a known story or character and treats them inappropriately. Like say making Riverwind a backstabbing betrayer. Removing a character from a story but keeping others consistent with material is fine. LOTR did just that...