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Cool idea! I ran the adventure starting at level 1 but I don't see any real issues with starting at level 4-5 beyond beefing up the random encounters and some of the early adventure locations. Generally speaking Sloob is appropriate for level 3 characters, Grack for level 4, Neverlight for 5...

Its the stats. With a standard array and no magic weapon your monk would be: 18 Dex; 16 Wis; 13 Con;AC 17 and attacks at +7 for d8+4/d8+4 and d6+4. You would also have 10 less HP with the lower Con and one less temp HP with the lower Wis. A half orc fighter (two-weapon style) with a...

I'd say it is weighted more toward situations that will end up as one encounter days (e.g. big battles, wilderness encounters) and less toward "dungeon" type adventuring where short rests are more common. Personally I don't think it is to the point where a short rest class would be "gimped" but...

I expanded the "kill the grick" quest to be a large grick colony located outside of the grove. While it was still mostly a straight up "go kill stuff" quest, it offered more opportunities for interaction with the myconids e.g., talk to hunters to learn about gricks attacking myconids outside...

Drider Enclave; 4 PCs level 8; likely 1 session 2 Driders (CR 6) [Hard encounter] 8 Giant Spiders (CR 2) + Drider (CR 6) [Hard/Deadly encounter] 3 Driders (CR 6) [Deadly encounter] 1 Drow mage (CR 7)+ Drider (CR 6) [Hard encounter] 6 Piercers (CR 1/2) [Very...

In my experience everyone has a list of things that are broken in 5e .... but pretty much everyone has a completely different list. I'd agree with you on hiding. Other than that none of the stuff on your list has been a problem for me, and I would bet the stuff that drives me nuts would get...

Those are some awesome examples, and I 100% agree that a good DM finds new and different ways to challenge players. However some players (myself included) find that the possibility of character death adds excitement to the game in a way that succeeding or failing at a scenario like the ones...

It’s a great theorycrafting question, and since I don’t have a good theorycrafting answer, I’ll just say that theory can only take you so far before game play takes over. On paper a raging barbarian has much more survivability than a rogue or wizard. In practice, the barbarian is likely on the...

I'd give the characters a break from the underdark for a while and let them pursue their own goals. But as time passes they slowly realize that something is very, very wrong. The madness and influence of the demon lords is spreading beyond the underdark and is threatening their homes...

I agree its not metagaming for a party to know, for example, that a troll is a fearsome beast that can tear through a squad of armored soldiers in seconds. I would argue that it IS metagaming when a party that almost died fighting kobolds and giant rats a few weeks ago says "Yeah, lets go kill...

My main point (which perhaps I did not make clearly enough) is that in an *ideal* sandbox, characters faced with the option of fighting ogres or hunting vampires would ask "what sounds more interesting?" rather than "what is an appropriate challenge for a party of our level?" IMHO the point of...

To me the biggest mechanical issue for running sandbox adventures in D&D is the huge power difference even a couple levels makes. If you are running a true sandbox, then low level parties are likely to get into encounters they can't handle. The only real solution is metagaming by players...

The "donning and doffing armor" table in the PHB states that it requires and action to equip or stow a shield - you can't do it with with your free interaction the same way you could draw or sheath a weapon.

In my experience the complexity of 4th Ed (and to a lesser extent 3.x) drove people back to the earlier editions in droves. I'd say the more streamlined rules of 5E have really eliminated the biggest reason reason to play earlier editions. The top sellers on DMG tell you nothing about what...

Rangers don't have GWF as one of their fighting style options so you would have to go fighter or paladin.

There is no specific rule on firing into melee, but the DM can use the cover rules to represent this if they deem appropriate. I generally give targets in melee the benefit of half cover, even if the shot does not pass through an ally's space, to represent the difficulty of avoiding shooting...

I'd love to see a remake of B4 The Lost City. It had by far the most original setting of any early module - a lost city in the desert where insane survivors of a fallen civilization battled each other for survival. It also had some unique features like different factions that the party could...

Actually, I think that's pretty optimistic. My group is moving into the second half now and from my read through none of the chapters come close to a level of xp for appropriately leveled groups. SPOILERS Personally, I am planning to add some areas and beef up others, but wrap up the...

I am not really familiar with the Nentir Vale, but if you are looking to run a campaign in the wake of a major world war you might want to look at Greyhawk instead. The "From the Ashes" campaign guide (available as a PDF from DriveThru/RPGNow) is set immediately after a series of wars between...

Yes, I understand that the book does not come with top-down maps of the castle, and someone would have had to produce new versions of the isometric maps. But IMO part of the process of converting a book to a VTT product should be making sure that all of the major maps are included in a version...