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When you remove the importance of initiative on attack order it becomes about movement. Moving into advantageous terrain or moving a unit to block another unit from attacking their desired opponent. So for example you could move a unit of tough highly armoured dwarves into melee with a unit of...

Just having had a quick read it looks like you could easily remove the grid and do it with measurements much like Warhammer. A few spell template and I reckon it would play pretty well

Just having had a quick read it looks like you could easily remove the grid and do it with measurements much like Warhammer. A few spell template and I reckon it would play pretty well

I ordered a few days ago and payment has been taken but no emails either for password resets or with the pdf. Still a problem with Microsoft servers as I use live.co.uk? Edit: seems to be a current problem but a quick support request on the website sorted me out - reading now

Nah that not a proper realms shaking event as it doesn't change the rules of magic or affect the gods - except for one. Beside we both know that the heroes win :) I believe the year is 1484 and slap bang I the middle of the Sundering. Salvatore mentions it in Rise of the King which I think is...

True. We tend to pick the interesting (to us) plots and expand them. So for example one of our current story lines could be called 'Lantan after the Spellplague..what really happened'. We are not afraid to change the lore but do tend to pick events that haven't yet had the lines between the dots...

If you want further detail then the time of troubles has probably the best source as novels were written about it http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Avatar_series The events of the spellplague are bit harder to pin down. The 4e forgotten realms guide briefly discusses the hundred years up...

The difference was though they were much shorter in general. So if you took the Saltmarsh adventures for example and played them as a series you would probably make it to 4th or 5th level. They were all so small that they are more like a big adventure before the next big adventure than a modern...

You are not alone and its generally not how we play. Our campaigns are generally adventure driven up to about 5th - 6th and then character driven from that points. We are playing HotDQ at the moments and are about to start the last episode. After that we will take both a out of game break from...

There are three major ones during recent history and all align with a new edition of D&D Time of Troubles - transition from 1e to 2e DR1358 http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Time_of_Troubles The Spellplague - transition from 3e to 4e DR 1385...

I think its your use of the term overpowered rather than simply powerful which is a bit misleading. Overpowered suggests more powerful than intended which you are not actually arguing - just more powerful than maybe older editions? Personally we are finding it fast and furious like you say for...

An entangle spell was cast on half of the party and it took several rounds for the weaker members to escape. Made that fight very difficult. I'm not sure if this counts as a spell being more powerful than I thought though as entangle has always been good

I think I have been a bit too eager to do the damage by running in on the first round. Probably better to cast from a safer location and then dodge when moving in.

I'm still undecided about it due to concentration. My cleric has cast it a few times now and it has lasted between two full rounds and a single attack by one opponent. The problem is you feel compelled to get central to include as many opponents as possible but then you are open to attack and...

Its revenge for the cleric stealing fireball!

I'm convinced you are teasing us now

Maybe in 1st edition but not since. And since we are talking about 5th edition as others have pointed out bards are arcane casters and one of those arcane spells is cure wounds

I guess part of the problem was your group played this adventure very early on before much had been discussed. With hindsight or maybe a full reading of the module and all the online discussion about it, it becomes apparent that its clearly an adventure for heroic characters. Now maybe that's a...

The hobgoblin warlord alone is a much higher level character equivalent. In hit dice and number of attacks he is 13th level so there is no real surprise in having the plate mail I would say. I think he is the toughest melee humanoid in the monster manual. The roughly equivalent party level could...

I also think a few posters are being a bit harsh on the poor hobgoblin warlord. It says in the hobgoblin entry that they look after their weapons and armour very well. A hobgoblin warlord is the pinnacle of his kind and leads an entire legion into battle. In games terms he is 13HD and gets 3...