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Dungeon Magazine 163-168, Scales of War, featured a whole Paragon Tier (4e) set of adventures that featured Githyanki as the main antagonists (and, in one, the Githzerai were potential allies). To be honest, it was pretty short on the background Plot elements ("there's a war, so here's a...

It only makes sense when you are short on real people at the table. Personally I've given my players a simple NPC from time to time, basically just to run during combats, usually if there are only three players as it drags things to a crawl otherwise. But I've only ever had players running...

Maybe not the first one to start on, but I enjoyed running DDAL5-04 - In Dire Need, as did my players, especially getting one player to run a two-hour timer, so everyone could keep an eye on time ticking by; I wasn't overly specific on what would happen if the PC's didn't succeed within two...

Too many DM's try and compensate for lazy players, which just leads to lazy players forever. Don't be that DM, let you players manage their own characters, including the items you give them. Make them understand all their PC's abilities, don't look stuff up for them, and so on. Remind them of...

I'd ask my players, or at least do my best to gauge their preferences. Personally, as a player I'd want to have another go at the BBEG, but it doesn't makes sense to arrive at that point with a brand new group of PC's; also, a brand new group of PC's needs some time to get up to speed as an...

Did they lower the CR? I hope so (haven't got the book). We got to review some of MToF, but it only included some unique Archdevils, no Demon Lords; the Archdevils' CR were around 20. From memory, I thought they felt about OK, in terms of their stats vs their CR, which in reality probably...

I don't know them especially well, but from skimming the last 4 or so, I'd say none of them is an especially cohesive campaign framework, they are mostly (but not all) very much unrelated. Certainly, the AP adventures are purposely designed to be Episodic ala the X-Files, i.e. there is a broad...

No, he was ready to change PC's anyway; it has his girlfriend who tried to save him, but that's another story and was a moment of comedy, followed by a moment of role-play as the Tortle flew a mile through the air, trying to roll a 20 and open her eyes for one final time so she could try and see...

I'm playing a Hexblade, started at 7th and at 13th I just multiclassed (long story). Obviously Xanathar's has made this possible, and I'm glad they changed some stuff from what was in UA, as the flavour and balance compared to other classes is better now (although I still feel that a...

Didn't Chris Perkins say that Storm Kings Thunder was like "King Lear"? Well, I've been DMing that adventure for a long time now, and so far it has borne no resemblance to that Shakespeare play whatsoever; I think it has a couple of vague plot rip-offs in the last couple of chapters, but that's...

Kudos to the great answers above. I'd just add that from a DM / GM perspective, the difference is probably magnified even more. 5e is pretty easy to DM, at least for a good number of levels. Pathfinder, I'd say, quickly becomes quite a burden in terms of the number of rules and complexities...

I'd probably see it used about once every session or two, on average. It's usually the more tactically minded players that use it. Personally I used it last time I was in the DM chair... Cloud Giant has picked up an unconscious PC (one of two); he dangles the dying PC over the edge of a huge...

In my experience (player and DM), it's about 50/50 in terms of having a Cleric in the party at any one time. I think that's fine - it should be a nice option, just like all the other classes; basically there are far too many classes to fit them all in, so no one should be so great it's always...

Those documents are all marked Confidential - do not distribute. I presume you read and signed an NDA?

Each iteration, loads got added, loads got changed, sometimes bits were removed - it was all very much shifting sands, as they gave us a chance to play around with their ideas, see what worked. Generally WotC gave us a summary of changes made, but each of those was like a couple of pages give...

No offense, but I think that's a terrible idea, as you then totally lose the excitement and tension of everyone wondering what will happen, what they should do, and so on; instead, you get a "pre-scripted" feeling, where Johnny who rolled 20 already knowing they are first, and have their action...

I think your player is right, it's a fun-house kind of setup, not something to get too intellectual over; as you've noted, there are heaps of places where the logistics don't make a lot of sense. Don't sweat it, most if not all of these inconsistencies etc will never be found, you can ad-lib...

Yep, loads of good agreement here, I'll just add that different people get different things out of playing D&D - people like me enjoy being the centre of attention, so over the top role-play is something I enjoy from time to time. But don't reward me for it, I'm already getting what I enjoy...

I've run it twice, all the way through, including some side-trecks and other mods. Not perfect, but as far as genuine "all in one, 1st to 20+" campaigns go, it's really good. First time was with 3.5, where high level play required a lot of work to stream-line it, but the players that survived...

Yeah, I'd be very cautious about giving any benefit from having a rest, I mean do you want to reward the PC's for effectively doing nothing? By definition, camping outdoors should, at best, be the same as a night's rest in a luxury hotel, so using your idea, a night's rest in a safe city place...