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In my world, the gnomes and the haflings are opposite reponses to colonialism. Both of them are very old races who inhabited the current region before elves and humans and dwarves moved in. As the "big people" expanded from their own homelands, the gnomes and the halflings responded differently...

My justifying saying "no" to the above is that this is a turn-based game. We might be trying to model a simultaneus real-time event, but all the rules are turn based. Trying to do anything simultaneous and realtime breaks the rules very quickly. For example, the issues in this thread. :-) A...

It would be great if it includes things like the Warrens of the Stone Giant Thane (Dungeon mag #198, #199, #200).

Bardic Inspiration. Guidance spell. Enhance Ability spell. Stone of Good Luck magic item. Ioun Stone of Agility magic item. Ioun Stone of Mastery magic item. Weapon of Warning magic item. Sentinel Shield magic item. Diviniation Wizard Portent. Alert feat. The Bard feature Jack of All Trades. The...

So what do you now use for levy forces, peasants, and so on? Those "trap" choices are not traps (much like hide armour) - they are there for militias that can't afford swords and axes. Not everyone is a PC, you know.

Five bards, named Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger and Posh.

I figure that a sword gives you consistent damage, even if you miss slightly, because no matter where along the blade you strike the target with, it's a sharp bit that does damage. Axes should have more chance of high damage and more chance of low damage, because An axe if you miss slightly then...

I wanr that fireplace.

Strong Fighter - relies primarily on strength and/or constitution, lots of gear, weapon switching (they have the strencght to carry a variety of weapons). Agile Fighter - relies primarily on dexterity, mobility, light weapons. Smart Wizard - relies on intelligence, study, understanding, probably...

Yep, to a small-town guard who has never seen anything other than humans. A nine-foot tall thing with blue skin, a three foot tall thing that never talks, a human-looking thing but whose hair is actual flames, and a three-foot wrinkly thing the colour of a walnut that speaks in an old man's...

I ran a game set in Primeval Thule., which had limited races. No Underdark, so no drow, dvergar, svirfneblin, etc. No goblinoids, no orcoids, no fey (in Thule, beastmen fulfil the roles that orcs and kobolds and the like usually play in D&D games). Players could pick "strange" races, with the...

Doesn't that just describe life as normal in Barovia?

Starring Drow Richards and Drowri Peters?

I miss the reveal of drow. I miss players exclaiming, "What? There's a new type of elf? That lives underground?" What can I do today that has the same emotional impact?

Grapple them, either via spell (for example, bigby's) or by grabbing them and holding on. Foes defend against a grapple by using an ability check, so legendary saves do not apply. If a creature's speed is 0 then any legendary action that says "move up to your speed" is no longer available...

In a world where clerics exist, atheism can't really exist. Cleric: My deity gives me power. Atheist: There is no such thing as deities, your spells come from some powerful natural source. Cleric: But if I behave in conflict with my god's wishes, they withdraw their power. A natural source...

I run that smacking a foe with something you are wearing (shield, helm, boots, etc) is an unarmed attack.

Impresses the audience. Retarii didn't fight with net and trident because it was more effective; they fought because it was a great spectacle.

Bonus Actions. Each turn you get one Action and some movement.

I have always played it that way. Doing it any other way seems unfair to me. Turn it around - imagine if a GM did it to your character. GM: The EHP casts a moonbeam spell. Fighter, you take 16 points of damage. Fighter, it's your turn next. You are starting your turn in the area of effect, so...