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Resources Expended When You're Lost 1. Time: Did the monsters eat the kidnapped villagers? The wizard experiment on the child? I usually have a % chance each day. Did the villain reach the temple before you? How many more days of you getting lost will allow the villain to perform their...

Resources Expended When You're Lost 1. Time: Did the monsters eat the kidnapped villagers? The wizard experiment on the child? I usually have a % chance each day. Did the villain reach the temple before you? How many more days of you getting lost will allow the villain to perform their...

Wow. I had certainly read the rules, but I mostly create my own monsters when I DM, and prefer to not have knowledge of monster stats when I play. I see now monsters with these bonuses, and that they are exceptions. That's some terrible writing or presentation in the MM. If that Saving Throw...

I agree it isn't a big deal to get used to in play. But I think it's a huge deal in making play more manageable and fun for everyone in one simple step while still preserving choices. EDIT: to remove misreading of easily misreadable rules. :/ Whoops! Casters are still really important for...

Multiple Characteristic Areas - not just levels, but different themes. You should be able to realize you're in a different place. Multiple Factions - Many dungeons are lairs. Like the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, there's one organized force (though often with a few rogue elements). A...

Curious about how multi-classing Sorcerer would be with the Shadow Magic origin. At 1st level, you get 120' dark vision so become a better party scout. At 3rd level you get a reliable way to gain Advantage and Sneak Attack with magical darkness that you can see through. Plus cantrips like...

I like it. I like the encumbrance for the cold weather gear. I think the way to make the DCs work is to keep them as they are, but increment them as the exposure is increased without warmth, maybe without sustenance (keeping up body heat requires calories.) Perhaps every 2 hours the DC goes...

You're not talking about home brew content, you're not even talking about an optional way of handling or interpreting something. You're talking about messing with the foundation of the game: DM describes a situation/environment, Player chooses a response, DM adjudicates response. You're...

I played a good deal of 4e but I never ran it. I had a 3.5 campaign going and we all wanted to see what happened with it. I did though, take parts of 4e and put them into my 3.5 game, including Skill Challenges. I know, everyone hated them, but if you run your skills more narratively it was a...

Wow, no. The worst I do as a DM is draw the dropped weapon on the battlemat. Potentially losing the weapon if they have to run away is the only drawback. And I consider myself a fiddly, hardass, old school GM. I mean, I make my players use my encumbrance rules, that's how much an ass I am!

At this point, I'd wonder why the players that self declare their rolls even WANT a dungeon master. With no role for the DM other than playing the opposition, they would be better off with a board game or a computer game. It would seem to fit their style: they pick their actions from a...

Opinions differ :) Skipping a complex interaction that uses the imagined environment and simply rolling a skill check is pretty boring and could be done with Neverwinter Nights on your computer. I DM, and play in games with DMs, because I want a more imaginative game experience than rolling...

One of the aspects of 1e and OD&D and B/X is a DMing procedure that is left out of 3.x and onward: Reaction Rolls. Few monsters would automatically attack. So often the players had a choice whether to negotiate, bribe, or even just immediately retreat instead of attacking. Many old school...

Good point. Yet another reason: the player sometimes shouldn't know if their character succeeded and the die roll would give that away.

Going without water hurts a lot quicker. I'd actually suggest something more like: 8+ (days w/o water * 3) Here's someone else's take on Food in 5e Interesting idea for Inspiration. I've been pondering different risk/reward type mechanics. Characters could tell stories/sing songs/warm...

I find this behavior rude as hell, and it is disrespectful to the role of the DM. I'm not there to adjudicate a dice roll. You can go play Neverwinter Nights if all you want to do is roll an ability check of off your character sheet. I DM because I want to present an interesting interactive...

hmmm - Were there spell cards for the spells in Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide?

Since so many people can't seem to find it (even though it is on the first page of comments), I'm posting below the already posted testimony of the affected individual. Note that she is speaking out because of the treatment by the doubters towards the people who helped her. I'm glad she's able...

I've had a small conversation with FGG via Facebook to also let them know that I have found their response insufficient. I'll miss Matt Finch's work, as well as Zach's (I have a lot of his Lesser Gnome stuff, don't know if he's actually published via FGG yet). While I said I would like to hear...

I missed that. It isn't under the Concentration casting rules, but under the normal spell casting rules it specifies that a longer casting times require concentration. It's confirmed by a Crawford tweet. Good catch. My Book of Ancient Secrets has been getting away with this unfortunately...