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I'm all for amping up monster damage but "two can play at that game" is a weirdly elaborate reason to do it. Especially considering you can just call the ranged creature a "Storm Sniper" to justify it and add +10/20/30 to its damage.

I think your alterations make the adventure a heck of a lot more believable! I kinda considered changing it to make it a lot higher level and moving each of the cult headquarters to different parts of the world, in a place that would be appropriate to that element (rather than the pretty...

Imagine a city of geniuses who've had decades to plan and build magical defenses against an invasion. My question is: why do you think the attackers have a sliver of a chance?

Just start each session with "OK, you've made up new characters? Great. You're in the inn enjoying a hearty meal by the fire. Suddenly a meteor hits the inn instantly disintegrating everything and everybody inside. You take... 967,154 points of fire damage." That's how you make any edition of...

Oh yeah, I've been doing this spell wrong too lol. Damn.

Didn't he kill a defenceless boy in the first season? How is that "good"? Or does he get a pass because he was "just following Joffrey's orders"?

I take a PCs alignment when they first create their character as an aspirational thing. Over time the character's actions really determine whether they are that alignment or not but I don't usually ask PCs to change their alignment unless they do something pretty significantly contrary to their...

It is of course optional, but I use it quite extensively and I've expanded the usefulness of inspiration. Firstly, inspiration points come in two flavors - temporary and permanent. Temporary last until you spend them, permanent refresh each session. Secondly, you can have multiple points of both...

Just give him a call. Wait, I've got his number here somewhere...

This is a stone age village. They don't have due process, modern law enforcement, or a court. If a village elder suspects them of the murder, he gathers up whatever passes for militia, arrests them, has a kangaroo court for the people, then executes them. If he can't gather up a militia to...

Life is cruel and harsh. Compassion is for the weak. True strength can be found in the cold hard crucible of hatred. All my DCs are 25 or higher because the only thing more crushing than being told "no" is knowing you could never make the roll anyway! MUA HA HA HA HA! Or... I just set it...

I don't know if he sucks necessarily, but he's awfully married to the rigid definition of classes for someone who claims to like the story. Surely if you can justify your class mix with a kickass story, wouldn't that satisfy the story requirement?

Yeah I DMed a low magic version of Dark Sun years and years ago. Dark Sun was the perfect setting for it and it was super fun for that particular group but after that group broke up, I tried to replicate the game with another group and it didn't work at all. Different groups like different game...

I would take some time to familiarise yourself with the software first, since you'll effectively be the players tech support. Just work out how the basics of the game work. How do the players make rolls? How does the chat work? How do they whisper the DM? How do you show them handouts? How do...

Sounds fine to me OP. A rescue plan that relies on stealth pretty much has to go without a hitch, or if aborted, has to have a good escape plan. Doesn't sound like they had a good escape plan.

1) A synopsis for each chapter, so you know the major beats and a clear idea of what constitutes the start and what constitutes the end 2) A conclusion for each chapter, dealing with the probable outcomes and suggestions if they didn't find clue x, y, z 3) Boxed text - I find it useful as a DM...

It means "this weapon has no special properties".

That's not why I hate them. I hate them because they encourage obnoxious, furry-obsessed, drama queens who disrupt the table doing dumb stuff then say "I had to do that because I'm a Tabaxi!" Basically imagine Jonah Hill at his most obnoxious playing a Tabaxi. That's what players who play any...

I think we should write this rule into the 5e core ruleset. Perhaps we can move on to punishments for violating the rule?

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