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The Arcane Brotherhood is a group of power-hungry wizards whose tower in Luskan was destroyed and the wizards left in exile across the land with mysterious aims. Many are not entirely human/mortal. Incident I'd trust you to come up with something based on Alma's unique backstory, perhaps...

Yes! History will be more about the wizardly organization as a whole (and less so about individual members), with scaling DCs (DC 8, DC 12, DC 15, DC 20), but less than 8 would indicate either misinformation OR some kind of run-in with the wizards that ended poorly in Alma's past.

If there’s a fight between two sides, regular folks are likely to get caught in the crossfire. Muscular neutrals might want to control the engagement to prevent/mitigate harm to innocents - manifesting as sabotaging either side, depending on how the neutral evaluates that side’s strategy...

Escaping the orbit of being publicly traded with a board is… it’s extremely difficult to navigate from what I’ve gathered. I like many of the D&D designers. I like their push for D&D at schools (and I think prisons now?). I like their focus on inclusivity. But there’s just been so much negative...

Maybe this will be useful to you? It's my short "compilation" of 1e AD&D rules (and a few simple variants) based on re-reading the rules and running for a group of younger players who'd never played AD&D. Uh, also tons of classes adapted from Dragon magazine.

It works @TaranTheWanderer - Oskar would just be coming up the shaft at Level 3 (below PCs), and sound echoing up ramp by 'orange dot' they just ascended.

"Two ways up-up," says Trex, fake-wings bobbing as the kobold points up. "Bucket lift up, then wood bridge, and gotsta go through where not-priests are. They ignore the squeaky bucket cause they think it's justa kobolds. But got to sneak sneak at the wood bridge, listen real good." Gesturing...

"Issa plan!" agrees Trex enthusiastically. The other three kobolds appear much more nervous, as if the cultists of Auril have truly cowed them into submission, but Jack's description of claiming Termalaine's gem mine for themselves sparks vigorous whispers. Eventually they slowly nod in...

GM POST You speak to Trex, though there are also 3 more kobolds with you – one that was with Trex, and the two that Lumrolur beckoned over with their hands up. Weighing Jack's words, Trex nods slowly, his head lowered in a disconcertingly conspiratorial way that causes his shoulder to hunch...

That reminds me @TaranTheWanderer do you have an image for Oskar Whisperstone that you'd want to use as a token (when we use maps)?

It's likely something is changing with the site's code – periodically I've noticed the "non notification" issue. While it's beyond me to keep tagging folks trying to guess when the notifications are/aren't working, what I can recommend – if you haven't already – is bookmarking the IC thread...

Death Shroud Golem (ToB2) Flesh Golem – immobile, replace slam with at-will Witch Bolt, Idolic Deity (ToB) Rug of Smothering – with Spellcasting

The kobold wearing fake wings (the same one whom Lumrolur managed to expel the ghost from) pivots his head to the side to study Jack. He doesn't respond right away at the sight of the silver, though his jaw twitches side-to-side, letting the fairy finish his elaborate request. "Trex knows. But...

Can’t wait to have my Pub when I get to 13th level. Really can’t wait to have a stables with cool new mount opti—— sorry, I mean make gold by horse trading. /sarcasm

Before you know it your party is going to be Snow White Alma and the seven short stacks.

Yeh, it definitely takes a spirit of adventure and desire to try new rules ideas. Online when I’ve been doing 5e I’ve just been doing the clustered initiative - But I have tried to avoid getting locked into Foundry/Roll20/FG built in initiative counters. I know a lot of GMs get locked into...

The issue you're identifying is that a randomized turn sequence discourages planning amongst players...because there's no way to know whether Beryl the Barbarian will get to act before or after Sam the Sorcerer's fireball. It's not impossible to plan, it's just much harder due to randomized turn...