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I'll start small. I think the gaze attack should be an action and not a bonus action. This would put it on par with the Dragonborn breathweapon. Venom-Kissed. I like the name and its fine for poison resistance, and I probably could even accept the advantage on poison saves, but why add disease...

1st edition Tomb of Horrors. Same players, two separate sets of characters, same results. They never went back and we never completed the module by defeating Acecerak.

I love monster books! Always fun to delve into a new monster book and spring something new on the players.

I wonder if some Liches came into existence because the spell Clone wasn't invented? For those that became liches when the clone spell was an option, chose lichdom because they see it as the first step towards transitioning to something divine. Vecna is the best example of this. Lichdom was the...

Ranger with a bow would be nifty for a birdy-dude.

If I want the PCs feeling they're carving up their foes with cinematic coolness, I assign lower HP. In random encounters, I'll go with the MM average. If I want to distinguish a particular foe, I'll go with max hitpoints. The only time I roll, is when I'm going for an "old school" module feel...

It's perfectly fine. They pay the costs, and can learn from each other. I had this occur in one of my long standing campaigns with a Gnome illusionist and a half-elf evoker, they wisely coordinated the spells they'd learn, to improve their spell diversity. I liked the mutual aid. I strongly...

I suggest when the PCs hit a new proficiency bonus level, she should gain +1 to attacks and another Hit Die. This would provide her with additional staying power but keep her in a support role.

Isle of Dread was a part of the playtest for 5e, so it already received a bit of a conversion.

Love paladins, always play them. I love them even more in 5th edition because the quirky restrictions of AD&D are gone in part, because alignment is handled differently. Love the class, love roleplaying the class, love the different oaths which provide distinctions for how one roleplays the...

Civil war sparked by a religious order or cult.

As somebody who generally DMs, I wouldn't prevent the attempt, but I would have some external force intervene during the moment to disrupt it, essentially requiring the characters to work together to face the external threat. There's a few reasons why. As Iserith explained, there's an...

I've been thinking about your post and thread. I began by pondering the existing main spellcasting classes. The wizard draws his magical ability through rigorous study. The sorcerer is born with magic in the blood. The cleric draws power from her faith, the warlock makes a pact with something...

I'm a fan of your work as well Dyson. I especially liked the "human touch" of pen and ink.

I'd leave it alone, and not change a thing. Player Characters are suppose to be these rare individuals, the ones that accomplish epic deeds. For example, look at the official WOTC story arcs; these aren't for regular ole highwaymen and petty thieves. At 12th level, these are legends in the...

The hag is part of a coven of hags. The coven of hags serve an unseelie Archfey.

Personally, I'd keep it as the "sweet, younger sister" who's not actually so sweet, and is far more ambitious than any would suspect. I'd go so far as to make her a warlock with a pact to the imprisoned god. I imagine she'd be something like a young Queen Cercei from Game of Thrones, but with...

I'm in agreement with the posters who suggested swapping the roles of the king and the prince. In fact, it plays right into your hands if they've become close friends with the prince, and think the father is the "bad guy." What a kick in the gut if their friends turns out be a key antagonist...

Alignment in my game is important, because it's part of what helps define the persona. It's the ethical and philosophical underpinnings of the character in a game in which the standards are: gods are real, angels and demons exist, and there's an afterlife for the souls in the standard D&D...

I tend to weave the character's backgrounds into the campaign arc, ensuring that at some point, the focus turns to each player, even the wallflowers. Once the center of attention is focused on the meek player(s), it helps facilitate those roleplaying, character development moments. Since each...