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It's such an extreme example lacking so many details it's not setting much of a baseline. What did a typical encounter look like? What was the environment, the setup, the monsters used? Do they get short and long rests whenever they want? Did the DM even attempt to make the encounters more...

Then the DM needs to adjust their game in response. Just like I've had to adjust for different groups and different mixes of PCs, just like I'm still figuring out the correct balance now in my game.

I don't think you need any house rules. But I do think if you allow people to load up with things like 10 rare rings and everyone having legendary items that the DM needs to rethink how many magic items are available or adjust encounter difficulty to compensate. There are multiple ways to fix...

Maybe when we get a higher level I'll have to check it out. I occasionally buy mods just to pull fun parts out.

For the most part I've had a hard time keeping the size of the group down to 6. As far as 1 round combats? I just double checked with my wife, she can't remember any either. The only exception (and she was speculating because she couldn't remember one) would have been at level 1 or 2 where...

It's odd that there are lamentations about how broken the game is now with the new rules but somehow imposing limitations or adding in a few house rules seems to be out of the question. I see a lot of issues with the game as depicted, everything from uninteresting encounter environments to solo...

The issue is not that people need to adjust to the new rules. The issue is the statements that the issues are solely caused by the system and cannot be resolved by the DM. The first few fights where the fights were too easy? That can happen, but when it does I would be adjusting the...

I agree, but just a note. Surprise has been nerfed a bit in the 2024 rules, all it means now is that those creatures surprised have disadvantage on initiative. Again, I have never had a single fight that I can remember that only lasted one round at any level*. I'm not some tactical genius, I...

If it takes 4 beholders to challenge a group, I'll throw 4 beholders. Why not? As long as I'm not constantly nerfing the group, it can be a fun challenge. If the PCs are doing high enough damage that they the DM could add half a dozen extra monsters and they still get through the combat in...

Adjusting the difficulty and challenge of the game is something a DM has to do at every level for every group.

Funny how so many people complained about how fighters were ineffective and now ... too good! :unsure:

The only one allowing a PC to have 10 rare items without compensating by modifying the encounters is the DM.

If I look at Chapter 2 of the PHB > Starting at Higher Levels > Starting Equipment they have a handy dandy chart. But it's also still up to the DM, after all the 2024 version gets rid of requirements for magical items as far as I've seen; there are still some creatures such as the Air Elemental...

Sorry if I have little sympathy for someone who 5 PCs with experienced players and with magic items up the wazoo (I've never seen a +3 shield in 5E and don't expect to) along with 10 rare ring each and then doesn't change the module at all from what I understand. Then apparently allow the party...

End of the day the only real answer to this is that "They decided it wasn't worth it." There probably wasn't a huge demand, whatever tools they currently use likely only serve as a starting point. If they use a complex spreadsheet it may be considered proprietary software by the legal...

Haven't you been predicting the imminent demise of D&D for the past decade or so? ;) As far as whether people are excited all I can say is that the people I actually play with like the new stuff. It's a slightly smaller sample size than what you see online but not by much.

New DMs likely shouldn't be building monsters from scratch in the first place. Meanwhile I doubt anyone new to DMing in 2025 will have an issue with looking for tools online. My ideal solution would include something like a tutorial/step-by-step tool in DndBeyond but if wishes were horses...

I've never cared for turn undead as a whole, it's far too swingy and makes setting up challenging encounters with undead a pain in the ass. Have a zombie swarm? Do I need to decide what percentage is going to be turned? What happens if the cleric just happened to have used their channel...

The old rules haven't disappeared. There are plenty of alternative monster building rules out there, I use the ones from the blog of holding and I'm sure there will be new ones soon enough based on the new MM. I get that you want something official and I can relate because I'm dissapointed we...

Ah, I didn't think to look at the MM. I just saw the NPC section in the DMG.