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We considered it but given: A: The bonus proposed (advantage); B: The ease of moving around an opponent into a flanking position without provoking opportunity attacks; and C: The fact it would thus routinely grant the benefit to the larger sized force it makes outnumbering a greater advantage...

To me the reason the hp bar makes sense in computer games is because it’s a visual representation of how badly injured the enemy appears. This imo isn’t Gamist over simulationist it’s a way to simulate things the players character would likely know in a way that makes sense to the player but the...

I voted 1. I tend to prefer to use a published adventure/campaign as the skeleton for my games. I just finished Out of the Abyss set in forgotten realms with about 40% of the written material excised and plenty of Adventurers League and homebrew stuff scattered in so it finished at 17th level...

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I think I’m the opposite. I try and read adventures from any D&D iteration or any rpg game, or indeed adventure story I can find to see if I can access a different or new adventure twist. Then I use the bare bones that inspired me and heavily convert it to fit my game.

My main suggestions are covered above so I’m repeating for emphasis give monsters more skills and save proficiencies give monsters tricks other than swallow- like giants that grab and throw PCs, sweeping tails etc reactions other than parry - like the 4e bloodied breath ability allow monsters...

I suspect I would not have granted a second save for the reasons you stated but I don’t have a problem with granting one. A more fun approach might be to require the person trying to grab hold of the falling pc to have a risk of going over like if they failed by 5 or more they overbalanced and...

I would have also ruled that dispel magic didn’t work to remove the stunned condition sure its occurred because magic was used but imo it’s not a magical effect its what happens to you if you get mind blasted - but that’s not the point. A mind flayer is a powerful foe at 7th level because it’s...

Can you be specific about the monster and the hit points of the PC? Its not uncommon for monsters to do multiple dice damage making criticals dangerous but against these creatures the characters should react accordingly. Battling a Chasme demon with its approx 40 damage attack needs to be...

Yes I do and so have the GMs I've played with. This type of death happened a couple of times at levels 1-2 and then infrequently up to about level 4 but not since then Iirc. I also play the auto crit on an unconscious character but the Insta death chance seems rarely relevant past about 4th...

A Paladin in Hell

To me a campaign is something where the characters have a chance to significantly level up and experience that new levelling up in play. A short campaign (as distinct from a single adventure) needs also to have at least a secondary “exploration” element able to be resolved be it a second...

Fair enough. I always had in in northern Ratik which I thought was semi official but maybe was just me.

Excellent job. I thought B1 had a greyhawk location?

You’re doing a great job at bringing back some old favourites and using the 3e design philosophy of adding on character like abilities to monsters. Which are two reasons I’m a fan. I get that your monster talents book was a bit like the templates of 3e but do you have any pure templates?

Yes I don’t see the method to achieve this as fudging the rolls it seems to be a question about monster/encounter design? but I don't think it should negate character choices - like high AC I think it’s interesting monster design for a creature expected to take on many foes to have it an...

You wanting to make it challenging isn’t getting in the way of their fun. It is making it more fun. You are doing what you can to stick the campaign landing. A final boss fight that is too easy is like a final season of a beloved television show that is too rushed - it can undermine the...

I have run a lot of D&D campaigns that last 2+ years and it’s quite often that in the early phase (below about 6th) death is a significant likelihood. Many have been the single story campaigns like adventure paths. More than one campaign has had the sole survivor recruit a bunch of new 5th level...

From what I know I would put the Gygax Arneson in a class of their own (at the top) with the people like Moldvay, Holmes (the Basic and 1e rules people) just below them. Then I would put the 3e rules people like Cook, Tweet, Williams then the 5e authors then 2e and maybe 4e who while it wasn’t...

Yep, I got that. I wasn’t aware there was a multiple book shipping discount.