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The best advice I heard recently was to learn what you're good at making up on the fly and then focus prep on what you're not good at. I'm terrible at remembering monster abilities and resistances so I make sure to write those down as an aide d'memoir when preping. I more or less make up plot as...

Anytime you want to say "No" try to say "No, but..." or "Yes, if..." instead. Reward creativity, even if it stifles your plans.

He's definitely getting lots of short rest chances. In fact I'm giving far too many short rests in general. With actions, it's mostly that he's not getting many bonus actions and everyone else is (Thief has two weapons, war priest and battle master get lots of options for their bonuses).

A player in my recently started 5e game is feeling a little left behind by the action economy - pretty much everyone in the party (3rd level, all human, Fighter (BM), Cleric (War), Rogue (thief), Warlock (tome)) gets a second action in most combat situations except for him. HE's a bit limited...

There's lots of monster types you could create a campaign around in ToB - shadow fey etc. - and just lots of super cool monsters. I think Volo's is really well done though and I'm planning on dumping gnolls and hags into my game drawing heavily on the info in the book. For what it's worth I...

I think this is how I think about it as well... although in te trap case it's pretty clear cut: perception for some, investigation for others and arcana for magical.

Even better then!

I don't know FR very well - what's the Al-Qadim equivalent? Because I want that, including a Genie Pact warlock.

I'm not normally a dungeons filled with traps kind of DM but the PCs are currently investigating the tomb of the last king and so I've thrown a few in. In doing so, I've noticed a bit of a conflict in the rules. The rogue in the party has little intelligence and no proficiency in Investigation...

That would be awesome. Or Elminster's Guide to the Planes?

Cheers!

Thanks for that. I don't have any of the APs but it really looks like the vast majority of creatures in the books are unique. Is that right? There's the drakes, derro, elemental myrmidons and a few others but most of these thigns are named NPCs.

Of course it does! WotC will always be able to charge a premium for products. Regardless, the price per page was always going to be higher for non-core books within WotC.

I know that there's no way to get consensus here but I'm another one who wants the monsters from the APs in Volo's. I haven't bought the APs as the only thing I'd want from them are the monsters (and maybe the magic items) so it would be great for me if I could get those in one place. Actually...

This is more or less the plan. And this is more or less the fear... I don't want a TPK, but if it happens, then I'm going to have them all reincarnated. That'll dump them back to level 1 so they can either keep the PCs or roll up new ones...

Thanks - I think Eldrich Claws looks pretty good. Is there a good guide to wild-shaping and the available shapes around?

I'm an idiot. I introduced a major NPC largely as a plot device and my PCs are (entirely predictably) trying to fight it. The NPC is a half-fiendish nymph (CR9). The PCs are 2nd level, but likely to be third by the time the fight happens. They are trying to enlist the help of a famed druid...

Character roll up went well - a witch, a bard and a fighter. They will probably be accompanied by some sort of GMPC for a bit of the game.

Thanks! :) I don't really have a campaign story. I sort of free wheel it a bit. First adventure will be a way to introduce them to the powers that be and a mission to retrieve a body from somewhere - fairly straight forward. Character gen is tonight so we'll see what they want to do then.

In case anyone is interested, the brief campaign write up I sent to the players today... Anyone know of a lawspeaker archetype bard?