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Capaldi's run gradually diminished my enthusiasm for Dr. Who - he 'mutters to himself' a lot and they never adjusted the sound to account for that. After enough time not able to make out what the Doctor is saying ... Best Capaldi episode was when he fixed the broken Dalek (my initial reaction...

Magitech? Unique (but not necessarily expensive) material component? "I pull out my Nikola Tesla Coil with the aiming sight on it, point it down the hallway, and cast Lightning Bolt!" ?

You're welcome! Picking cantrips can depend on how the rest of the group interacts with your character. If they give you plenty of time to sneak around and scout things out, Message (to communicate findings, traps, treasure) and Prestidigitation (to clean up your tracks) are good; OTOH, if...

Pick up a hand crossbow or a shortbow or throw daggers for ranged attacks, do not fill a spells-known with Magic Missile. The weapons can carry Sneak Attack damage; the spell cannot. I have yet to see any enemy drop from a Magic Missile barrage. Another good cantrip - especially if you are...

Another adventure to look at is 3e Cormyr: Tearing of the Weave which includes a trip to the Shadowfell "echo" of one part of the kingdom. The comparison between Material Plane and Shadow Plane will help you build your own maps. But you will have to create your own maps; there isn't anything...

Even if the PCs dump the Bag of Beans, the Mummy Lord will track it down (and !ater them too). Somebody turned him into a bean - he wants to reverse-engineer that ... and maybe do it unto a particular foe. Plus, are the other beans somebody he can use as a minion or lieutenant or ally?

NE Indiana is in the boundary zone of settlement between "from Ohio River and points southeast" and "from New York / New England". I hear a lot of southern "warsh my clothes" but also hear a softened version of President Kennedy's "Pahk the cah in Havahd Yahd at nigh'" (Park the car in Harvard...

IMO the problem is in the writing. People who cannot get out of IRL and into the Doctor's alternate reality are not going to write good Who scripts. I do not know if a showrunner has the authority to change writers. It might even be worth reviewing Who fansites to search for new talent, or...

The 3e Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting is the Book of 10,000 Plot Hooks. IMO the best campaign setting book, it describes lots of things to do. An interesting campaign setting will be different from other worlds somehow. Ebberon has magitech; in Dark Sun defiling removes the "throw magic at...

Tangent I: a bull has gotten loose from the normal corrals. Before it can get out into a crowd, somebody must play Matador and draw its attention - buy time for the wranglers to catch up and bring the bull back under control. Tangent II: by design or by accident, The Running Of The Bulls...

I have found that generally, replying with "And will YOU be playing this character?" dissuades the unsolicited rebuild-advice-giver. I can learn through my own experience ... and from my own mistakes. This is coming from somebody who will take a new player 'under my wing' and help them figure...

I don't see the purpose as described. But mix Disney's Cinderella with Santa Claus: shoot the arrow at something else and IT turns into a sleigh. Greater Arrow of Sleighing also provides the steed. And because most people in D&D worlds are illiterate, they hear about this and think it is an...

Pull out Phandelver or a classic "starter adventure" for the new players. Figuring out the rules and the mechanics of a new game is its own task - whether CandyLand or D&D. Invite the existing players to join as "mentors" both in-game and out. Everybody gets new L1 characters. If you want a...

Fighter - professional athlete. Has to re-fluff weapons: hockey stick, throwing a baseball, decathalon gets extra range on throwing javelin. Lots of color on his medium armor err team uniform.

... and Martin Luther made himself famous by posting an invitation to debate on a church door (equivalent of a billboard). Crazy Girlfriend could post letters announcing the PC is going to sponsor the refreshments at a public festival. Without telling him about it. Time it so he finds out at...

Edit from this point: Player (in Luke Skywalker voice): ... I have no memory of my mother...

Descent to Avernus has a "soul coin". This guy knows the concept, and thinks that makes for a nice Copper Piece but important powerful VIPs like himself should have Gold Pieces to trade / spend. The kicker is that the existing soul coin is how it is for good reason(s); its development...

Keen Mind feat + Outlander background + proficiency with Cartographers' Tools = accurate mapmaker. Could be an exploration-based PC or an NPC to be erm 'persuaded' to make a copy of an old work.

The ex-sorta-girlfriend thinks like the main Voice character in the song "Whsn He Cheats". Waterdeep: Dragon Heist has descriptions of noble intrigue going on in the background; in this case bring the shenanigans forward. To besmirch the PC's reputation, crazy girlfriend sets up a wedding...

One of the secret demon-cultist agents is around when the PCs get into a fight and sees the Warlock's powers. The agent knows (or he thinks he knows) that such use of dark power makes the PC a potential recruit for the cult. "We can show you the true path to power; be no one's tool or patsy...