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Give a monster a Reaction so it does not have to sit still and watch while a half-dozen adventurers gang up to beat on it. The Reaction could be a basic attack (a claw / bite not a multiattack) or a free move while it still has a retreat route. If the monster is intelligent, give it an unusual...

Cash was an addict to uppers / downers IRL before there was a Betty Ford Clinic or anything else to help you get off the junk. He had to do it the hard way, almost alone. Cash could make you think that even a tall tale was the truth (see for instance Boy Named Sue). He came to Hurt and...

Weird Al for the Super Bowl Halftime Show !

The "retroactive" part has Constitutional problems - "no ex post facto law" - but the concept is sound. It still has to go through (at least in theory) the committee process for legislation and persuade 51 Senators this is a good idea. Plenty of opportunity to polish the rough edges ... or...

Woo-oo-oot !!!

If I wanted to introduce grade-school-aged new players to D&D, pregen characters with race=class and names familiar from pop culture would help them get the 'feel' of what their character can do, quickly. The idea is ... well, Basic (pardon the pun) ... so it best fits when you want to remove...

Brontosaurus. (Yes I do remember before they found out the wrong head was attached and it was really an Apatosaurus after all.)

SSSHHHHHHHHHH !! The argue brigade will hear you and swarm the thread !

Update on a side-thread: I have been paying student loans even though they were in forebearance, wanting to take advantage of 0% interest so my money efficiently takes down principle and I get more "mileage" out of my payments. I got a letter from my student loan lender.* FINISHED !!! *...

The Black Spider as an alternate identity? That can work, but it should originate independently of the PCs' background. Provide them with a mystery to uncover: if the Black Spider is a dwarf, how come he has an elf's lifespan?

Several times in quick succession, you have come for advice because you were making rolls on a table, went deep into details - which did not work well together - and the big picture got away from you. I think you should take a step back and ask "What am I trying to accomplish with this...

Ha - I'm finally above average in something ! 😀

I'm not seeing how it is within EnWorld's TOS, either. Which means the staff has to give Morrus some Red Ink for bringing it up?

My 4e Star'lock's patron existed along the border between astronomy and astrology - not the Far Realm. He could use physical stuff (suck you into Jupiter's Great Red Spot) or bring a constellation to life and apply status conditions (the Dragon frightens you).

The teen has no reason to be annoyed at the title. She does have reason to be annoyed that all the Barons want her to marry their oldest son. And is the King going to try to manipulate her some way or another?

The king giving an illegitimate child a big fat rich feudal hold will set the normal nobility off. Nobility is supposed to be exclusive. The mother can expect every dirty trick in the book to come her way, plus brute-force assassination attempts aimed at her and the child. Her survival...

I liked the Druid wildshape from 4e, where you changed your fluff but kept your stats. (I may be weird that way.) At higher levels you can add Fly or Swim or Desert Adaptation or Hold Breath to yourself. When every L3 druid from every corner of the world turns into Grizzly Bear as first...

Shakespeare's Henry V features a low-stat heir to kingship (the Dauphan) and a king who used to run with some rabble (Henry). If your character has an ambitious younger brother who wants that crown for himself, he might have engineered your exile from Court - or faked your death - and you are...

The level at which you get Unarmed Attack?

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