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Note: If you love Eberron, there's one nation in that setting where you'll get the most mileage out of the dinosaur entry. Especially if the halflings are domesticating the raptors.

What are some of your amusing dungeon ideas for 5E? Ones you wanted to try for personal amusement, or just to mess with the players? Here's one of mine: The X Dungeon Just inside the dungeon's entrance is a large sign that says, "Press X to die." There are two doors off the entrance: An...

I found it useful for introducing new players. Ones who are not likely to think outside the box yet, but just follow the obvious clues.

The Hastur Summon from Call of Cthulhu may be used, using the same methods and lack of need for a spell slot ("Hastur Hastur Hastur!"). Note: This will guarantee your death and most likely a TPK. Any campaign that ends with the characters ascending to godhood was just a dream. Retroactively if...

I just learned another method to cause a TPK. Put a big red button labelled "Push this to cause TPK" in a dungeon. Watch as someone inevitably pushes it just to see what happens.

The Soul-Sconce of Ilyena Pendragon Fashioned by one of the many dragonblood sorcerers of the infamous Pendragon bloodline, this particular item was used by one of the worst descendants of the famous king in a campaign of terror that crossed four worlds, three continents, and resulted in the...

Admittedly, I'm thinking of it being used more along the lines of a boss battle. As in, either you're interfering with a goal given directly by Orcus or you (or someone you're protecting) massively ticked him off to the point he's actively trying to kill you (or them). Either way, the kind of...

To make it even more nasty, have some of the prisoners actually be vampire guards in disguise, and just have them be lucky ones that are not grabbed (at least, until it becomes obvious why they're not being grabbed). This will be a very unpleasant surprise for any PCs who choose to tank the...

Combine the Devourer with the Bodak from earlier and toss in some other undead. I suspect these things really work best when they have teammates to cover their weaknesses.

Now I want to stat up both a Sacred Cow and an Undead Sacred Cow.

Welcome! And, let me save you some time... If you see "ArchfiendBobbie" commenting on anything related to rules, take what they have to say with a grain of salt. Trust me on this.

Okay, I'm probably going to regret this, but... How can the player of the ranger roleplay the ranger without knowing what the ranger knows?

Nope, you're right. My mistake. I'm glad I asked! It requiring attunement is a houserule at my table, and one we've used since 5E came out. I forgot it wasn't an official rule.

I think it would if they were just using each pure element stone on its own. Mixing all four into the same design would both show off the mixed elemental nature of the Material Plane. You could also include a stealth insult by having statues and royal outfits that have the mixture of all four...

An elf sorcerer can manage a level 1 AC of 16 (13 base + 3 dex bonus) with an option to increase it to 21 (shield spell) for one round. With Bracers of Defense (+2), Cloak of Protection (+1), and a dancing blade (+3) that sorcerer can manage an AC of 22 with an option to increase it to 27...

What about including stones or materials made out of pure elements to reflect their elemental nature? Maybe gems made out of pure fire, water, and air for the ruling elite to show off both their wealth and their magical talent. I suggest this because the wealthy and ruling elite of a nation...

Off in some forgotten pasture, a single tombstone lays at one end of a mound dirt. The name on the grave reads "XP." Suddenly, a half-rotten hoof bursts through the mound of dirt, followed by another. These hooves pull a partly-rotted cow head with red-glowing demon eyes from the dirt, followed...

To be honest, the main reason why DnD and its offshoots have always been massively prone to class bloat is because of refusal to reflavor existing rules. UA is reflecting that, which is why the Knight option shows up again; there are people actually demanding it because the background is not...

The abandoned ship is actually a giant space mimic that eats people. And now, the players need to figure out a way to escape its stomach...

If we're going that route, "Labyrinth" better focus on goblins.