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I just came across this today. It looks pretty cool. It is in Seekers of the Ashen Crown campaign, page 26 in book one. Level 7 item. Neck Item slot +2 to Fort, Ref, and Will Property: Choose a specific kind of humanoid creature, such as a human, giant, or shadar-kai. You are...

We use that as a house rule in my group. If you are pushed into an object, it does 1d4 damage.

I haven't purchased any books yet. Should I wait until this comes out to buy any books or should I go with PH1-3 and MM1-3?

Thank you. One last follow up question, let's say before the third fail, somebody comes over and does healing where he regains HP and is not a +6hp. Does he have to make another roll or does that mean he is stable and now just need to come out of unconsciousness?

I was thinking it was more like a condition track. Where they need to have three success to come out of it and three failures in a row to die. He rolled below 10 twice and then a 15. So right there he should have survived. I made him roll one more time but he rolled his natrual 1 on that...

so... I hope this doesn't take us too far off track and upset anybody. Can I get a brief explanation of how the death saving rolls work? They get 3 rolls and only one roll needs to be great than 10 to be fine?

And it is done... My first PC was killed last night. He was a pretty good sport and we all laughed. It was right at the end of the night. The party set off the water filling room trap that comes out of the giant face on the wall. There were a couple rat swarms in the room. 1 PC was working...

This is something that I struggle with. I am afraid that I might be too easy on the PC's. I try to push them and have them feel a true sense of urgency and threat but they are so powerful. I was DM'ing a group of 7 PC's and only 1 PC has done saving rolls and made it on their first attempt...

It does make sense to up the damage some. It really depends on the feel that you are going for, a heavy hitting match or a battle of endurance and slowly wear them out.

From my own observations, while monsters don't do as much damage as PC's their attacks land with much more frequency. So while they may not kill a PC with two blows they will consistenly hack away at the HP in a very annoying fashion.

I agree that there should be consequences. Just make sure that they are good and valid consequences. You don't want the party getting caught up in the wrong stuff. I agree with DEFCON. If you want to be nice, have them intrude just late enough that the party gets the full rest. That will...

That seems over complicated and easy to meta game. Whatever floats your boat though. I run a party of 8 PC's. It is difficult especially with one of them always trying to steal the limelight. It is difficult to have them feel truly challenged and threatened at times. I haven't really...

I haven't done a Shadowfell campaign before but common sense to me would say that somebody would notice if the entire first floor of a keep had dead bodies and was completely empty. You would think that baddies would be coming and going. I would leave it up to chance. Depending how strongly...

I remember my first time playing (3 months ago) and my first time DM'ing (3 weeks ago). Don't get discouraged. It will come with time. You need to find what works for you and your group. There are still times where me and my group do things incorrectly. I am not the smartest rules-wise at...

I will admit that this is something I struggle with... making sure to give the party enough treasure and gold and that it is an appropriate level.

I use them probably 1 out 3 three encounters. They are usually filler to add a little flavor to the encounter. I almost never use just minions. Although I was thinking about putting together an encounter where wave after wave of minions comes to capture the party. They are more often than not...

I use % with GM Gem's tables. They have a lot of uses for random things that PC's see and pickpocket. They have quite a few fun lists that help keep things fresh and creative. I also use % to name various inns, taverns, shops, and the sort. I use the d4 for random little punishments against...

Oh and thanks everybody for your help. I really appreciate it.

Sorry this is a little late. We played on Thursday. It went really well. I addressed a few items with the group. They all took it really when and were understanding. The older brother switched to good but younger brother still didn't want to go away from evil. I did explain to him that I...

Sounds like I need to buy this. Not trying to hijack the thread or anything... Where would this rank in books to buy for a DM? (I don't actually have any of my own yet.)