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I wonder if they'll do a simultaneous release in Sigil. Could be a good way to introduce newcomers to their 3D VTT as well as the basics of the rules.

Another vote for Lost Mines of Phandelver (not the Shattered Obelisk version). I would say that Storm King's Thunder and Curse of Strahd are on the bubble. I've never run CoS myself but I've read the book and seen how people have reacted to it over the years. SKT has issues but it changed the...

I like all of these rules, except for the one that ignores armor. While guns of that era could theoretically pierce plate armor, it seems unrealistic that an unarmored human and one in heavy armor and shield would be affected exactly the same way by a gunshot, especially from a flintlock pistol...

You could prepare a short list of Uncommon and Rare items and let them pick? The old tournament module Ghost Tower of Inverness used a system like this and it was pretty cool, really gave players a sense of ownership over the pre-generated tournament characters. Plus a curated list allows you as...

It looks pretty, and I may give it a try, but for me Sigil would need to at least get close to the functionality of the current available VTTs (I use Fantasy Grounds) in order for me to consider it as a possible replacement. I do like the idea of having spell effects and other visual animations...

This is sounding more and more like the 3e FRCS hardcover, which is a good thing, as that was one of my favorite D&D books of that era.

Many low-level foes got a boost. For example, the hobgoblin warrior still does an average of 12 damage when an ally is adjacent, but now it has advantage on that attack. May not seem like much, but against low-level opponents a couple of them are now a much more dangerous threat. And if they are...

Agreed. Monsters in the 2024 MM don't use spell slots, so by RAW they are not bound by the rules in the Player's Handbook that prevent casting multiple spells that use spell slots in a single turn. However, the example provided by the OP wouldn't work since hold person and spiritual weapon are...

The Dungeon adventure "Chadranther's Bane" in issue #18 is based on this exact scenario. I included a similar one in the 5e 2024 campaign that I'm currently working on. Note that changing one's size that much creates some weird impacts due to the height-mass discrepancy, but I sort of hand-wave...

All of this. I recently wrapped up a campaign where the group had reached 17th level, even though I had enough content for another level or two. Combats took forever and it was really hard to create challenges for the group without gimping one or more of their abilities (there were six players...

According to the 2024 PHB (p. 221), a herbalism kit can be used to craft healer's kits. The Hermit background grants proficiency in the herbalism kit.

I would probably just say that the rogue automatically escapes notice unless the nearby creatures had the ability to perceive invisible objects. I wouldn't expect a cloud of mist to make noise or leave tracks, which are the main ways you can detect the presence of an invisible creature. If they...

My groups have five or six players and they are quite skilled with the game mechanics, so I'm used to having to upgrade monsters a bit already. I am currently running one 2024 game that I built using the 2014 Monster Manual and I haven't noticed any issues, but it's pretty low-level at the...

Modern VTTs make it super easy; I use Fantasy Grounds for my online games. For my in-person game, I use a fold-out wet-erase game board. I print tokens for the monsters on cardstock and draw the terrain with markers. First session my players used dice for their minis, but now almost all of them...

I try to present uses for using cash in my games, such as buying property, hiring retainers, and the like. I don't generally have magic stores per se, but usually the local temple will have a few potions or scrolls for sale, and those tend to scale easily to the party's level. 5e 2024...

If a rogue was crouched behind a flat, upright rock, and a creature moved to a spot where they were also behind the rock, with no possible cover bonus for the rogue, I would say that the rogue is no longer "something that isn't obvious" per the words of the Search action. Of course, it depends...

Saturday morning is my online 5e 2024 game, it will be session 18 in our current campaign. This one's set in an island city-state where the player characters are members of an adventuring guild trying to gain fame and fortune. We play in Fantasy Grounds. My in-person Sunday 5e 2014 game only...

I would have picked the first three options if I could; I selected 1 and 3. D&D has a certain nostalgia for me, as I started playing with the Basic Set in the early 1980s. I played a lot AD&D and a bit of 3e, then skipped 4e entirely (though I do have the core rulebooks). When I came back into...

I see line of sight as something that the DM has to adjudicate based on the particular circumstances, since there needs to be (for me, at least) a middle ground between "hiding characters can walk right past guards in the open" and "sentries have always-on 360 vision that instantly detects...

One of the first house rules I added for my 2024 game was that you can lose stealth/the Invisible condition if you leave cover and enter the line of sight of a creature able to perceive you. It's "can lose" since the circumstances can dictate what happens (i.e., the target's distracted, their...