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My party of three (FTR, WIZ, CLR) in Lost Mines was level 2 and ran into a random owlbear on the road. They chose to attack. It was only 1 CR higher but it nearly did them in. HP and damage scale with monster CR, and eventually the party just doesn't have the dmg pool or HP pool to deal with...

I mis calculated the CR for a 4th level party, so see my revised post. Those CR7s might destroy them. An elemental would be pretty tough, maybe deadly, depending on how weakened they are.

Ah yea, these would destroy them at 4th. My bad.

Without seeing the creatures in the MM and only going by CR, it would depend on what kind of forces you are talking about? A whole dungeon ecology? or just the forge guardians. [RETCONNED] Maybe a Barbed devil (Cr5) should be a strong, tough encounter as a boss. A room with some Mimics (CR2)...

The city is a character... but more importantly its MANY characters. I usually include 5 or so sections of a city, each has its own color scheme, thematic elements, and thus personality. The Dread Slums are grey and brown, filled with filth, detris and non-hostile undead. It constantly rains...

http://www.critical-hits.com/blog/2014/09/10/review-monster-manual-for-dungeons-dragons-5th-edition/ I'm giddy with anticipation.

These are all Eberron... Tribal halflings on dinosaurs... death-obsessed elves, dragon prophecy, and a whole kingdom (not to mention underworld) of aberrations. Dont mean to take the wind from the sails here... just giving props to you, and Eberron for coolness.

Many thanks to you, and Steve for the errata.

The DMG will have this info. For now, treat it as 3.5. Feats required, and since 5e tops out at +3 arms and armor, treat +3 as 3.5 +5 and adjust the costs accordingly. But if hes retired and with a family, is he going to be OK being an adventurer? Gathering the proper components and...

Could you please paste the post here? I dont have access to WOTC at work.

Awesome play through! It seems old/veteran players tend to get lost too often in the meta. It speaks volumes that your you players used their imaginations and ingenuity to solve the problems, and let you decide how to adjudicate the rules to match. Too often now players (esp in 4e/pfrpg) are...

There was a recent discussion on this very topic in another thread and Keith, himself, was pondering where to go. Upon some more thinking, feats seem like the logical choice, but then present issues with 1st level chars. Backgrounds dont work well for anything other than Member of House. And...

I DM'd Lost Mines with a group of three; fighter, wizard, cleric from the pre-gens. There were only a few encounters (est. about 5) from the whole book that dropped a char. Granted my guys did drop a few times each throughout the adventure, but that's adventuring. I made no adjustments to the...

I don't think any DM (outside of an Encounters table) would play it that way... but its the way the book says to do it. I would've thought without the DMG being out, there would have been a lot of sidebars and DM notes in the book, assisting with player choices and DM adjudications.

And like all scripted videogames, the NPCs ignore the fact that you and your friends stood there and watched soldiers being burned alive, possibly roasting marshmallows over their corpses. But after the dragon flies away its all, "You must help us! Again!" Basically, if Rise of Tiamat and...

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Should've been labeled "Interact with Object" not "Use an Object". Too many interpretations on the latter... where are the former keeps the intention of the action.

First, a big shout out to bryce0lynch, his review sparked a collaborative effort rarely seen these days. So many want this to be good, instead of just lambasting it as a horrible product. It seems there are some redeeming qualities to the book, which I agree with. But I also agree with his...

Gold/silver could probably be done with "Major Transmute" if it ever exists, lol.

I believe the ability states "transmute one common material into another". Gold/silver would be the very definition of "rare" materials. I would say copper would be common, however.