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Maybe they were supposed to be wearing heavy armor originally (chain?) but it was downgraded. What's their Str and Dex?

I think I'd rather be affected by a heat metal than a hold person. The groups I play in assume that the caster must have LOS and be in range to use the bonus action to deal the spell's damage again, so there isn't much opportunity to hide with it up. Maybe not every group plays it that way...

Really appreciate these, thank you.

Not specifically, since switching to 5e, but I do like to keep the full list of party members' trained skills in mind when describing something. If someone has a standout skill in a relevant area, I'll drop them additional small details with an opportunity to make a check for further discovery...

Above all I'd say make sure the player knows that what they're playing is experimental and likely to break if they bend it too far. I've got players in my groups who would try to min-max it, and others who could be trusted to take it easy and not look for every advantage possible. With that in...

I'm sure that most common folk would be aware of those sisters living in their region, about their connection to Mystra, and may know a legend or two regarding them, but only scholars would know the full histories or know much about those sisters living in other lands. For the most part they...

I'd probably let mage hand and light scale slightly, and let prestidigitation and similar do slightly more, but anything that interacts with defenses or ability checks should not as they are just as useful at any level already.

I assume you're going to extend that to other classes using two verbal abilities in the same round? Like the shield spell and nearly any other spell. Or channel divinity: turn undead and healing word Probably also should be extended to the hands: If you're using your action to attack with a...

Just ducking in and out with a hot take, but if I were a powerful supernatural being and my servant was wasting my magical gifts to kill trifling vermin I might be a little cross. Anyway, in the groups I'm involved in, concentration can't be maintained through a rest. The rest of the party can...

I have a sneaking suspicion that the boys are just trolling us with the Loremaster to see if we're paying attention. Its Spell Secrets and Alchemical Casting abilities are absurdly powerful.

In a fight like that the Walking Statues might make an appearance. Perhaps the Cult's Thayan allies have found a way to usurp control of one? Dragons may be prevented by the ward from entering the city proper, but they could always use bombing trajectories to drop boulders or casks of burning...

Let's see. Group 1: human tempest cleric, human retribution paladin, tiefling infernal warlock, eladrin bladesinger, , human thief Group 2: human life druid (homebrew), goblin blade dancer rogue (homebrew), human eldritch knight, half-elf dragonblood sorcerer, halfling hunter ranger, dwarf...

One thing I've been toying with is setting their initiative at 2d8 lower than the caster, modified by their own initiative bonus.

The cloak of displacement in my game operates on a recharge mechanic. After its displacement is cancelled, it reactivates on a roll of 5 or 6 at the start of your turn. It's one option for a less-powerful version.

"Monster Vault" has a nice ring to it.

Use alternative facts. Edit: Whoops, Ninja'd. That's what I get for skipping the first page.

I wouldn't really call them easter eggs if they're plainly visible in the image.

I thought it was lack of a suitable third-party license and the 4e ruleset itself that killed 3pp in 4e? The 4e compendium was just quick & convenient access to official rules material that appeared in the PBH, DMG, MM, and splatbooks. Things that make running the game easier, not thing that...

Can we just get a 5e version of the 4e Compendium? Please?

The above reminds me: in the same campaign as in my OP, the players were indirectly responsible for the warforged appearing as a race. They were exploring Neverwinter's ruined temple of Gond, where they found a small clockwork humanoid stashed away in a locked drawer. Along with it was a...