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Bodak. That's it. That's the tweet. Bodak.

Roper on the ceiling, Trapper on the floor. Brutal for Tier 2.

I found the Pit Fiend to hold up well in Tier 4 play. Bel from Descent Into Avernus is a sort of Pit Fiend miniboss and he was unexpectedly challenging for my 5 players.

Interesting idea. Thing is, I have no idea what intense combat looks like in the game! I don't really understand the monster math, which character levels are interesting and capable, etc. It took me a full 1-20 level campaign to truly understand the above about 5E, and I suspect it's going to...

I am running a Shadow of the Demon Lord campaign that I anticipate will last through the end of this year. Probably 50 sessions. We just finished our 10th session yesterday. The campaign has unexpectedly been roleplaying heavy because the players are afraid their characters will die if they...

I seem to be an outlier because I don't think the elimination of racial attribute modifiers equals the destruction of the hobby.

These look like smart changes, for the most part. I like the implication that half-orcs will be replaced by orcs and that the short rest will be eliminated. I'm not a fan of making goblinoids fey. I understand the rationale behind it, but it's not to my personal taste. Somewhat annoyed by the...

10th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at Level 2: Dwarf Warrior. Heir to a lost kingdom -- in this case, Dwarvenhearth, deep beneath Ptolus. His trinket is half of a treasure map. Elf Magician. Outcast...

I agree with your player -- Tier 1 is training wheels. When I'm concepting a campaign I think of Tier 1 as the origin story that explains how the characters became the heroes they are. It's like kicking off a Marvel franchise. The players in my main campaign have said they like starting at...

Some fun ideas here. For a higher level experience, I'd recommend any of the giant lairs from Storm King's Thunder. They're all awesome. For a lower level experience, here's how I introduced a group of noobs...I had both the Starter Set and Essentials Kit, and I mashed them together. I gave...

In middle school I ran a Dragonlance game and right in front of me one player legitimately rolled 18/90something Strength. His name was Matt.

So what happens if they fail? Do they die? Or are they captured and implanted with mindflayer tadpoles? I know which I would choose...

34th session of my Neverwinter campaign. Three characters: half-orc vengeance paladin, human genie warlock, drow evoker wizard. At the end of the session they reached 7th level. We opened with the PCs in the Sunrise Club, an exclusive private club that acted as neutral ground for the intrigues...

I've taken some scalps with the Bodak (CR 6) and Dire Troll (CR 13).

Gamma World, people! C'mon! Gamma! World!

Having played 5E through level 20, the spells that tend to mess up worldbuilding come online at around level 13. These are spells like raise dead and planeshift. I think it's easy enough to simply greatly restrict the number of NPCs who reach that level. I mean, it's pretty rare IRL for players...

9th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at Level 2: Dwarf Warrior. Heir to a lost kingdom -- in this case, Dwarvenhearth, deep beneath Ptolus. His trinket is half of a treasure map. Elf Magician. Outcast...

The nerds are winning!

I'm currently running a version of Dragon Heist that uses the Deck of Many Things as the MacGuffin, which I shamelessly stole from Madness at Gardmore Abbey. That's a cool adventure, too, which I would love to play one day.

For what it's worth, I'm enjoying this thread and hope you continue to update it. I'm not sure if I'll ever run Reavers, but I've definitely thought about it. I've seen those maps on Schley's website and could never figure out how the jived with the published adventure. Interesting (and somewhat...