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I use a screen, mostly to hide maps and other related things, but I often feel like it gets in the way of things I want to do out in front of the players, like drawing new map sections.

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I let them know the effects of the spell. I just tell them how many failed the saves, and possibly which ones. I don't see any problem with the players knowing that right away, especially considering that they cast the spell for a reason and therefore their next actions may be different based on...

When I ran that part of the adventure, I assumed the reason that the goblins couldn't be surprised was because they had specifically set up a trap to catch someone, and were therefore on full alert as part of the trap. They're hiding off to the side specifically watching for someone to approach...

Just like in real life, we enjoy silliness/humor in our games. I wouldn't want to play in an uber-serious game where I felt afraid to break a smile, and I don't want my players to fee that way either. Having said that, we also don't get so ridiculously silly that it ruins the game, either.

It's not showing any limits of 5E at all, but I would like to see some options for classes as opposed to alternate options of existing classes.

HotDQ from Tyranny of Dragons and LMoP. Other than that, I've run several homebrew games using 5E rules.

I have to really think back to remember my first modules. I'm pretty sure the first I ever bought was The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh. The first thing I ever ran was the Caves of Chaos from Keep on the Borderlands. I have no idea what the actual first module I played was. I was about 11 and I...

"Delayed Stench" Component: skin from a pig

Much wisdom in this statement.

I need to figure out a way to explain Batman and Robin and the Harlem Globetrotters for the episodes I'm thinking I'd use ;)

So then you'd say that you've forgotten the realms?

We'll be having VR/hologram discussions around a virtual stone table in a virtual dungeon with people from all over the world by then.

I completely agree. I'm not so concerned with how much effort they're putting into it as much as the fact that they're releasing these modules in a current book 5E style. It's win/win for me.

44, and will be 45 in April. Been playing D&D since I was about 11, starting with the 1983 Red Box set.

Now if they only had a refrigerator to go inside of before they fall.