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I'm running two separate games, although both groups are kind of on a break right now. Group one for some friends - Tyranny of Dragons Group two for a group of younger players - LMoP

I wouldn't change the difficulty up, but you are right that it can be deadly in some areas. I normally only DM, but my 11 year old son wanted to try to DM, so he ran Death House, and he did a great job. However, after killing some nasty monsters, my character was beat to death by an animated...

Maybe have them do the classic "rats in the cellar" scenario or a variable of that. Or maybe use enemies that, instead of dying, just vanish back to a home base to recoup. You might also want to take a look at this adventure designed for kids 6 and up...

Rogue. I've always enjoyed playing a Thief since 2nd edition.

The giant's check to see if he's affected by the suggestion spell is not his action for that round. It's just a saving throw he makes in response to the bard's action. He would still have his action to use when it get's to his turn if you're still in initiative.

I misread the thread title as "How to GM a huge rain," and it made me think of the possibility of an adventure where it was constantly down-pouring like the move Hard Rain. Not on topic, but an idea that seems like it might be fun to throw into an adventure.

Another thing to consider is whether or not the kobolds know precisely where they are. You did say that they're alerted to their presence, but do they know where they retreated to and are trying to hide/hole up? If not, I'd still check for wandering monsters, and maybe with a perception check...

I wouldn't go so far as to call that a moral conundrum, but what I do is just purchase from both. For stuff that I can get for a similar or even slightly higher price, I'll shop at my FLGS. If there's a significant difference in price and online stores are much cheaper, I'll buy online.

I never have problems with cell phones in the games I run. The players pretty much stay engaged, which I'm very appreciative of, but they're just generally the type of people who wouldn't get their phone out during a gaming session anyway. My one pet peeve is that one player constantly bounces...

Not to thread hijack or go OT, but if you like Myst, you really should check out Cyan's new game called Obduction if you haven't already.

If it's something that's going to be temporary, I probably wouldn't worry about having full character sheets. Just enough of their abilities and stats for them to use in those NPC's portion of the story.

And the rest of this post is apparently behind that same door.....

I'm probably in the minority. I just give them the XP after the encounter to make it easier to keep up with, instead of keeping track throughout a session. I give it out to them after each encounter, then we're done until the next. It's always worked well for me. Fluff wise, it's partly the...

"Fantasy Role-Playing Game" It's right there on the box. Role Play - story Game - game

This is what I was going to reply with after reading the OP. It's a game, so I don't believe it should be in the DMG at all. However, if someone decided they want to take a couple of their classes, more power to them.

I'd love to know the current status on this, too. Been looking forward to it for a long time.

We just do away with money altogether and use Ring Pops ®

Personally, I wouldn't play one, but I think they're fine. I have a player who wants to play one in our next game, and I'm happy for her to be a Tabaxi if she enjoys it.