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Or you can use the downtime rules to keep it quick, which is what I do. Ideally it can be done between sessions, but it usually takes no more than 10 minutes if it happens during the session.

I have magic item brokers in my Greyhawk campaign. Instead of buying or selling magic items, however, it's a completely barter economy. This allows the players to dispose of magic items they don't want/need for items that are more useful. Of course, the broker takes a fee in gp and the players...

I see them as two different alignments. True Neutral are those that attempt to balance the world, not necessarily themselves. Unaligned are those who avoid major moral issues, focusing upon themselves and their loved ones. Most people are going to be unaligned, because it's the easy path; True...

Fighter (Str) Rogue (Dex) Psion (Con) Mage (Int) Priest (Wis) Bard (Cha)

I was pretty happy to check it out. I'm thinking about getting Eve of Ruin in this format, and wanted to see how workable it is.

Wizard Cleric Paladin Barbarian Druid Bard Ranger Fighter Sorcerer Rogue Warlock Monk Artificer

Fighter is the primary threat, since they can drop the BBEG next round. The Rogue won't necessarily have sneak attack without the fighter helping out. The Cleric might get the Fighter back up, but the round he's down is enough time to either escape or reset the situation more favorably. The...

I've already played this game back in 2E. The DM's world had the humans and elves wiped out by an alliance of orcs and drow, who then replaced them.

I use the pantheon(s) for the setting I'm running. That's almost always Greyhawk, but if I make a homebrew world I make one or more pantheon of gods to go with it. Since I don't want to spend forever making a hundred gods, I usually keep it down to a couple dozen.

The other thing to consider is that, as conscripts, we're not necessarily expected to survive engagement with an actual enemy. We're level 0 commoners, not heroes.

You mean like the 2nd level spell Blindness/Deafness? or more of a Mute effect?

I figure tents, mess kit, and supplies would take up the donkey, so everything else is going to be carried. Because of this, I'm going light, bringing only what I absolutely need. Clothes, weapons, and some armor is pretty much all I want to carry around all day. The only luxury I'd probably...

The best method is to increase the number of encounters per long rest. This can be done by using Gritty Realism or "Sanctuaries," or by not ending/starting sessions with a long rest. If you end up taking 3-4 sessions between long rests, you can get plenty of encounters between them.

Back in 1E, when the party was ridiculously overpowered (they were averaging about 27th level), these morons decided to play the ultimate game of Russian roulette poker using a Deck of Many Things. They each risked some magic items into the pot, then dealt out 5 cards each. They each flipped...

Generally speaking, spellcasters (including monsters) are the best way to challenge high level characters. Brute force monsters can do a lot of damage, but unless you get lucky with some critical hits, they peter out before the party does. The real way to challenge a high level party is to pile...

IIRC, the road pretty much lead right next to the entrance of the caves, so the party largely just followed the road. When I wrote my own dungeon, I had another adventuring party describe where it was, so the party was able to find it pretty easily. Despite having run this adventure dozens of...

This was my thought as well. The tournament part of the adventure was designed to be done in less than 4 hours, which fits into most group's session length.

I would assume 8th level for Extra Attack. It's the next point after the basic feature, plus 3 levels higher than a basic class feature feels about right.

I don't want heavy mechanics, such as a "social combat" system, but I want some mechanical representation of the character's ability. Not every player is good at roleplay, and punishing them for something their character should be able to do is asinine. That would be like requiring melee...

This is kinda where I am. I'll use a dry erase board to show the general layout, but I don't want the specifics to get in the way of the fun. Of course, I prefer less tactical editions like AD&D.