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Had a campaign go to level 18 with about 6-7 character deaths, so I went with 2-3. However, this was not how it actually played out. We had a couple of deaths at low level, then one around level 5, and the rest occurring at higher level. That campaign regularly used deadly encounters, however...

I'm late to the party, but you can add me to the list. I've played about a dozen or two non-D&D RPGs and generally find them lacking. One advantage they have is that they're designed around a specific style of game, whereas D&D has generally tried to be as broad as possible. My top 5 RPGs: 5E...

D&D is a microcosm of life. Sexism was pretty common in the 70s, so it should be no surprise that there was sexism in D&D during the time. This is doubly true due to the primarily young male audience. This has been true of other forms of discrimination as well. As society has changed to move...

I'm trying to figure out why I bothered to read 3 pages about it. I guess I was just looking for this comment...

I don't care what some celebrity says about anything outside their field of expertise. Never have; never will. I find it odd how many people do care, both in support and opposition. Of course, I also find it odd that someone would start up a new thread about not caring, which I bothered to post...

The number of people who seem to care what Musk says continues to astound me.

Dinosaurs exist in my Greyhawk, to a limited extent. They're tropical creatures, so they're limited to the southern islands, Armedio Jungle, and Hepmonaland. Because of this, they're known by the Olman names (i.e. their scientific names), but are largely referred to as behemoths by everyone...

Hard to say. I compared it to Spiritual Weapon to get an idea, because I know the intent of spiritual weapon was not to take up a space. Spiritual Weapon is summoned to a space, while Conjure Animals does specifically state unoccupied space for both its initial placement and movement. However...

The biggest issue I've considered is that some bonus actions might be too powerful if repeatable in a round. The easiest solution to that problem is to simple prohibit repeating the same bonus action.

Escape should be the plan for the PCs, for all the reasons you've mentioned. Is there any reason they can't escape completely underwater? The quasit isn't necessarily going to look for them that way, and unless the water is really clear, it's unlikely to randomly notice them. I'd give this a...

The DM will probably need to make a few adjustments to the AP to allow for more short rests, and to avoid the necessity of needing a spell cast. Someone might want to take Ritual Caster, just in case. Otherwise, this should be perfectly fine. You'll do extremely well in combat individually, but...

As someone who also uses Roll20, could you share that macro?

I've considered this quite a bit over the years, and I've come to the conclusion that you set the duration of everything to the End of the Next Round. While this makes lasting effects overall longer, it gives every effect a minimum of 1 full round of effect and encourages the benefit of high...

Zygag, of course ;)

In the middle of Vecna: Eve of Ruin, so we're not going to switch mid-campaign. However, we have started implementing some of the general rule changes, such as surprise and the ability to draw weapons as part of the attack action.

Every other coin is 1/10 the value of the next coin, making it the odd coin out.

I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but from everything I've seen/heard, it's geared much more towards new DMs. I'll probably reference it more frequently than I did the 2014 DMG, which was almost never. Likely I'll copy a handful of pages that I'll need for my DM screen. TBF, they read...

Lol. I once suggested the following exchange rate, and everyone pitched a fit about how impossible it would be to remember: 100 cp = 20 sp = 10 ep = 4 gp = 1 pp. Then I pointed out it's just penny, nickle, dime, quarter, dollar...

No, copper and platinum would still be around, I just didn't include them in the specifics. The final would be 10,000 cp = 1,000 sp = 100 ep = 10 gp = 1 pp. Gold would be the new platinum, and platinum would be a new tier above that. Personally, I'd love to go back to the AD&D exchange rate...

As a grognard, I understand the purpose of the electrum piece pre-3E. For those of you unaware, it used to be 1000 cp = 100 sp = 10 ep = 1 pp, with 2 ep = 1 gp as today, which (supposedly) was an approximate medieval exchange rate. Gp was still the standard, but you often carried small coins...