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Hire retired adventurers. Have them give presentations to your new recruits on what they've learned about their foes, their allies, and their own capabilities. Keep them on standby in case of trouble with more capable people. Are guards able to gain XP and levels? If so it's pretty easy to...

The same in-game reality that by default makes it so that if you wake up from a long rest, get stabbed for 1d6 damage and go straight back to sleep for eight hours you don't heal, but if you finish that first long rest, wait sixteen hours before getting stabbed, then sleep for eight hours your...

My party was infiltrating an Efreeti's mansion. We were trying to rescue some of our party members and decided to swing by his vault on the way out, because reasons. I think we needed something from it, but can't remember. The manor itself was made of several cubes that rearranged themselves...

If a problem can be solved by throwing more dragons at the party it's not really a problem, is it?

Ancient white dragon. The party is participating as prey.

My first Death cleric was a LG worshipper of Kelemvor. Using the powers of the grave, I hunted any undead that befouled the land. It worked pretty well until I lost an arm to an otyugh and the next day got mulched by an enormous construct of bone and shattered souls. The Death domain is nothing...

Air Elemental + Gust of Wind = Tornado Elemental? What spells could we add to a Tornado Elemental to teach those pesky players to stop trying to think for themselves? Tornado Elemental + Sleet Storm = Blizzard Elemental Tornado Elemental + Wall of Fire or Fireball = Firestorm Elemental...

The broken corpses of my enemies.

Fighter 1 (protection fighting stlye) multiclassed with rogue 3 (Mastermind) is pretty good. Reaction to impose disadvantage on an attack against an ally within 5 ft., bonus action to Help at up to 30 ft., and action to attack w/ sneak attack. I've been playing a character who started with...

If they have reliable access to water then it might be more efficient for them to use mules to feed it. Each one costs 8gp and consumes 10 lbs of feed daily (though since that same feed works for a Large horse the DM might lower it slightly), and should weigh roughly 500 lbs. It can carry 420...

If it's a desert, then water will be the limiting factor. There are tons of water condenser designs that involve drawing moisture from the ground or plants that could be easily amplified using at-will cold magic (ray of frost and frostbite cantrips come to mind). Giving them some sort of metal...

A bag of holding stores a maximum of 500 lbs or 64 cu. ft. Rations weigh 2 lbs. A maximum of 500/2 = 250 rations can be stored, assuming rations have a density greater than 0.125g/cm3*. An egg is roughly 1.045g/cm3, an apple 0.743g/cm3, and oats are around 0.410g/cm3. All of those are above...

As long as the player being acted upon is asking for the die roll I don't see any problem. The DM could determine that there is a chance that Player A could convince an NPC not to slay the prisoner and that a persuasion check could resolve that uncertainty. Likewise, Player B could believe that...

I'm not sure that Find Familiar would be all that useful for scouting. I found nothing to indicate that its Intelligence is anything but that of the form it takes, which is only 2 for an owl. I also found no mention of the caster knowing when it is slain. Sure, you can use telepathically while...

Abjuration 22 Conjuration 20 Divination 17 Enchantment 20 Evocation 13 Illusion 22 Necromancy 20 Transmutation 20 I can see the future, and it is a glorious place where evokers don't exist!

I agree with everything you said, except this. Losing an encounter is not the same as a TPK. A TPK is one way to lose an encounter, but it is not the only way. Even if the party kills all of the enemies, they still lose if the primary objective is not achieved (protect/rescue NPC, capture...

I'm going to challenge your statement regarding a neutral environment. From the scenario you explained, the environment was anything but neutral. Featureless, perhaps, but not neutral. It was HEAVILY biased towards the PCs. I'm having trouble finding the post where you outlined the battle, but...

I'm really surprised that sharpshooters can be considered a problem. Per DMG 246-247, a wooden object (such as a bow) has 15 AC and 1d4 or 2d4 HP*. Even a magic bow** only has resistance to damage (DMG 141) with no changes to AC or HP. If it is possible for the monsters to get even one attack it...

Regarding spells requiring concentration PHB page 203 states "if you lose concentration, such a spell ends." It's pretty clear that this occurs instantly and not over a duration. We might conclude that Fog Cloud, as a concentration spell, ends when concentration ends. Next, let's look at how...

So far death has claimed seven of my characters in 5e. Anonymous (memory related) - Wizard 1 - Death by pit trap Osborn Alderleaf - Halfling Ranger 4 - Captured, tortured, left near gate outside town naked and impaled on own sword. Reincarnated by friendly druid (same gender and race...