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I've read or heard several times from Mearls or Crawford that subclasses and classes are "asymmetrical." I wouldn't expect the Berserker to be equivalent to the Zealot. I would expect the Zealot to be fun to play with all of its features. With respect to the Berserker being fun to play I feel...

It looks like page 34 of the Southlands setting book identifies this with the following, "The small, steep Pyramid of Dreams on the northernmost isle sits upon a mysterious, secret well."

As was indicated in prior posts, if a creature can be seen then it cannot hide. Therefore, if the DM decides a creature can be seen or perceived in some other way through blind sense, tremor sense, or some monsters ability to detect all other creatures in a certain radius, then it cannot hide...

I'm not sure I would allow the strength 6 and super fast character to increase their jump distance in my game. In this particular case the monk has several features that increase their mobility and thus several features available to address terrain challenges. I would put it back to the monk...

I'm on the same page as Dausuul. I would let the player pick which damage is reduced first. I don't think dividing the damage reduction evenly would be good because of rounding. If the selection of damage were taking longer than I felt needed to occur during game play, I would take hint from...

The way I approach this would be to look at the daily XP for each character. That value is 9000 each per the DMG, p 84. Through experiment with my home group and the Adventures League game I've found that 10% to 15% of that total makes for an interesting encounter that I would consider easy to...

At that level you need to be on top of the number of encounters per day. The game continues to be one of resource management, and at level 10 + I feel the combat encounters should be a function of daily XP. I get the impression from game developers that higher level characters open up the...

As the DM I remind my players what time of day it is. In some cases they setup camp at noon and spend the rest of the day on watch with two ritual castings of tiny hut. If I feel like motivating them, I have no problem with having monsters wonder in to spice things up a bit. The net result is...

If you're willing to do the work to modify the wild magic table, I would suggest revising it some. There are a few results that just drag the game to halt for a character and would not add much fun for the player. I'm thinking of the polymorph to a potted plant and similar lines. If you have...

@ nswanson27 and Horwath, you both mention the use of the light cantrip or a torch. While these both seem like logical solutions for a PC party to use, I don't feel they are logical solutions for NPCs to use. In most cases, NPCs are accustomed to the dark, usually through dark vision. My...

I have a player concerned with the invisibility in darkness when perceived by those that would see with darkvision. There was some confusion regarding ranged attacks not revealing the gloom stalkers position, but I clarified that the position is revealed, but the gloom stalker is still unseen...

Nailen, I'm not that familiar with the encounter at Dellmon Ranch, but with respect to character power level and the encounter you should consider this a game of resource management. Does the encounter at Dellmon ranch expend about 70% to 80% of the resources of the party? If so, then it's...

The rule that I use for my home game and I enjoy is to allow all spell casting characters to choose a spell as their signature spell. This spell must be 2nd level or lower and not cause more than 1d6 damage per turn. This allows the obvious spells of Hex and Hunters Mark, but also allows...

Nailen at some point your the PCs will need to learn how to close the gates to the nodes. I've found this information transaction to be clunky. There is no clear way to communicate that message because, in my case, the PCs stayed in the temples or went from the temple to the Fane of the Eye...

One thing to consider with any change to the HP system is how it will affect NPCs and the things you need to track as a DM. Does something as simple as a modifier at 1/2 HP make the game gritty enough for you? Maybe a -5 modifier to ability checks, saves, and attack roll at 1/2 HP. If you...

As opposed to a combat consider using it as a social interaction that leads to some exploration. Maybe the demon is a devil instead and takes a sly approach to convince the PCs to escort him around and stretch it's legs. Maybe the angel is fallen and the PCs find the story of why it's fallen and...

As LordEntrails mentioned Mike Schley is the artist to look at for these two adventures. I would recommend purchasing a copy of the maps you want to use. If you're patient he will usually run a Thanksgiving sale or Christmas sale. I've started to print the Princes of the Apocalypse maps...

An interesting thought came up in Wednesday AL Princes of the Apocalypse when a PC acquires the earth temple war pick that grants tremor sense 60-ft. The PC wants to get a strong understanding of how many NPCs are behind a door or down a curvy hallway. I had the player roll a perception check...

I would recommend looking at only one source book or story that will allow you to focus your work on one group. In about 8 months I'll be in a similar situation. My current plan is to run the level 15 PC team through SKT starting with the cloud giant interaction and skipping the running around...

The first thing that crosses my head is that stacking all the extra attacks leads to a very long turn for a player. Because of that I would lean toward only the extra attacks granted by the Fighter class if possible. As others have said, you're going to want to choose a path to power game in...