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Anything Item: A magic item of this sort appears to be any one of the small, rather weak miscellaneous magic items which are more frequently found - typically one with a limited number of usages, although this is not always true. If the possessor commands, the item will suddenly alter itself to...

Deck of Many Things Love the randomness, the greed it inspires, the fear it inspires, the sheer overpowered-ness of it. Hate that it always seems to derail whatever campaign it's dropped into.

This class seems best fitted to a Storyteller-type system, where randomness is less integral and story is paramount. One could design such a class in 5e. Select the class features, then use "luck" as the explanation. For example, the character might have damage resistance to any damage that...

Off topic, but vitriolic sphere is a nasty spell. If a target fails the save and is dropped to zero by the initial damage, they'll automatically have one death save failure when the secondary damage kicks in the next round. Nearly killed a couple PCs that way...:-S

My group currently has six players, but we rarely have all six show up at one time. Most of the time, we have four or five players for a session. Add in the occasional NPC or two and we have some pretty large adventuring parties running around. I have noticed that six players causes attention...

Yep, I did something similar. The PCs captured Iarno, reluctantly turning him over to Sildar for trial. Of course, once in Neverwinter, Iarno escaped and the PCs spent a few sessions hunting for him. During their investigations they found that he was a bit of a folk hero in the city, helping the...

I'm very impressed with this module. As others have mentioned, it has some weaknesses, but the sandbox aspect was well done, the town was fleshed out enough to get things going, and there were enough quirks to create some great RP moments. My players settled into the town - they bought...

5E does not have the famous/infamous 5' step. This and no Delay action were the two changes my group had the most trouble getting used to, mainly because of how often they came up in 3E. 5E: If in melee range of an opponent and you want to leave their reach, you have to take the Disengage...

My concern with this ruling is that the illusion is confined to a small area (the box), not the entire room. The light reflecting off the walls and objects in the room is not covered by the illusion, so would still be there. Having the mind somehow calculate 1) the only light in the room is from...

1. Change the NPC names to something I can remember. (The only thing I truly disliked in the module were the names.) 2. Add some mystery and motivation to Iarno. In my current game, Iarno was sent to Neverwinter to stand trial and escaped. In tracking him down, they PCs keep hearing from all...

How about a radius around the cleric within which undead have disadvantage on attacks? This makes undead somewhat less threatening, but still a danger. It also seems to fit the idea of a cleric "repelling" the undead with the force of his/her faith. Personally, I'd also make it require...

I think the D&D cleric also had a lot of Archbishop Turpin from the Song of Roland. Decades after reading that for a class, I still remember scenes where Turpin wades into battle, smiting infidels with his mace.

Keep in mind this is a Dexterity ability check, so if the character has a bonus or malus to ability checks, that applies. Typically, characters and creatures can take one action AND move their Speed during a turn. Movement can occur prior to the action, after the action, or both, so long as...

While technically true, there still some ambiguity, given that spells can be cast at a higher level. Combined with the minimal effect (+1 hp per spell level), I'm comfortable interpreting the ability to use the level of the slot. YMMV

I would use the actual spell slot for this purpose, so using a 2nd level slot would yield 2d8 + MOD + 2 + 2. I'm a bit unsure how you get a 10th level slot, but maybe that's something I missed in the rules.

I don't have any specific suggestions for you, but it occurred to me that this ties in nicely with the Nothic in Tresendar Manor. The Nothic is drawn to its crevasse because of the faint necromantic aura. This could be an echo (no pun intended) of what you have going on in Wave Echo Cave. You...

Based on my group's experiences with Lost Mine of Phandelver, the number of creatures matters a lot. Twelve skeletons vs. a level 1 party is very dangerous. If you run it as EW says, with the expectation that the party would withdraw from such an encounter, it's fine. If the module expects a...

The Kickstarter says "That...being said these are all monsters from the OGL Monster Codex..." published by Paizo for Pathfinder. If true, I suspect they're not violating any WOTC copyrights.

One of the things I'm noticing with 5E is that very few spells are automatic. - Attack roll. Might miss the target (or I might crit :)) - Saving throw. Target might make the save. - Concentration. Might be hit and blow the Con save. That's the nature of the beast with this edition and is...

Yeah, the PC's blew their first encounter with Klarg. Three PC's down, the last one negotiated to save their lives. (The PC brought Klarg the supplies that the PC's were supposed to escort to Phandalin. Klarg released the three captive PC's). The party promptly rested overnight, came back...