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re: evil characters. I'm pretty much the opposite of this. I play RPGs for fun and being indistinguishable from the bad guys just isn't fun to me. Some gray is fine, but planning to murder some merchants, or the destruction of a village just because the barkeep didn't treat us right, or having...

First off, my comments are from the viewpoint of no feats, as I don't allow them in my game. The problem with the old school way of improving characters is that every character improved the same, based solely on level. An 11th level fighter had particular THACO and saves, which were the same as...

I voted both Homebrew and Princes. My group stopped the elemental princes a while back, but the game is continuing with some elements from the module unresolved. This will eventually carry over into Tomb of Annihilation, after which I'll probably start a fresh campaign.

Hmm, the third bullet of the Sentinel feat says when the creature "makes an attack", not specifying what type of attack. Since using spiritual weapon requires making a melee spell attack, it would seem that Sentinel does apply. Note: casting a spell that targets another creature is not...

Playing a squishy wizard in an AD&D campaign. The GM says "You see a golden pea coming down the hallway toward you." I interpret "coming down the hallway" as rolling along the floor, so I say "I catch it." Turns out it was a fireball spell. Oops... Same campaign, different encounter. My wizard...

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I'm currently working on a homebrew system to do something like this. Every character has attunement slots equal to half their level, rounded up. The catch is that every permanent magic item takes up at least one slot, more if the item does multiple things. It makes really powerful items more...

In an AD&D campaign, I used a "Warlock's Wheel" to drain all mana in the area, which really freaked out the players (their PCs were around 13th level, with lots of magic). Having to solve the adventure without spells and magic items was a challenge.

While I like when players get creative, I'm leery of anything that seems like an auto-win. A good rule of thumb in such situations is that the spell can do no more than typical damage for a spell of the same level. For example, wall of stone is 5th level. A fireball cast at 5th level does 12d6...

I would play the barbarian, as the party already has plenty of spellcasting and some pretty good healing (bard). The tempest cleric won't do much damage in melee combat, especially once you reach 5th level (no second attack). The barbarian will be good at both inflicting and taking damage...

Two things: Rolling stats, and items with plusses. Bounded accuracy is already strained if PCs have good stats. Add in weapons and armor with plusses, and things can get out of hand in a hurry. Note, I'm a player in this particular campaign, and we are fairly overpowered, forcing the GM to...

I'd suggest that such "modules" exist, but only in games such as Hero Quest, Descent, possibly Pathfinder Card Game. Such games are very restricted in what players can do and have a specific goal - rescue the captive, kill the BBEG, find the McGuffin. Within that design space, they can work...

I'd like a more extensive list of such hints and info in the adventure, but even so, the rumors chart is a good start and other adventure writers should take note. Thanks.

I have now. Thanks! http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?588985-Tomb-of-Annihilation-Leads-and-Clues-(spoilers) I've also bookmarked the following site. Lots of info, though it appears to be mostly notes taken as someone read through the book, as opposed to an organized guide...

First off, an experienced soldier or combat medic will be able to identify many types of wounds. They'll know if the wounds were caused the axes vs. swords vs. maces. Small, precise wounds might suggest rogues. Claw and bite marks will suggest beasts or monsters, not adventurers. Depending on...

Before running ToA, I'm planning to pull together a list of hints and where they lead so I ensure passing on this info to the PCs. Unless someone does all the work first, I expect this will take me quite some time. This raises a couple points that all module writers should consider: 1) list...

While I like the general idea of tying weapon damage to class, how would this work with multi-classing? Does every character with a 1-level dip in barbarian or fighter do d12/d10 weapon damage?

I'm unclear what you mean. The ring does not allow you to cast invisibility, it allows you to "turn invisible". I interpret that to be different - the language in 5E is pretty consistent, so I doubt the different language was an accident. If you have a concentration spell active, then cast...

Yep, check the specific item description. If the item says that it allows you to cast a spell, it's a spell with concentration restrictions. An item like the Ring of Invisibility, that doesn't refer to casting the spell...you should be okay. RING OF INVISIBILITY Ring, legendary (requires...

In my group, we have: - 1 player who has never multiclassed. - 1 player who rarely multiclasses. - 2 players who often multiclass. (roughly 50/50) - 1 player who always multiclasses. So a pretty diverse group. I have no clue is this is common.