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Moderately. Generally it depends on locations. Our adventures are currently in the forested area of Eastern Karameikos of Mystara. PCs are rather safe in the woods close to the Callarii Elves but things can get nasty when they venture deeper into the Dymrak Forest to the east, with bandits...

Barbarian 9 Bard 20 Cleric 12 Druid 18 Fighter 21 Rogue 21 Paladin 19 Wizard 12 Muscle rules! Back to Hogwart, Wizards! (Apology for lack of colors)

Come to think of it, it also amounts to how many easy/med/hard/deadly encounters in a day. One Hard encounter would convince a party to at least take a short rest if the scenario allows it. A Deadly encounter would have also forced the party to retreat to a safe place for a long rest immediately.

This is what's on my mind too. 6-8 encounters seems rather many for my group's style of gaming, unless the DM forces the encounters on them in waves which have not really happened in our game sessions yet. Perhaps players tend to be rather prudent about pushing themselves forward relentlessly...

From BECMI more than 20 yrs back. But what I really started with is Choose Your Own Adventures book. Thrilled to be able to make decisions on how stories can end. Then Fighting Fantasy (FF), Lone Wolf, Blood Sword introduced me to dice rolling and character sheets. The very first real rpg...

Thanks guys. I am looking at Animated armor, golems and shield guardians as alternatives (with a little modification) for Living Statues. Seriously 5e should include them. Isn't it the case PCs will exclaim most of the time when they come into a room with statues, saying "I bet they will come...

Found this at Mystara Reborn Facebook, posted by Glen Welch. Thought u might be interested. The Thoul is kind of an oddball to me. It is hard to define an origin of the creature combining properties of an undead ghoul and a hobgoblin. Why do they appear in the midst of hobgoblin population?

The first few things that immediately come to my mind after reading OP's post are: Negative AC is better THACO Energy drain removes level permanantly Strength 18 (%) 1d4 HD Ok, the above might not be what OP has in mind in terms of 1E/2E feel but the said mechanics should definitely give a...

I'm using BECMI modules with 5E rules and one monster frequently appears in adventures: Living Statues. It can come in various types, eg Jade Statue, Steel Statue etcI'm rather surprised that 5E MM has no creature that represents Living Statues. I thought they should be rather common in dungeon...

What frightful presence! Probably an Ancient Red. Now he has Legendary Resistance, good on him! Tiamat is pleased.

I prefer C with shorter gaming time required for each adventure and yet able to combine with a couple of modules into a series to create a wider plot. A is good but it takes a lot of dedication and free time to game through it with many sessions, and not really suitable if your group gathers...

I like metal dice but will not buy them simply because I am playing on a large glass dining table. Another (expensive) alternative is wooden dice from Artisan Dice.

Or Hin, said the guy (me) from Karameikos :D

Always been DM-ing to my regular group, never really has a chance to be a player. But if I could choose, I might be an Elf or Human... Ok, Elf then.

Same for my group where I try to level up the PCs in each session since we only get together for a game every few months, to experience what each level has to offer. I would reduce the pace if we can meet up more frequently. My group's PCs just attained level 5 too. As you have mentioned, it is...

My D&D friends and I are working adults with many life commitments, such that we can only meet up for rpg on an average of once per 2.5-3 months. Each session is about 8-12 hours. From the last few sessions, we see PCs levelling up one level per session. With 4 sessions already into our current...

I was basically giving direct suggestions to OP in regards to his questions in nerfing and giving limelight to other characters. Personally I don't believe this is a case of taking a character out of a game in favour of others for good. Rules are the same but games are different. If a DM feels...

I must admit that I know little of Dark Sun (I hope to try it out some day!). On breakage, I have recently introduced reduction in AC (at times) instead of more dmg if an enemy rolls critical. This generates a cause for maintenance of armour and an excuse for PCs to spend their gold on.

Cool. From what you have said it should be interesting for my group. Many thanks.