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Advantage/Disadvantage is such a great mechanic that for me it was worth quitting 3.5 / Pathfinder on its own. Combined with Bounded Accuracy and no mandatory magic items, it puts 5e far ahead its predecessors. In my game, I do the "1 for 1" cancellation trick for Advantage / Disadvantage and...

I'll look into this Diderius. The idea of having him cast spells while the PC try to open the sarcophagus is nice, I'll probably do that. I can't wait to see their faces when bugs start crawling and flying out of the sarcophagus and filling the room while a humanoid form slowly appears behind...

Hi everybody, I've been thinking of offering my players a (very) small sidequest in a bigger adventure, à la Baldur's Gate 2 where you could stumble upon an ancient lich in the cave of a tavern. I wanted to use a mummy lord, a few mummies and maybe some shadows, representing the servants...

I've had the same problem too. I've chosen to use gritty realism but instead of 7 days for a long rest, I've reduced it to 24 hours. This way if they really have to, the players can still take a long rest during a session but they need a safe haven and their ennemies can take advantage of this...

Acolyte 17 Charlatan 16 Criminal 20 Entertainer 20 Folk Hero 21 Gladiator 21 Guild Artisan 21 Guild Merchant 20 Hermit 14 Knight 17 Noble 21 Outlander 21 Pirate 18 Sage 17 Sailor 17 Soldier 20 Spy 20 Urchin 19 Knights are boring !

I just watch the news. Best source of inspiration for me. You want conflict ? Tears ? Bad guys abusing good guys ? Injustice ? Terrible catastrophes ? Evil organizations that take over the world or evil governments / businesses that lie to the citizens and destroy the environment ? You got it ...

In my game, everytime a character hits 0hp, I hand the player a shiny d20 and he gets to roll for a surprise lingering wound ! In addition, each wound reduces the character's maximum hp by 10% (this effect only leaves after a 3 days rest and DC15 Constitution check). A second wound reduces his...

Barbarian 14 Bard 22 Cleric 18 Druid 20 Fighter 23 Ranger 9 Rogue 20 Paladin 17 Wizard 15 Warlock 1 I just don't like the warlock... Conan all the way !

Again, lots of nice ideas. I've done the Rust Monster trick btw. I had them make a little trip to the Underdark (not very "canon" for Dark Sun I know, but it was fun) and even though the poor beast died quickly, the paladin nearly lost his steel longsword. In a world where metal is so scarce, he...

Well, it's not per-se. It's only an issue because he's better at killing stuff than everyone, and also better (or as good) at doing stuff that should be their specialty. The ranger player is particularly frustrated because the paladin has mostly the same spells, but also gets to convert them to...

I probably won't, you're right. It will only frustrate the player. Going "gritty realism" is appealing but I think it's too late unfortunately, especially since the Arcane Trickster is finally getting Invisibility and might not like being "nerfed". Instead, I'll try to boost the Ranger by making...

Thanks for your advice guys, keep them coming ! I think I'll try to play with the idea of Stealth and / or put him in the wilderness without the Ranger being around to show the other players that he can't do everything. As for house rules, allowing the Monk to use Fist of Unbroken Air as an...

Hi, One of my players is playing a rogue and wants to design a feat to "colour" his character as an expert poisoner and get some tricks too. He thought of the following : +1 Constitution Advantage on Poisoner's tool checks to harvest poison from a creature Advantage on Constitution Saving...

Hi everyone, It's my first thread here so I guess a quick introduction is in order. I'm currently DMing a Dark Sun Campaign that started with the events of the 2nd edition scenarios Freedom and Road to Urik. We're up to the second part of the campaign (PCs are lvl7) and having a blast...