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I would like to think that this is the sort of thing any experienced DM could resolve with a mere look and raise of an eyebrow. I would like to think at this stage that I would be able to resolve a player asking about this without having to use any actual words.

I find Trickster clerics to be pretty cool 2 player characters. Their ability to give somebody advantage on stealth is really handy, as are some of their spells. A dex+wis guy with a criminal background can be a passable thief, a good healer, OK enough in combat not to be a hindrance and make...

That is great, it is a much more interesting turn of events than even a set-piece battle was likely to be.

I read that as a way to keep an eye on an employee. The king entrusts you with a quest, but gets you to attune to the mirror so he can keep an eye on you and make sure you don't run away with the crown jewels when you recover them. Alternatively the king has the princess attune to it, if ever...

Yeah, it should have said Opposed Perception, as he was clearly purposely looking :)

rogermexico I have a weird idea. It may not be the greatest for a new DM, but could work. You could frame the adventure as a bunch of retired adventurers telling their tales around a grand table in the Yawning Portal (the premier adventurers pub). Some of the adventurers are alive, some are...

If your work is a bit on the slack side, run a choose your own adventure via email for all of the less important stuff. Just to get the PCs to an interesting scene for the next session. E.g. "So what do people want to do in town before heading out to the ruined tower?" "On the way you meet an...

My houserule is simply "If you would succeed by rolling a 5, then you do so automatically, in the abstinence of any hindering factors". This rule was brought into effect by the party trying to jump a tiny chasm, only requiring an 8DC. Three of them critically failed. Now they see any jump roll...

While I don't disagree with anybody here, as a DM I'd simply look at whether that cool PC feature has actually come to the fore and been used recently. Normally such things come up with great irregularity. As such, I would say they are only slowed, not restrained like a normal person. I want...

Gauntlets of Ogre Strength (and size) - They work as per normal Gauntlets of Ogre strength, however the wearer gains an immense supernatural appetite and goes through a growth spurt. Over time, perhaps many years, they grow to be the size of a particularly fat ogre. This has pros and cons and it...

Personally I pretty much follow the Battlemaster's abilities for all that sort of stuff. The advantage that the Battlemaster gets is that they get to add their proficiency dice to damage and add it on to another attack. Effectively they get another attack at +d8 damage compared to the guy who is...

I like PDQ: http://evilhat.wikidot.com/pdq Super simple and the "skill" system is just traits that an ordinary person could have. Here is an example character: Olof Millerson "As strong as an ox" +4 "As smart as one too" -2 "A good boy from a good family" +2 "Can't talk to girls" -2 "Good with...

For me, if in doubt, people proficient in martial weapons know all this stuff, people without that proficiency don't.

I actually have an alchemist in my game that sells 80% off "Clear Skins", I am amazed how often players take the gamble.

IMC every few years, a hobgoblin delegation turns up at the human palace. The king hops down off his throne and gives them a huge chest of gold and riches. This is normally done in silence and most people don't remember why. Enter the new king, a rash forward thinker who has little time for the...

@pukunui That is the third time the guy has asked for help. I would play up the Power of Three in witch/hag folklore a lot. It is possible that accepting a gift from her a third time has some dire power, or allows her to view you as "hers" so whatever ancient pact was holding her back before...

I'd have a different take on it. An erotic diary said to be written by the queen herself, or her handmaiden, that gives very graphic details of her affair with the pope of the main local religion. He is into some really weird stuff. It includes a lot of mentions to other verifiable details...

IMC a character did exactly this. His new eye though, did not allow her to see through it. It instead made him see the worst in everybody and everything. He got advantage on seeing through peoples lies, when he eventually discovered that he thought it was great, but as a DM I would describe...

I had a spectral nanny that kept appearing again and again, no matter how many times they killed her, she would keep popping out of the room and attacking. She could only be placated by doing last rites on the baby or otherwise saving/helping the kids. That made it pretty hard. I had her use...

A high level Paladin was investigating a frat-house of the wizard's university that was dabbling in pseudo-necromancy as part of their oh-so-spooky initiation rites. He waits until the spookiest part, then jumps out and screams at them, having bathed himself in holy-fire. They poop themselves...