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Oh that's nice. I have not seen a game like that for a long time. No way my players are spending a Wish to bring one of them back. Heck the last Wish a player had resulted in an item that could repeatedly summon a gorgeous nymphomaniac djinni lady who was also a world-class chef and always...

I know I'm in the minority here, but I'd kill the PC. Not being at the table is not a protective ward against consequences. What happened was a direct consequence of actions that they took while they were 100% in control of their character. The only bit I would retcon is, I'd tell them what...

A natural disaster devastates a city, like a volcano. Can the PCs stop some key buildings falling? Rescue folks from burning buildings? Fight against a flood to reach the orphanage? There are the occasional elementals and looters appearing and causing problems, but combating them is not the...

Dragons are so much less powerful if encountered in a Dungeon, so I agree. Give them room to fly and start a forest fire that eliminates the PCs. Give them swamps to hide in and ships to sink.

I feel much the same. I even think RP is helped by stereotyping, not every group has Critical Role style RP. Lazy shorthand can help. When players interact with a certain species, I am happy for them to have preconceptions about how such interactions will go. I would rather preconceptions be...

I was considering playing a Mastermind Rogue in my next game. If the DM was to allow me to play a hobgoblins that would be unreal. I am sure it is not balanced around being able to use the cool new abilities every single turn. The Mastermind would miss out of the ability to use Help as a bonus...

The Court of Spring reports that a part of the Feywild has not responded to the Song of Spring's Dawn. They suspect that some Winter Fey are breaching the agreed upon pacts and seeking to push their influence into the realm of Spring. Find why winter is not fading in that area of the Feywild...

It's funny you say that Laurefindel, that actually happened in a game very recently. The PCs were ambushing a carriage that contained their political nemesis. They decided against killing the innocent carriage drivers and guards. They ambushed, got a surprise round, tallied up all the damage...

I just thought I would mention something that I have been having fun with as both a DM and a player. The idea is that after you roll to hit and would apply damage, you can declare that you are not going to do that damage immediately, but rather only if a condition is met. By way of example. A...

Personally I hedge bets between the two. When it says 10x10 cube. I just think of that as 4 x 5' squares on a battlemap. They can arrange those squares in any order they want. So they could make a huge 20' x 5' long snake.

Not commenting on the octopus specifically. But just to clarify, just because something is stock footage does NOT mean it has no copyright. That is the entire point of stock image companies, they make images then sell them to people that want to use them for commercial purposes. It is almost...

I feel like 4E was hardmode on GMs. Every combat encounter is a setpiece. To work well the terrain always has something interesting, like rickety bridges, or lava flows, or gravity wells or something. All the monsters have differences and special things, controller/defender/lurker etc, AND the...

I would have the PCs get help at various points from either a group of higher level demon hunters that are super likeable, or some of the folks from the dwarven town near the exit. They need some group that they actually give a toss about, or else when they leave the underdark, they will never...

We just misread the rules and thought it used a bonus action to activate. It is definitely used every time it is available, but nobody has complained about it being OP.

I'll add my 2 cents to the camp that says 4E is too much effort without the digital tools. It is not just the character creation. It is the selection of monsters too. It is really important to balance things well for a 4E feel of tactical combat. That is very hard to do as is keeping track of...

I like the idea. What sort to timeframe are you looking for for the duration of the game? I can help with song suggestions: - dwarven mining song - dwarven war song - song of Durin

What about the shield spell just gives you Damage Reduction 10 (or whatever number, per spell level)? Against 1 attack or for 1 round, depending on the level of nerf you want. That way, at low levels, it essentially functions the same, a standard attack will not hurt you at all. It is a bit...

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IMC, the local town has a sewer system that they never really installed. The town is just built on top of another one and there is an underground river running through those ruins. It took little effort for them to just dig down and either drop into deep cesspits, or poop into the river. Of...

What about a statue of a messenger god, like Hermes? You say a little prayer and put the message in his satchel. It appears at the other statue of your choice.