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Jeremy Crawford just confirmed it has 130+ pages of monsters!

I don't know if we have an exact date, but we know that the new campaign is set in the year 835, and is set one generation (I think he said 25 years?) after the first. That would put the book at around Year 810 Post Divergence.

Well, why don't we take a look at some of the most popular show rather than speculating about the women's motives. Critical Role - All of the players played in a private game for 2 years before it was ever streamed. Dice Camera Action - Both female players have played D&D for years. High...

I can't speak to balance in it's latest form, but it is not AL legal. It's a home-brew class by Matthew Mercer, DM of Critical Role. As part of the new campaign being run, they have an ongoing sponsorship from D&D Beyond, and D&D Beyond have put up his class on the site. It's not an officially...

I think it's technically a house rule, but it's incredibly common considering how many GMs don't hide their rolls, or use Roll20 where rolls are generally visible to everyone. I also think it makes the spell fairer, as otherwise it's just a random guessing game as to whether the spell is of any use.

Curse of Strahd 10 Hoard of the Dragon Queen 4 Out of the Abyss 12 Princes of the Apocalypse 22 As the only path I have run to completion, this has to get my vote despite it's flaws and the fact that I would probably enjoy running Strahd or Tomb more, and think they are better written. Rise of...

I think a lot of it comes down to time and availability to play/people to play with. I play/run twice a week with two groups, but that's only 4 hours a week of my free time, which is extensive. I'd be quite happy to play in another game with people I know, but it can be hard enough to find a day...

Sure, and you can. You'll just end up running into the issue OP is. For a lot of people that won't be an issue, as you're supposed to be hitting creatures weaker than you most of the time. As for magic items, I'm not sure how you could account for ones that give bonuses to hit WITHOUT it...

Very few features give any flat bonuses to hit in 5e, specifically for the reason you've pointed out. I would expect every character in the party other than a specialized archer to have +7 to hit at that level assuming no magic weapons, rather than the +9 you're using in the example. It may have...

That is the intent, yes. Level 5 is a think slightly lower than expected for that area - I think you're meant to be around 6-7. Having one character 2 levels higher than the others seems odd, and will likely cause issues. As for heat metal, I would assume that it takes the fire damage but does...

So a couple of things off with your assumptions. AC 14 for a CR 6 creature is lowballing it. Having just checked the monster manual, of the 16 CR 6 creatures there are 2 AC 13, 4 AC 14, and then the rest are between 15-20. It's fairer to say the average is 16, which immediately knocks 10% of the...

I like this idea. I do think the basic guards are too weak. In Volo's guide it gives an archer stat block which is the closest I can find to a standard trained soldier. Now, I expect them to be tougher than the city watch but it gives a benchmark to start from. I'd say those archers might...

I think this is key - guards would be taught how to recognize when something is above their pay grade, and who they should call to sort it out.

So I've been thinking recently about high magic worlds, and how to make them feel sensible. In the Forgotten Realms there are magic users running all over the place, especially in large cities. This could cause real trouble for the Watch, particularly if they're not trained to deal with it. So...

The ToA art is already accessible, this is just a different format for it. The random encounter tables are fine, but nothing exciting. The only random encounters I have liked are the ones from Out of the Abyss, where you can combine a random group of monsters with a terrain type - that produces...

In regards the the maps, I love that they have a consistent style and quality through the whole book, due to all being done by Schley. Also, they are all mapped for a 5' square grid! Other adventures were always a little annoying for online play having to resize different maps by different...

He was definitely including non SRD content, just rephrasing it slightly. While he didn't include text from non core books, every subclass was available and so were all the feats. This was always going to happen, especially since he was making money off of the kickstarter. WotC were completely...

This is particularly a problem in PotA, as the custom monsters in it simply don't match up to those in the Monster Manual. If you do the maths using the guidelines in the DMG, those monsters typically come out 1-2 CR lower than it says they are. This means that running the dungeons as the game...

Really depends what type of game you're looking for. Do you want a linear, more plot driven adventure? Hoard of the dragon Queen/Rise of Tiamat. If you still want a plot but a more sand-boxy, I'd recommend Out of the Abyss of Storm King's Thunder. If you want something sand-boxy and more...

I couldn't see a thread had been made about this yet, so I thought I'd point out the new Roll20 module trailer for Tomb of Annihilation. Video here . It shows off a lot of cool looking maps from the module right at the start (you may want to slow the video to half speed and pause as the images...