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We're playing Waterdeep Heist (5e), and one of my players got his brain "eaten" by the intellect devourer in the sewers via the Body Thief ability. I dont necessarily want to kill this PC, so i decided to just have him play his character normally, and as DM be able to take control of this...

My player is a half-elf warlock of the Undying named Idril. For the purposes of the game, her class is a 'witch'. She has a human mother and elf father, and her entire backstory is that her family is a 'coven' of vagabounds (loosely called "coven", but so far, has nothing to do with hags)...

Basically, the original PCs were exploring Chult/looking for a way to stop the deathquest/Omu/soulmonger (essentially following the story arc), but got killed by a medusa in Nangalore, a location somewhere deep in the jungles. In my game, the Red Wizards are also looking for a way to stop the...

Thanks for all the responses here, you guys got a lot of good advice... But,I 'm not so much worried about allowing players getting their old characters back by what many of you suggested or even other means. There are a lot of other ways to bring these old characters back to flesh, which i am...

I had a TPK with a medusa boss some time ago. The players made new characters, leveled up, and ultimately took out the medusa...which is fine, of course. They want thier old characters back, which i am not totally against, but the players think that killing the medusa would un-petrify everyone...

All of our players averted thier eyes, which made it hard for them to hit the medusa. One player even used his shield to cover the medusa's upper body (which i ruled granted her cover) which also made it hard for them to hit her. She also had a pet constrictor snake, and later, a few ebliss...

One of my players wants to play a young girl... ...the exact age wasn't really specified but this player saw a cool pic online and thought it would be a great idea to be a child prodigy ready for an adventure. By the looks of the picture she saw online, it looks like the child is probably a...

so do you just end the game right there and start anew? what would you recommend happen when the group is playing a prewritten campaign module like Tomb of Annhilation? the same thing? just close the book, and say, "sorry, you lost." No more raise dead/resurrection spells from this point on in...

...I for one, have always loved Undermountain and cant wait to DM this!!

Funny. I do appriciate the help. I never considered a roving gang of medusa hunters exploring a remote part of the jungle to save bestoned adventures! Either way, im just wondering if i should even have the next adventuring party face the medusa again? Not because i think they cant win, but...

Medusa's are not very nice. they hold a lot of scorn, but to your credit, the book allows for some parlay...maybe this is an option for the new players...

they were all turned to stone by the medusa. essentially, its still a total party kill, since there is no one who can possibly bring them back...

thanks to all who responded, i really appreciate the help. ok so to add clarity, here's what happened in my group. My group found out about the Lost City of Omu very early in the game (like 3rd level). For those of you not running ToA, Omu is the gateway/location in which the group needs to...

Hello again! In the last session of my Tomb of Annihilation, my group fell victim to a TOTAL PARTY KILL! (Characters have died in my games before, but this is first TPK ever after decades of DMing!) Despite that, they all still had a good time and want to continue with the game. However...

thanks. Ill check out that thread. But just to let you know, Artus isnt running around revealing himself, hes on the down low because so many people are after him...and he's quietly looking for his lost wife...

Good point, Cap! You always give much needed insight and constructive critism on these boards! I think i may have erred in getting the players to work for Artus capture instead of considering aiding and protecting him. Either way, the players may not have necessarily killed him outright, and...

Hello! I'm not sure how to handle this. In my Tomb of Annihilation game, the players and several factions are looking for an NPC named, Artus Cimber, and more particularly, the 'Ring of Winter', which is a very powerful magic item that I'm sort of afraid to let the players get a hold of and use...

I DMed Lost Mines almost two years ago and my group had a blast! I remember my group kicking down the door to Venomfang, completely disturbing the green dragon from his slumber. In exchange for not eating them up for dinner, Venomfang asked the group to bring him a particularly annoying member...

This weekend's session was an absolute blast! The PCs decided on a group name: the Swift Swords. Smoke, the tabaxi artificer, who just joined the Church of Savras (god of divination) Indril, the female half-elf warlock (death patron) Azari, the wood female elven monk (friend of Syndra...

So i decided that the alchemy jug wasnt that overpowered after all. In this last session, the players didnt even use it except to give an NPC (Commander Niles Breakbone at Camp Vengeance) a much needed beer for all the hassle he's been through. As a DM, i was worried that they would pump...