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Essenti's point is apt. One thing that DM's need to remember is that they are the player's sensory access to the world. Very often a player will simply not know or realize that they're "supposed" to be actively searching or detecting something in a given space (where their character would...

Reading that section – particularly the part about switching the DM midstream – reminded me of how my group started up our first 3e campaign back in Summer 2000. We all made up characters and ended up doing basically what that suggested, round-robining the DMing (this when only the PHB was out...

As others have mentioned, you need to include spells – Vengeance has likely the edge in spells. Also, be mindful of the direction of focus: you mention that Relentless Avenger et al seem best served against a single opponent, when that's the exact point. The Oath of Vengeance is basically...

Most (if not all) of the monsters named here have distinctive anatomies – either bodily or in their hands – or at least come from a distinct environment from humanoid adventurers. I would rule that the weapons in question aren't quite suited for their use, therefore, are would be considered...

It's true that WotC wouldn't redesign the list of attributes. Even in 4e, that was never tried. With the heavier reliance on attributes in 5e, there isn't going to be a longer list, given how many people still try to use dump stats (against the original notion of attribute-based saving throws...

Also, keep in mind that Mearls and his wife just had a child born at the start of December (his Twitter isn't just rules talk, you know!) and he's only finishing up six weeks of paternity leave, so that slows down work on new releases – given that children tend to give you a few months' warning...

DM: "Rocks fall. Everyone dies." Monk PC: "Deflect Missile! Natural 20!" DM: *headdeak*

Mind you, I played very little 4e (due to not gaming much in recent years – I still haven't actually played 5e yet either); as much as I love the idea of the Warlord, I never got the chance to play one. I think much of the issue in the translation of the Warlord concept to the Battlemaster – I...

I agree with Genasi as a race. Svirfneblin make sense as well. The problem with air or water races is how flight and swimming affects travel and obstacles (plus how many of them, like the Aarakocra, were detailed in the Monster Manual). For classes, keep in mind that many of the names (such as...

Best thing about 5E shadows? The idea that if you resurrect the dead character while his undead Shadow is still out there, he doesn't cast a shadow until you destroy that undead created from his dead body! ZOMG!!!11

Honestly, I think the best feeling as a DM is when the players are feeling battered, bruised, and thinking that they're going to die at any moment...and you're secretly knowing full well that those guys are pumping out enough awesome to win the day! Win-win all around...

Here's another idea for running it on Krynn, if someone wanted to run it post-War of Souls, what if... [HIGHLIGHT FOR SPOILERS]the cultists freeing Tiamat were here instead looking at resurrecting Takhisis (perhaps tie them to one of the Knights of Neraka factions?) – if the storyline requires...

Should we include Quivering Palm (as a death effect) and Falling Damage (as a source of potential massive damage)? "I should have memorized Feather Faaaaaaaaaall..."

It's also a matter of which monsters/enemies will act to kill downed foes. As noted, gnolls are logical for acting is such a matter, while goblinoids or kobolds wouldn't (they'd be more ikely to either kill downed foes after battle or capture unconscious enemies for slaves, depending on...

The weirdest "gem" of my collection for me is the original copyeditor proof of Palladium's POWERS UNLIMITED THREE by Kevin Siembedia with all of the various markings/comments/insertions. Being a Heroes Unlimited player and long-time copyeditor myself, I loved getting that as a surprise gift in a...

I agree with the things said so far here. The other thing, so far not really said, is simple. For every person/group that's been playing 5e voraciously and wants MORE MORE MORE right now, there's many more casual players who either are just getting started or haven't yet really gotten into it (I...

Spells and Temporary Hit Points both, for instance, explicitly operate under the rubric of "replace instead of stack" (technically, the target gets to choose between the two values and will choose the better total). Since the rules also explicitly note that Specific beats General and mentions...

...and I was going to blame it on Wild Sorcerer's reduction of the Weave to entropy, thus hastening the Heat Death of the Multiverse... ;)

THIS. As others have pointed, these adventures can be converted to other campaigns/settings (especially being released months after the DMG), but the Adventurer's League organized play setting requires both keeping to the adventure-as-written and continuity in the overall setting (for factions...

Of course, a Tempest Cleric will already be hurling lightning spells, so a wand of lightning bolts doesn't seem like it should be outright "no clerics allowed." We keep defaulting to the old the arcane/divine divide. Unless I'm wrong, that divide ONLY appears in 5e in that one sidebar in the...