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The Darklord is the final adventure in the Misty Fortunes and Absent Hearts adventure series, and it is credited to Greg Marks (a.k.a.: Skerrit/skerritthegreen), the Associate Resource Manager of the D&D Adventurers League. This is a sign that the designers intended for this to be an epic final...

I would almost turn this into a general rule for DMs looking to balance AL adventures -- if your party is below the standard 5-player party, at least skip the first round Lair Action for the monster, even if the adventure guidance doesn't tell you to, and especially if the monster also has...

Yep, the background info is certainly helpful, but the original request seemed to be more along the lines of an article like "Indeed, Mulmaster is Undone" for later seasons. -- Pauper

Not that I'm aware of. There is a State of Hillsfar document that notes Hillsfar and the surrounding environs situation at the start of Season 3, but there's nothing akin to the Season 1 and Season 2 spoilerrific recaps that helped DMs understand what had 'officially' happened as a result of AL...

Thanks for the updates on these. Sounds like you've got some pretty swingy parties playing through these mods -- sometimes with a light turn-out, it seems like you could use better guidance adjusting the adventures to be less difficult, but then with a big crowd, the optimizers come out and...

On one hand, I'd advise caution with any DM using Dominate Person against PCs, because anything an NPC does to a PC using this spell effectively becomes a precedent that the PCs will use when they gain access to the spell and successfully use it against an NPC. Don't try anything you wouldn't be...

Cheesy players gonna pursue cheese, but the 'direct control' granted by True Polymorph is limited to you choosing how the creature moves and acts on your turn. The DM still determines the effect of those actions, not you. Example: You True Polymorph a creature into a T-Rex and have it attack...

Note that a DM can rule that the text of True Polymorph ("If the spell becomes permanent, you no longer control the creature.") overrides the general rules of those two monsters. -- Pauper

Or you could turn it on its head and just say 'run it however you like, since there's no official guidance' and leave it up to the affected player to determine if he's going to be able to play his character at any given table. -- Pauper

While that would be a good thing to get clarification about, the question has no bearing on the True Polymorph issue being discussed -- as noted, since Half-Orc is in the Player's Handbook, it is always available as a character creation option, since the PH is always allowed. If the PC were True...

It's nice to see the AL learning from the issues created by allowing unrestricted magic items into the game from the hardcover adventures. Sincere thanks for the restrictions on Wave, Whelm, and Blackrazor in Season 6! -- Pauper

Half-Orc is in the Player's Handbook, thus it is available to all characters during character creation. The character would not be retired, since half-orc is a legal option at character creation. However, since AL only allows elves or half-elves to advance as bladesingers, the character would...

I suspect that if WotC does have a tabletop product related to Planescape in the works, it'll work out much like their Ravenloft product -- a single adventure with peripheral references to the larger, uncovered universe. Planescape fans will be disappointed, I'm sure. It won't bother me much...

I suspect that if WotC does have a tabletop product related to Planescape in the works, it'll work out much like their Ravenloft product -- a single adventure with peripheral references to the larger, uncovered universe. Planescape fans will be disappointed, I'm sure. It won't bother me much...

Also, the 3.5 era book City of Splendors details that there was a public teleportation circle in Waterdeep, between the inner and outer walls of the South Gate. It was very distinctive, making memorization easy, and well-watched by the city guard to prevent abuse or misuse. There's no reason...

Hard to say -- prior to 4e, teleportation circles were rare, but portals (basically always-on teleportation circles that connect specific locations) were fairly common, at least once you reached a high enough level to be able to learn about them and identify their locations. I can't say if 5e...

I'll agree, that seems like a good idea when you first think of it, especially if you plan to play at conventions or other locations where you don't really know what other characters you'll be adventuring with. The problem comes in when, after the first fight, the cleric realizes he doesn't...

I've got nearly a dozen characters, few of which get regular play. My most advanced character is my lawful evil human vengeance paladin (level 9) with a Robe of Eyes and a Ring of Evasion. (He's really good at fighting Invisible Stalkers!) My only multi-class character** is the tiefling Cleric...

My understanding is that the cert that allows you to use a tressym as a familiar explains how it interacts with Find Familiar -- if you didn't get a cert, check with your DM. Simply finding a tressym in a hardcover adventure is not sufficient to enable you to gain one as a familiar, as per the...

Color me cautiously optimistic. Here are the things I'll be keeping an eye on: - "D&D Beyond will work without an internet connection." What's the definition of 'work' here? I can tell you right off the top that you won't be able to buy or download content without an internet connection. With...