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The Dredd movie with Karl Urban is 1000x better than the Stallone one. It's a shame that wasn't turned into a franchise, it should have been.

The original Robocop. I remember seeing the trailer in the 1980s and thinking, what a stupid stupid name for a movie. Turns out it is one of the best sci fi action movies ever and is still fun to watch today. It has aged extremely well and has a very nuanced story about what it means to be a...

Margreve Session #16 - In Pursuit of the Blood Mage Box FYI, starting last session, and all of this one and moving forward, I am in more homebrew territory as I am linking scenarios from the Margreve book. The blood mage and all that is from the book, but I'm changing it some to better fit...

The NPC is someone they've long sought and he does indeed work for Mr. Redbeard, and would not want that known. The two are up to some dastardly no good together and those meddling heroes could ruin it.

I also like to look at it from the other side: if the PC wizard was interrogated, suspected they had magic, and they asked him: "Where are your allies?" He knows they're at the Blue Fart Inn, but is that a surface thought they find? Does the PC get to argue I'm guarding my thoughts and I get a...

except for this line.... and the corpse is under no Compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are Hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy.

Yeah, you could have the villain easily monologue for sixty seconds and just end it.

I will offer a bit more detail for people. Remember, I'm trying to figure out for myself and my players (them especially) what is the fine line between surface thoughts and probing thoughts. Once they dig deeper the spell can end with a Wis save and/or Int. Just probing too deep ends the...

It's not a familiar; it's a wizard. I said earlier it was a wizard "familiar" with magic, as in acquainted.

Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation.

We've shockingly never used this spell before.

PCs have the baddie tied up and questioning him while the bard has Detect Thoughts going. What is the difference between surface thoughts and deeper probe that should allow a save to resist? They're asking him detailed stuff, such as "Who do you work for?" The baddie doesn't want to answer...

Margreve Session #15 - Incott Village Box

I'm really liking what I'm seeing here. Definitely something I'd not have expected, but it sounds interesting.

Margreve Session #14 - Escape From the Hive Box

Margreve Session #12- Waxen Traps Box Short session so I'm including #13 too; should have been all one. Margreve Session #13 - The Honey Queen Box

God I miss boxed sets and giant poster maps :(

Haha. Yes that's true. As much as I love terrifying them with a brutal encounter, they do like to mop the floor with bad guys more often.

I have Ezmerelda who has just joined the party in Curse of Strahd. She's effectively a 5th member, a CR 8 and helps in combat. I have her there for story reasons but don't want her as a permanent fixture. In fact, the only reason she IS there is because the adventure has it scripted. She is...

I like tactician too. It strips away military connotations and leaves exactly what the class does. It's not a sexy name, but it would work.