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My PC died* in that encounter when my group played it. I still love ropers. *He got better

When I asked, they said it was intentional. (I'm don't know what the intended benefit is.) Since the asymmetry drives one of my players a little crazy, I just decided to put them onto the standard full progression for my game.

Except that all you need is a cantrip or a magic weapon hitting them once per round to completely negate the regeneration. In my experience most first level parties have at least two characters with cantrips. Are higher levels you have magic weapons. So at very low levels maybe they will...

I've pretty much been officially left behind now, even in fake announcements. All I want is to stick with 5.0, and somehow I can't have that even with a proposed big umbrella tactic supporting all versions of D&D. :confused:

Climate zones will scale with the size of the world, so with a smaller world the tropical and arctic regions will be closer. My recommendation: Don't shrink the map. Having more space to work with if you need it is good. And in Eberron, since you have fast long-distance travel options, there...

Here are some of my thoughts in brief. The worlds of Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind feel most real to me(1), the worlds of Daggerfall and Arena feel less real, and the worlds of the majority of other games feel least real to me(2). Here's why. Recent Elder Scrolls games give you a tip of...

I would emphasize (in addition to having it be a magical condition) having the player of the particular PC be in on it. That's the only way to make sure they aren't going to be frustrated/upset with the outcome. It will also allow them to help you keep it secret from the rest of the group...

I mostly give XP for defeating monsters or otherwise using class abilities (it breaks my immersion for characters to level up quickly and by doing things that don't involve actually using the features they are improving) and my players still find plenty of non-violent solutions. Part of it might...

I must say that giving Find Steed and Find Familiar to everyone in the party is the most creatively game-changing use I've heard of. So much so that it makes me consider whether or not to allow it in my games, even though as a player I would absolutely try to do it now that the idea has been...

One thing to bring up is that they changed the relationship of Spelljamming civilization to groundling civilization in later products (at least The War Captain's Companion, I don't know which others). The original box takes IMO the superior approach where Spelljamming is something groundlings...

I'm putting together a giant list of monsters from 1e and 2e that I can use for making random encounter lists on various worlds and planes and such in the traditional Planescape cosmology. In doing this, I realized that while I've been putting a lot of work into determining (and in some cases...

Where is that at? Is it not on DnDBeyond? This might be a situation where knowledge of the lore really is important. The magic of the world is ruled by three gods of magic—one Good, one Neutral, one Evil. Those gods don‘t have clerics. Instead, the orders of wizardry are sponsored by them and...

Here's a quick overview of how stuff has been in the Spelljammer in the past (2e), as well as the Astral Plane (2e and 5e are essentially identical) for those who never knew or don't recall: -Wildspace was simply outer space, looking basically like we imagine it to look. It's where you are once...

There have been a few creatures that have had their type changed already in later 5e publications; the ones I’ve seen are a few Beasts becoming Monstrosities. Has anyone made a list of which creatures in the book have different types than their original 5e printing?

I assume the system developers have heard the news about WotC acquiring DnD Beyond. They will almost certainly make their own VTT at some point. This will be interesting, and quite possibly have an impact on the Level Up system on Foundry. There are probably about three main ways DnD Beyond...

This is what made it finally click for me, but boy was the rule confusing for a while.

Compelled Duel is supported by Level Up because it is in the O5e PHB. It is not reprinted because it is not in the SRD and therefore cannot be reprinted.

Since it doesn't say, I started tracking XP for the party after they leveled up to 2. They almost have enough from random encounters to level, and this week is the kobolds, which will give them enough. So, as far as I could tell the adventure doesn't say, but that's where it's happening for our...

I'm very curious about whether some of the differences in these variables are intentional design, or just the results of different designers working on different classes leading to some design inconsistencies. This is important, because if there are actual mechanical (or even conceptual) reasons...