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As a DM who uses XP leveling instead of Milestone leveling, I have a question: if you roll for the monsters’ HP, do you adjust the CR* up or down if it strays too far from the average? A monster with minimum HP is a much different challenge than a monster with maximum HP. *I know CR itself is...

I guess I'll just hold off on the magic item for now and see how things transpire. We've already had a situation where their Hobgoblin Scout guide was knocked unconscious during a battle by a crit*. I wound up rolling a nat 20 on his death save, so he awoke with 1 HP. After the battle, the...

Personally, I find sitting down behind the DM Screen blocks my view of the battle mat. Standing up gives me a better angle to see everything unfolding on the table.

I am currently running them through Unwelcome Spirits with plans to then do Call of the Netherdeep, so underwater will be in their future. I was also considering giving her Mariner's Armor for just that reason, but I though it would be too situational. ETA: I was thinking of armor that gave...

My campaign consists of a Bard, Druid, and Ranger (all currently at level 1). The players are relatively new to D&D and aren't aware of the nuances of a typical party makeup. So far the Druid has been sitting back and casting ranged spells and the Bard has been sitting back and casting buffs...

Here's how I adapted the Animal of the Land template from UA4 (my changes are in red): ANIMAL OF THE LAND An Animal of the Land is a flightless terrestrial animal, such as a bear, deer, horse, cat, dog, velociraptor, or big rodent. While in this form, you use the Animal of the Land stat block...

I keep hearing people say that the templates were completely panned in the playtest, but do we know this for a fact? Obviously they didn’t pass the 70% threshold since they didn’t survive into the next UA. But, for all we know, they could have just barely missed with 69.9% (which would be more...

It was meant tongue-in-check, as I assumed his players do gain levels. But, the very first line of your OP said “if you do milestone leveling, this thread is not for you…”

So your players’ characters stay at level 1 throughout the entire campaign? That sound dreadfully boring.

Nothing is cooler than pluralizing with a Z instead of an S 🙄

I play D&D with my daughter and her 2 preteen friends. I think it would sound atrocious if I told their parents that I take their daughters into my basement to play a game where I’m the “Dungeon Master.” Or maybe I’ve watched too many episodes of Law & Order SVU. 😬

Another alternative would be to multiclass into a Cleric of the Nature Domain. That would make it an easier transition since I’m sure he already has a high Wisdom.

One of my biggest regrets in life is not having played D&D when I was younger and had more free time and plenty of friends around the neighborhood. I try to play it now, but I’m older and have more obligations and responsibilities. And my friends and family members have all scattered about...

Ha ha, sucker, I still have 2 weeks left until I turn 50! 😛 I played Baldur’s Gate 1& 2 and Icewind Dale 1& 2 while in college in the 90’s, but I didn’t start playing D&D itself until 2000, when I was a whopping 26. My first character was a Halfling Rogue named Willow (because I had a...

Fanatically Indifferent = "I DON’T CARE! Now go away and leave me alone."

In this example, the cat would not take damage from falling off the table because cats always land on their feet. ;)

And I assume it's a gold dragon, rather than the normal red dragon, because of the "golden" anniversary.

To answer the initial question posed by @ECMO3, if the DM deemed that the creature's fleeing caused by Dissonant Whispers was "unwilling" movement and did not trigger the secondary thunder damage, then I would say that the "booming energy" stays on the creature instead of dissipating. To me...

This is why I couldn't get into Elden Ring. I started up a character, went through the tutorial, went out into the world and . . . . . that's it. There were no quests that I could find or quest givers of any sort. I wandered around a bit and got killed a few times, but ultimately got bored...

If he’s playing a Circle of Wildfire Druid, maybe he should just multiclass to a College of Evocation Wizard, focusing on fire-themed spells. Although I would recommend the OneD&D version from UA7.