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Monk...monastery. It's literally part of the name?

Interestingly enough, the last order of monks I think I created for a campaign were actually cannibals. On the shores of the Astral sea, out in the far reaches of the outlands lie a number of islands. This desolate region is populated by the dregs of all sorts of species from across the planes...

I for one am likely to maintain most orcish populations as being predominantly evil in the majority of my games (though I AM presently running an Eberron campaign where they clearly are not). I still embrace the shift toward divorcing species from particular alignments; or what are clearly...

By a host of metrics, notably including sales, Paizo for example holds the second largest share of the TTRPG market after D&D. To claim or pretend otherwise is simply incorrect.

Yeah, that IS an issue. I know several ways to deal with it: * One can increase the difficulty of encounters so that they're threatening regardless of having fresh resources to expend. * One can design encounters that serve some purpose other than draining the party's resources. A meeting...

To be honest, I'm really surprised at the number of people who just handwave it. In addition to providing opportunities to use a swath of character abilities, I think travel and exploration are a great way to feed the players potential plot hooks and side quests, information about the region...

The whinings about replacing race with species are stupid beyond belief. And almost overwhelmingly nothing more than disgusting attempts at pushing culture war BS on the gaming community. Species is the more factually accurate term. Plus decoupling species from stat bonuses opens up a whole...

Eh, Spear or Quarterstaff with PAM and Dueling fighting style gets you 1d6 + 2 + str (equivalent of a d10 weapon) plus a 1d4 + 2 + str (equivalent of a d8 weapon) bonus action attack. Plus attacks on enemy approach AND shield AC bonus. Two-handed weapon use doesn't really catch up until high...

This kind of meant more on the DM-side of things, but I'm happy to hear from players as well. Travel and (wilderness) exploration happen to be amongst those things that seem highly variable from table to table. Was just kind of curious: How do you personally usually handle travel and...

You might try Polearm Master and Dueling fighting style and spear or quarterstaff (which, though it hurts my head is STILL a one-handed weapon). Worked in 2014, still works fine. Piercer is NOT a good feat, unless maybe you need the stat point.

I've never actually used such a thing before in D&D, but I keep wanting to introduce a few status effects that represent wounds and injuries beyond straight hp loss. Debilitating stuff like sprains, broken bones, longer-lasting physical damage, or just large amounts of pain. Things one can...

I don't trust the players any more than I trust the DM. With good reason in my 30+ year gaming experience.

Once again, because I may roll dice for any number of reasons. Or just because I feel like it. An unexplained roll doesn't actually mean danger that much of the time. Not all encounters are even combat encounters, presuming that the players even notice that I'm rolling behind the screen at...

I always roll enemy stealth vs PC's passive perception; unless they are actively looking for something. I roll behind a screen or some books where it could be one of any number of things going on. Once combat starts, all rolls are in the open.

No, there absolutely is. Sneaking enemies don't always engage the party right away if at all. Take the case of a goblin scout who observes the PCs, then creeps away to bring reinforcements. In games I run, the party CAN and occasionally does stop such things.

Possibly. I roll for a number of other reasons without telling the players though - random events or encounters, random story elements such as weather, sometimes environmental details that the PCs may or may not notice, sometimes just because I'm a fidgety person who rolls dice for the hell of...

I suspect that most of us who prefer to roll in the open when possible still hide SOME of our rolls. Such as when enemies are trying to sneak up on the party...

I can't speak for anyone else here, but I personally DO NOT consider you to be any kind of "cheater" for not rolling in the open. Or even fudging if you do so*. I just happen to believe that rolling in the open (and not fudging) leads to better outcomes. Or at least any worse type of cheater...

On the contrary, it means that we know each other's shenanigans.

Let them have the griffon. It will be more fun in the long term. Level 3 IS on the low side for such a creature. But you can reduce its combat viability if it becomes problematic by making the thing distractable, become disobedient when injured beyond a particular threshold, and/or constantly...