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My guys spent the last 2 weeks adventure in that shrine. I have a mixed level party: • Paladin/Warlock 9 • Druid 8 • Wizard 8 • Barbarian 7 (killed and replaced by a bard 5 for 2nd session) • Cleric 5 Barbarian decided to swing down into the pit, which triggered the clay warriors. He was...

Had our first death in the campaign the other night. The party are now in Omu, exploring the ruins in search of the puzzle keys. They survived the encounter with the froghemoth in area 3 but a nonchalant party of 7-9th level characters went from this is pretty easy to holy crap we are in serious...

Well the obvious answer is to simply change their armour, or get rid of it entirely. If you want you could up their dex to increase their armour class slightly. The rules/adventure should be guideline not a straight jacket. Using the NPCs from the MM is the easiest way to use them but nothing...

They just have the standard stats with the changes listed in bullet points in the main text as per the book by the looks of things.

As far as I can tell you get the customised stat blocks for more specialised monsters, though many creatures use the generic ones, eg nobles, veterans or acolytes. But would be simple to modify them on the fly if you wanted. I'm still getting used to D&DB but quite like it and not using my MM...

It's not rocket science. I'll break it down for you: BBEG is sucking the life out of people who have previously raised from the dead. BBEG is in a forgotten city in heart of jungle. Go to jungle, find BBEG, kill BBEG save those affected. I don't need to read the adventure from over to cover to...

I think it works better from 5th level onward, either other adventures or unrelated adventures in Chult then spring the hook (or your own) into it. Shrine fits in nicely of course and could either be incorporated elsewhere in the jungle or the city itself. I prefer using hooks from various...

Which is about all ToA is as well. Been running it for past 3 sessions without too much pre-reading (made up a rough plan of areas I want the pcs to discover, we aren't running it as a hex crawl, no interest in those these days) and have a good feel of the campaign- and am adding elements of the...

That is my experience. My pcs are 4th-9th level with 2 pcs who have been raised previously. They are currently losing 1 hp per day so are feeling more under the pump than if it was a random NPC who was wasting away. Last nights session revolved around hiring a guide (interviewing them all before...

I can see your point, but sometimes it may be worthwhile to embrace their enthusiasm, even if only for a week or two and then get back on track. You are quite within your rights to say, sorry guys, that won’t fly. I don’t have time to develop it in that direction, I purchased the adventure to...

How could this completely derail the campaign? It's not a book or a movie with the outcome predecided, its a game that's story grows out of the actions, decisions and wishes of the people at the table, all it is doing is changing the campaign focus to something that they players want rather than...

Me, I'd kick the "real" adventure to touch and roll with it. The game should be based on meaningful choices made by the players and the consequences of those and their adventures growing from their actions which are not necessarily the ones the DM thinks they want. My players find it impossible...

My solution? Handwave the hew crawl aspect. Figure out roughly how many days you want the journey to take and have several of the very cool encounter areas that you want the party to locate occur during that journey. The guide is the key here, they lead the party through the jungle and just...

Oops double post.

I'll be incorporating large elements/encounters from the original Dwellers of the Forbidden City- bugbears, mongrelmen, bullywugs, tasloi etc and having the party enter the city via one of the original modules entrances. Stormdale

5 out of 5 rating for Tomb of Annihilation I’m not usually one for reviews of adventures but thought in this case I would right a rather short one of the latest WoTC adventure for 5E, the Tomb of Annihilation. To date with most of the WoTC adventures for 5E I’ve found parts I like and parts...

I don't use one, just have DMG nearby if needed and my campaign note book beside me. I have a cheat sheet somewhere but haven't used it much. I really dislike having the dm hidden behind a screen, I like to have all rolls in the open so pcs can see there is no cheating (with 5e lots of ways for...

Started last night on another adventure. 2 pcs started losing 1 hp per day. Bailed on adventure to head back to town to get some advice from local clergy as to why they were losing hps. They thought it had to do with some kind of cursed magic item but learned people who'd been raised were all...

Hey, you are right. I have Greyhawk adventures right here and never even noticed them- not that it has been used much. Stormdale

Re: Bullywugs. Not sure which came first Fiend Folio or Dwellers of the Forbidden city (both were 1981 and both had bullywugs).I recall the frog-folk Grippli in the AD&D MMII but have never bought any Chult related products so no idea of Grungs are from any of those in the 2E or later eras. I...