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Well, here is my feeble attempt. You are much better at this than I am. You could always make the creature last longer than 3 rounds, or bring more chimera's in on the encounter, or allow the chimera to heal between re-summons. But to make this an interesting encounter, I think you would want...

I would think that oversteps it. Many things contribute to alertness -- five senses are involved. Just because the target was silent, and hidden, there are still clues that tip off the alert person. It may not remove any disadvantages he will have against the target, but he will not be...

Total Party Kill (TPK) can happen for a number of reasons. The dice just doesn't fall your way. The DM designs the event too powerful. The players make bad decisions. Karma. Etc. Looking back on all the TPKs you have experienced, when did the TPK mostly happen? (I have included categories...

We used it in 4e. But we dropped it in 5e. There are too many other ways to earn advantage in the game now that the flanking rule it a bit superfluous. Dropping flanking actually encourages the use of the help action in combat.

Yep. Very true. I think I meant to include that caveat in my post my it eluded me as I was about to post. There is a tendency for the "cheat sheets" to become limiting to the imagination. (Just had this discussion on another RPG forum). Generally, they are only needed for a few sessions until...

I think everything they need to know is in the players handbook. I do not mind that they know the rules. It helps me run the game when they know the rules also -- it is so easy to forget the specifics of every feature of every class of every race. So it is nice when they know the rule...

I approach empty rooms (understood as no encounter elements int the room) in the same vein as every other aspect of the dungeon. What is its purpose to the story? What is it telling the characters? If it does not advance the story by either providing information, evidence, or something to...

I do not need it, but I would buy it if one came out, therefore probably reinforcing bad behavior.

I'm not sure I agree that once a monster is fought, then the players know about a monster. I've seen players use fire against a monster not because of a tactical decision based on the monster's weakness, but instead based on their default method of attack. I will described the effectiveness of...

This is an important point. The adventure is not only about achieving goals, but about the exploration and discovering that moves the story along in the game. Just as new fantastic sights are discovered and learned and just as new magic items are discovered and learned, so should new monsters...

I have a few players who enjoy reading the monster manual. I let them outside the game. Hey, monsters are cool and that is one of the reasons we play the game. But no reading during the game. Or metagaming. (Oh! I kmow what this monster does! ) However, I do encourage interest and have a...

No. Players need to play through their character's experience, not with metagame help. I impose penalties when players do this. Sent from my SGH-M919 using EN World mobile app

I did it once .... ONCE. But it was not by design originally. Part of the gaming group had a period of time when they would not be available to play with the rest of the group. Instead of putting the game/campaign on hold, I devised a plot element where the party would be separated by the end...

I have too many sheets of paper in front of me that I have to access concurrently for a tablet to be much use for me. Too much note taking, marking, etc also. And REAL DICE please! One area where a tablet or digital media shines for me though is the reference books, rules, errata, etc. I...

I'm just glad to see the Mending Spell in use.

I wonder how many time the players meta -gamed the exhaustion rules --- "no wait, don't heal me yet until the bad guy is away from me!" Which is probably more realistic anyway. BTW -- always loved your avatar and user name.

YESSS! Dragons gobbling up human fighters! As it should be!

I occasionally have vicious villains known to ensure a character is dead. I mean, the villains and monsters know this is a fantasy world full of magic and healing, so my smarter and more villainous villains have no problems taking an extra hit on a downed hero. Any damage to an unconscious...

Many years ago I ran a single player Fighter campaign. It was a Samuari class, but a Paladin class would work just a well. The Samurai was responsible for the order and discipline in a small village, solving mysteries, defeating threats to the village and personages passing through in service...

I view experience and levels with skills/expertise. It is separate from their fame or renown in the world, and I think it should be. Separation of the two allows for a high level character to look unassuming. Or for a high level character to be legendary (or source of rumored power) while...