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Thanks to Ari's monster sorter, we have this lovely CR-ranked list of aberrations from the MM: 1 Flumph 1 Slaad, tadpole 2 Gibbering mouther 2 Intellect devourer 2 Nothic 3 Beholder, spectator 3 Grell 4 Chuul 5 Otyugh 5 Slaad, red 7 Mind flayer 7 Slaad, blue 8 Cloaker 8 Mind flayer, arcanist 8...

Ah, I hadn't noticed the 1,000 gp gem material component. I'll just make the option available to the Warlock, I guess, possibly as a single (new) "Conjure Aberration" spell rather than the Circle of Magic + Planar Binding. "Arioch! Arioch! Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!"

Ok, I'm disappointed in the lack of conjuration spells for the Warlock, given that I've got Moorcock's Elric in mind. Warlocks can Conjure Fey but for some reason not fiends or elementals. They even have Banishment to get rid of outer plane critters. What's the point of serving the Great Old...

I like your goal frame for the solution, btw. That has me thinking along the right lines :D I've set aside Sep 4 for prep on Mines. I'll post any scaling notes to this thread in case somebody's looking for it. In the meantime, if anybody wants to contribute their scaling notes, this thread...

Ok, all replies so far are putting an AC increase off the table, and it looks like a 50% HP increase is all that's needed. Shouldn't the solo critter also dish out a bit more damage? I have two other characters with full hit points that need to be reduced! If I increase its AC, the solo can...

I'll be running Lost Mine of Phandelver on Sep 6 with six players, and the module's designed for 4. I have zero experience scaling a published adventure and could use some tips from more experienced DMs. Increasing the challenge for a group of monsters is straightforward -- just increase the...

The solution is a digital document, not print, e.g., 1/4 of the DM reading space is a rules column displaying the related definition/description of any linked concept clicked in the adventure panel on the other 3/4 of the reading space. We'll get there, eventually. And we'll find all these...

edit/update: WB wrote in the KQ forum, "all current projects provide exclusive material for patrons, but release the final book to the public." There has to be a better way than this. I'd pay well for Wrath of the River King but the scarcity scheme has me tasting ash instead. Mr. Baur...

Module A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords strips PCs of their equipment and spells and that pretty much forces players to improvise.

Nuked

You really can't have the future defined through 25 levels, it's too constrictive for everybody involved. Levels 2 through 24 would feel fated. I'd run this as a one-off adventure to get the cool story told, then move on to something easier to manage for a campaign.

I don't need NPCs or spell effects animated for me or my players. Describing and imagining that stuff is pretty much the fun of D&D. Development should focus on automating what players find tedious about traditional gaming and on innovating where paper & pencil falls short.

"And the very pebbles beneath your feet are quivering."

I'd just want to make sure no player needed to pull out a 2e rule book when the party's in the past. I've got enough supplies to pull it off in 1e, but AD&D's got too much structure. I figure just the old school style of play is enough to make the Feywild sessions feel wild, "unfair,"...

That's an elegant idea. How'd you hit the players with it? Glad to hear it worked.

Anybody tried swapping systems as a way to represent a weird shift in locale/vibe? I can't shake this idea: While the party's in the Feywild, the game's run with OD&D rules. The character conversion's hopelessly inaccurate but so what? It works fine as part of the wyrd. Thumbs up? Down...

An urban ranger (private detective/bounty hunter vibe) who's made a warlock pact with urban fey -- the kind that sit in the rafters (shoemaker's elves vibe). His boon is the ritual 'Speak with Urban Animals' -- crows, rats, pigeons, raccoons, cats, dogs, etc. -- which allows a streetwise check...

Wow, that's a lot of work! Thanks. I tried a transformation on the sample file and it failed. If it's working at your end I'll take a hard look at my config (jEdit w XML/XSLT plugins). If you could confirm, that'd be awesome. The WOTC e-tools subscription rates are actually cheap enough to...

Factions in Dragora's Dungeon are underdeveloped I found this review a little misleading. The adventure packs a cinematic punch, but the motivations of the principal factions are underdeveloped. The authors only describe each faction's attitude towards the local religion and how each plans to...

Right on :D It's all one medium, like radio, and the game systems are brands, like Sony. This thread is audiophiles arguing the merits of one stereo system over another. Agglomérante (INTP too, and it's not a coincidence ...)