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Pirates plunder because they enjoy the thrill, the juice, and don't want to do a regular job. They want to live life on their terms.

Yet another positive recommendation here for Owlbear Rodeo. I started using it last November and love it for its simplicity and less steep learning curve than Roll20, Fantasy Groups, etc. No bells & whistles and no character creation. It is literally like having maps and minis that you can...

Or you could go the opposite direction and make the 6 stats more relevant, like Castles & Crusades. I think by using FATE or C&C or some other alternate system, there is plenty out there for players to choose from. No need to reinvent D&D (just yet), although that may be part of the plan for...

I had just turned 15 - 1979. Started by playing from the boxed set of rules (whatever that was at the time) and then soon moved on to playing AD&D.

I chose to be broad with this question and not limit it to a character's race: 1. Tank (barbarian, fighter, or paladin) 2. Stealthy expert (rogue, ranger, monk, or possibly bard) 3. Arcane spell caster (wizard, sorcerer, warlock, or possibly bard) 4. Divine spell caster (cleric or druid) I...

I think with the right choices and character build, a Rogue can absolutely stand toe-to-toe with most any class in D&D 5e. I've not played or read much about the Phantom Rogue, so I don't know if that would be the best choice if you are looking at damage dealing, but Arcane Trickster and...

I recommend using some, most, or all of the Fall option in the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist adventure, , as the villain and circumstances in that scenario lend itself the best to being light-hearted. You might want to tweak it a little. Basically, consider it a condensed version of the film "It's a...

This is the juice for me. Creativity, story-telling. I love weaving a story and seeing where the players will go with it (which makes it all unpredictable and interesting for me).

I've had a similar experience. Played 1e-3.xe, including Pathfinder. Skipped 4e, went straight to 5e. A friend recently started up an on-line game of Pathfinder and it has my head spinning sometimes as to what rule applies in which situation (because I am also DMing a 5e campaign and playing...

I play a homebrewed Ranger in 1 campaign, and I made 1 very simple change: make hunter's mark a class ability rather than a spell, and start it at 1st level. That does 2 things: 1. Makes the Ranger more of a combative threat to put him/her more on par with the Rogue or Fighter at low levels. 2...

My PHB and DMG have held up pretty well for almost 6 years, but the binding on my MM that I bought ~2 years ago has been slowly falling apart.

While I take your point about "aesthetics" in terms of the look of the work for DM's Guild, you needn't worry about making a profit there. You list stuff for "Pay what you want", which for at least 2/3's of the people that download it will mean "free". It is a nice venue to get stuff out there...

While admittedly the combat wheelchair is a cute and somewhat novel idea, why do I get the feeling this is where 5e has jumped the shark?

I used the Isle of Dr. Moreau as part of a long Eberron adventure that I ran for several years during the D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder days. This particular part of the adventure involved a wizard on an ancient island days beyond the Lhazaar Principalities, filled with animal-humanoid hybrids. He...

For me, simply put, Pathfinder is more fun as a player, but 5e is more fun as a DM. The thing that I think makes PF more fun is the ability to customize your character to be whatever you want in terms of multi-classing and feats. I know you said Pathfinder has a lot of feats, and I agree some...

I am in agreement with DEFCON1. I played through the first adventure series in D&D 3.5 with the Forgotten Forge modules; they were not only thoroughly good fun to play and pretty well written, but they also gave a very nice look and feel for what makes Eberron Eberron.

Quick answer to your questions: 1. Would not restat the enemies. You may regret it later. You said crappy rolls helped contribute to the last encounter, so I would just leave things as they are and "fudge" on the fly, if needed. 2. I think your idea for Miha Serani bears merit. If you think...

This. You've encapsulated all that I like and dislike about 5th edition in a nice nutshell. Bravo.

Agreed with Fenris447. Go Cutting Words with Lore.

I am currently running a Waterdeep: Dragon Heist adventure set in Sharn (Sharn: Galifar Heist). Six players: 1 warforged cleric, 1 warforged rogue, 1 halfling rogue, 1 shifter barbarian, 1 gnome wizard, and 1 kalashtar mystic. We started the game before the Rise of War came out, so players...