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The paladin did not commit murder. The dragon killed someone (which is no more murder than a wolf killing a deer). Did the paladin fail to live up to his oath? That depends on what his oath is...if it involves sacruficing himself to save those that cannot defend themselves then yes...he...

If trolls are a common threat and professional adventurers expect to live then yes.

D&D for kids:

Is there a digital resource where some of these can be resurrected? DDI was a great resource for sandbox campaigns...just look in the Dungeon Index for appropriate level adventures, scatter some hooks for you players to find and the campaign practically runs itself. I think the last one I was...

Glad your game is still going. Mine too. Current campaign has been running for about 15 months off and on but lately it's been 2 hours every Wednesday evening. The group includes my 21 yo son, my 22 yo nephew (his dad introduced me to D&D round about 1980), a high school buddy, a former...

Shenanigans aside...a little brainstorming I have done so far (but none of this is locked in stone): The hag (or succubus) wants the scrolls since those are threats. I'm thinking her means of escape is controlled by the dragon, so she might be wanting to convince the party to retrieve it in...

Souls to be corrupted for starters.

At this point I suspect the PCs are just looking for a way out to rest, level up and maybe return...but my players have surprised me in the past. During this fight when it looked like the dragon and troglodytes were starting to break off the ranger wanted to "go put some arrows in the beast...

We are playing through Forge of Fury. Five 4th level PCs (they have enough xp for 5th but need to go have some downtime to level up). They cleared the orcs from the mountain door but unknown to them the survivors have returned. This includes the eye of gruumsh and about 10 orcs. They cleared...

Thanks for the replies all. There is some good stuff here. As of last night we have not changed from our current implementation of this rule (failed death saves equal 1 level of exhaustion). Two PCs out of 4 went down amd gained 1 level of exhaustion but the party pressed on. After another...

Yes. I assume at the start of a long rest the PCs gain the benefits of a short rest...so they can spend unused HD, cast ritual spells, us unused spell slots (good berry being the most popular in our game), etc. But I only allow three short rests per long rest...so no spamming Second Wind or...

If you have any ideas on streamlining it I am all ears. That's why I posted it. As with any house rule we will play with it for a session or two before we fully adopt it AND house rules can always be abandoned if they become tedious. With our current rule (which my players like so far) the...

Noted. But 5MWDs has not been a problem at my table ever, really. Two reasons I think: 1) I think my players seem to stick to an unspoken compact that their PCs aren't really all that interested in just resting all the time and as long as their are plausible story based consequences to...

We've been playing with a house rule where death save failures result in levels of exhaustion being applied and they can only be recovered by the rules for removing levels of exhaustion. This has the effect of being dropped to 0 hp having some lasting consequences and my players seem to enjoy...

There is also a series of fantasy novels that has a Roman-like Empire in a fantasy setting called Stiger's Tigers. It's not bad. Kinda low-fantasy feel to it with some very D&Dish elements like dwarves and elves. Might give you some inspiration for the kinds of adventures they might have or...

Ummm...so spaceships, interstellar travel and aliens is not sci-fi? mmkay.... Rotten tomatoes says otherwise. Alien and Aliens both crop up in the top 20 of their list of top 110 sci-fi movies. You'll forgive me for disagreeing, I hope. Art can transcend multiple genres. Art is talented...

And Ellen Ripley is suiting up...

Right...but from the player POV there is also a bit of a social contract that they will follow the adventure presented by the DM rather than go down rabbit holes. So miscommunications can happen. As DM I think I am presenting a few different choices, one of which is obvious folly while the...