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If you want to call 66 people a village, go for it. What doesn't make sense is that 1 adult in 6 is a guard. Those 5 guards should cover a territory with thousands people.

Magical Medieval Society Western Europe - this is the book I thumb through all the time for ideas. The power structures and kingdom builder helps me think big picture, city builder is medium scale and the manor level is small scale. And the layers of manoral officials remind me that every...

Agree with @Whizbang Dustyboots . 33 people isn't a village, it's just a couple of farm houses. There's no guard captain, just Big Ed who tells people to settle down. It just doesn't make sense for 15% of the manpower to be dedicated to full time guards. In contrast, Virgil Earp was the only...

I agree with @Staffan that the same encounters over a wider area would change the pacing and make it feel less of house-to-house combat. To use the Water temple as an example, have it be a series of outposts along a river. You have a couple of elites supported by a squad or two of mooks. The...

As someone who has spent like 2 dozen sessions in a row, slogging through four elemental temples, the under level and is now taking out the elemental gates, I have some opinions. First off, the self-segregating "frenemy" members of each cult who are not really allies combined with...

In college I ran a campaign for 12 players. Rounds took a while even though I used a lot things to accelerate GM actions (i.e. had an XLS that pre-rolled a ton of d20s and I just went down the list for NPC rolls) Other things to keep players engaged Would call out whose action it was, whose...

And depending on edition and exact spell, it isn't always clear which spells can be recognized by a target. I mean what does a character experience when making a Wis or Int or Cha save? Existential dread? Terror? Pain? The smell of burnt toast?

The 3e DMG had a whole set of default demographics with ways to generate communities including casters and I wish each game setting did the same so you could really understand the commonality of magic. In the "vanilla RAW" 3e default, even a small thorp under 100 adults almost always had at...

Sounds like the game is going the way you intended. You nerfed healing so the PCs spend more time injured and casters have to use more slots on healing. That's pretty much a micro-cosm of cause and effect. Maybe instead of adding more house rules you consider using less house rules. I will...

Use John Dalmas' "The Regiment" as inspiration These people believe everyone reincarnates and that they get to try different roles with each life. Therefore their society is based on no one "working", all of them find roles where life is "play". They all are happy & content with whatever...

It's not even a bad spell at tier 4, there are just more effective spells available. Which means HM becomes the "just in case" or "when in doubt" action since you have 6. Somebody sketchy walk into the tavern? Hunter's Mark Shadowy figure in the forest? Hunter's Mark

Low level spells can cause damage at higher tiers, but not directly. Stuff like Hideous Laughter that makes foes prone so allies get Advantage or Dissonant Whispers that consume the target's reaction and induce AoOs that cause damage. (Giving the rogue another chance at Sneak Attack or the...

I'm on the side of "5e did the right thing by weakening casters". I ran 3e from 1st-23rd level. Having casters able to throw dozens of high damage spells totally eclipsed other classes. Making 1st level spell slots switch to utility because cantrips are worth casting is just fine. There's...

I'd definitely think a couple trips to the feywild would be needed as ageless fey would remember compositions and possibly have the special instruments or even know to make them. There is the Summer Court, Winter Court and the Wilds themselves where hags, dryads, satyr and other music loving...

STILL in this #$%!@ temple.... (13 IRL months & 5 in-game days)

This is true. Having too many resources left when your allies are tapped out is not good as it turns those extra resources essentially into ribbons. It's like being the one elf in the party who is always volun-told to take 2nd and 3rd watch. Those extra 4 hours a day are just unavailable on...

That's Gipsy Sanctum, the patron saint of Jaegers. It was once a massive golem that fought demons but was destroyed closing a portal. The locals turned Gipsy's remains into a place of worship. A century of devotions , ritual blessings, and a myriad of relics made the structure holy. When...

Just going to note here that most caster AoE spells are "openers", meaning you cast at the start of combat before the groups are intertwined because AoEs are unforgiving to allies. However Ranger Volley & Barrage can be "closers" because you get to pick and choose targets. This let's a Ranger...

Edit - derp, got confused on weapon masteries. Nothing to see here, move along. This looks wrong. You seem to be using a bonus action to cast Hunter's Mark AND to attack with the scimitar in the same round. That would cut your damage by a third-ish here. If this is a mistake and applied...