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This thread really takes me back. I think that I probably ran Saltmarsh at least a half dozen times for various groups. I am so nostalgic for this that I am almost tempted to TPK my party this weekend and then start with new PCs at low level and run them through it. :lol:

Bingo. It's not always easy for writers and editors to catch these types of English usage issues.

Yeah, I think you are misinterpreting this. "Whenever you hit a creature with a melee weapon, the creature takes an extra 1d8 radiant damage. If you also use your Divine Smite with an attack, you add this damage to the extra damage of your Divine Smite." It doesn't state that you add this...

I view poison using foes like Drow to have not only acquired poison, but also herbal ways to make that poison last for a long time. This creatures have been using poison for millennium and have perfected the use of it. PCs are limited to how poison vials work in the PHB. Just like other monster...

Some of the battlemaster maneuvers are a bit weak or low in utility. In our game, I replaced Second Wind with a reaction for the same number of temp hit points (which are immediately used for the damage being taken). It makes more sense to me that the Fighter can react and deflect most of an...

You added Improved Smite in twice for each attack or four times total. ((1D8 weapon + 5D8 smite + 1D8 improved smite) * 2 + Str) * 2 = 28D8 + 4x Str = 132 damage with 16 Str.

We have only had one PC death (my wizard before I took over as DM at the end of level 4), but we almost had a TPK just last week. After killing a minor BBEG (the PCs thought that he was the main BBEG), the PCs had acquired a ring that allowed the minor BBEG to communicate once per day (similar...

I considered this for my first PC. I thought about it for a long time before finally deciding to go straight wizard. Yes, the wizard does not have to cast or prep Mage Armor, but being a spell level down every other level weakens the wizard quite a bit.

Assuming that the first Hold Monster save fails. The entire first nova depends on it. Assuming that the second Hold Monster save (at the end of the foe's next turn) fails. The entire second nova depends on it. Only at higher levels. At low levels, they run out of spells quickly. An extra 2D8...

I'll probably use something like: 1) Bonus Action to quickly splash Holy Water onto weapon. It does an additional 1D6 radiant against fiends and undead on the first successful hit. 2) Action to carefully apply Holy Water onto weapon. It does an additional 2D6 radiant against fiends and undead...

I still have a bit of an issue with Holy Water. It's mostly a waste to throw it. 2D6? Really? Sure maybe if you don't have a magic weapon since many fiends and some undead are resistant to that. I'm thinking of using a 4E house rule that I used to apply it to a weapon and it does a bit less...

This was my view as well. Unfortunately, my wizard died at the end of level 4. :erm:

But, you do need the prep slot. That's a fairly valuable resource at low level (and probably at higher levels). I am not arguing the effectiveness of Hold Person when a good situation arises, I am arguing how often it comes into play and is worth casting. Yes, our Cleric player keeps prepping...

Interestingly enough, spells like Fog Cloud create both advantage and disadvantage and it automatically cancels out everything. For example, the targeted foe in the Fog Cloud cannot see the attacker (heavy obscurement, i.e. blinded condition), so attacks on him get advantage. The attacker...

This is more or less my experience as well. To be fair, many of us were a lot younger when we played AD&D. The biggest complaint at my table tends to be things like: "What do you mean that the Fire Elemental doesn't take extra damage from cold attacks?". There's this Hollywood / Real World /...

Do you have interior pictures of it?

I typically go with the simple +2 instead of an extra die on the to hit. Or with your increasing scale, +2 or +3 or or +4. One less die to roll. Interestingly enough, in earlier versions of the game, the player would have gotten +1 or +2 or so from the DM for the bribe and that's it. There...

Then you also know that there are a lot of humanoid foes in those modules at low levels that one would not waste a 2nd level spell slot on. Most are cultist flunkies, kobolds, etc. Only leaders and BBEGs require a Hold Person at low levels. At higher levels, sure. I've already admitted that in a...

So you favor Rogues over spell casters? :lol:

What some people might not realize is that advantage is already hugely powerful in 5E. Most of the time, a PC has about a 50% to 80% chance of hitting most foes. With Advantage, his odds are now about 75% to 96%. That means that his chance of missing has gone from 50% to 25% through 20% to 4%...