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There’s only two things I really care about as a GM when it comes to player responsibilities, 1. Know what to roll and what to add to the rolls 2. Put in effort to participate in the game instead of passively waiting for me to ask you if you do something. I play with friends, so the respect...

I’ve been using sidekicks as henchmen. I also use the NPC’s from Volo’s sometimes, especially at higher levels.

I’ve implemented rules for my most recent campaign that are a mix of official alternate rules, rules from 5E Hardcore Mode, and my own mad creations. I wanted to run a classic dungeon crawl but felt the rules as written wouldn’t help capture that feeling of dread associates to plundering...

And happy birthday!

For a few years I held the tradition of playing this game: Dungeon Fighter It’s really silly, especially when everyone has had a few drinks in em.

I think, broadly speaking, that balance means the game is fun to play. Is D&D 5E fun to play? The game as written in the PHB? I believe so. Maybe not as fun as I think it could be (hence the homebrew rules I’ve made), but fun enough that if a friend were to invite me to a basic game I’d jump at...

Before the pandemic, it was in-person for every session. I run a table for my friends at work, and at the time we all lived in the same city. With the pandemic we started with Google hangouts but eventually ended up using Zoom. I tried Roll20, but found it too finicky and not worth the hassle...

As an action spend a hit die and regain temp HP equal to the roll until the end of the encounter. Outside of combat, use a healers kit, roll a hit die. Instead of burning the use of a hit die, the healers kit is used up (I house rule healers kits only have one use).

I really like the idea of screwing with HP max if the damage dealt is poison or necrotic. I’ve just had the idea of using the loss of HP max to reflect being wounded from taking 10+ points of any type of damage or dropping to zero HP.

I’ve made sidekicks hired help. They are one step above a mercenary mook and therefore take a share of the treasure and xp. That being said I’ve only used one and it ended with them falling into a bottomless pit the same session they joined the group. So not a lot of experience running them.

I was going to suggest this but then thought, “Do I really need/want my players more paranoid of every door they come across?”

I give em the AC of the enemies to avoid being asked every turn if a 13 hits or not. I’ll give DC’s for saving throws and ask the group who got under the DC. I’ll then tell those who failed the roll the consequences of their poor life choices. I keep trap DC’s and the like hidden and will...

For me this is a matter of pacing. And it’s likely due to my players and the style of game we play. The sequence of play can be broken down as such: 1. Travel to dungeon 2. Explore dungeon, fight monsters and take their things 3. Return to town to rest and recover (downtime activities and...

Barbarian. No specific subclass, but if I had to choose give me the basic Path of the Berserker. Why? Because crushing my enemies and seeing them driven before me is the juice that gets me to the table. I wanna break goblins over my knee or behead a troll with a flaming great axe, while...

I once heard it said from a grognard that the term “Old School” should be replaced with “Traditional” and if we wanna talk about the early editions and their impact, we should be talking about the common traditions of the older editions; the things that made D&D stand apart from boring ole...

Yeah, it’s a good way to balance it out. Combat encounters become short and to the point.

Some highlights off the top of my head: 1. You roll for HP and don’t add CON modifier. Even at first level. 2. 3D6 stat creation starting with STR and going down the line (I tweaked it and said one stat can be 4D6 drop lowest in my last campaign). 3. Spellcasters have access to more spells, but...

All of 5E Hardcore Mode by Runehammer. It changed the game in so many ways. I can never go back.

1. A grumbling of goblins

How is any of this relevant in a campaign? How does the king having 42 bakers matter? This is a ludicrous amount of detail that will amount to very little if not absolutely nothing.