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Team Caves As the Dracolich's gaping maw snaked toward Shamal, Torhak slipped from the shadows and ran under the skeletal beast, leaped up and wedged his blade between neck bones. before falling to the ground. The dragon rose above him, reaching down to crush him, when Shamal struck, rising...

I use attendance for leveling in my F2F 5e games. You play as many sessions as your level and you advance (so you play 1 session at level one, 2 at level 2, etc). Newer players or those with poor attendance can be quite a bit behind, but catch up relatively quickly. I recently had a L1 PC in a...

Haw! I didn't STEAL it! I own a Comic and Game store! I sold it FOR her! (Like 27 years ago! I've had the store for almost 32 years!)

You mean "unseen"? As long as he doesn't need to fly down the hall. Otherwise, he'll be seen on the way there.

Nah. I just want you to stop playing cards and get on with adventuring! (That is a dig meant mostly as a joke - I think the ruse was good, but it was starting to be played out.)

Sure, they thought you left, but they'll know that you're there afterward!

Just make it awesome, is all I ask.

Team Infiltrate Lorent had gotten away with a few words in Celestial earlier. It was possible that a few in the room had recognized the tongue, but they did not catch what we had said, and assumed that it was a curse phrase. But more than one of them spoke elvish, and at the words, "We are not...

Here's a close-up of one of the Cult Fanatics at the table:

It's a mixed nerf. You can't be sure that it will work at all, but then again, you can get creatures with much more HP and a few bad saves.

Team Infiltrate The mercenary who had groomed the oxen, and had helped unload the wagon, and then had questioned Terrin, whose name was Getan, had a puzzled expression on his face as he escorted Terrin up the stairs, heading to speak to Siobhan. He was about to say that he felt fine, when...

I sold my sister's Black Lotus when it was worth about $150. That seemed like a lot of money at the time!

This is a smart question. Siobhan (the only guard currently in the Temple Entrance) is standing only about 80ft from the card table, though it is out of her sight. The stairs are only 30ft long, very wide, and totally open to the room above. I think that she'd clearly hear the sound of a fight...

Team Caves As kobolds fled in terror all around him, their shrill cries piercing his ears, Urgan took a moment to assess the dracolich while carefully retreating. It was no illusion, he was certain, but there was something strange about it: It was big enough to be terrifyingly imposing, but...

Team Infiltrate Lorent could tell that a few of the cultists were bloodthirsty enough that they enjoyed the prospect of torture, but they were reluctant to use it against their own, in case that cultist had friends that would hold a grudge. Still, he kept their attention as Copper took the...

The cultist who had stumbled out of the transporter didn't have a chance to regain proper footing before Aywin thrust his pike through her and slid her into the water. Nearby the water began to bubble with the anticipation of crazed fish, who moved to consume her body.

Both Initiative and Surprise, here in my PBP games work a combination of "PCs (generally) post first)" and "Roleplay/take actions appropriate to Surprise". Sometimes that makes it work better for the players than typical D&D surprise (especially when the monsters take a round (or sometimes two)...