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Because I was stuck home today, I decided to run the 1e version of the encounter as a deathmatch. I took the sample characters from Module A3 Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords. That's listed as a level 4-7 module, so is slightly lower than what they would expect for this 5-7 module. Since...

I'm looking at the single modules and their conversion, as that is what I had. The compilation module probably does have a different encounter table, but the text box I quoted is in the version I referenced.

I stated 1E rules, I didn't state 1982 1E rules. I'm not missing, people are attempting to set additional conditions then blame be for not fitting the additional conditions.

You left off weapon specialization for the fighters entirely. If you're going to argue the numbers, you can't include perfect stat bonuses for the 5e characters and ignore major bonuses for the 1e characters. I asked about 5th level specifically in the thread title and the OP, hence why I was...

Except that wasn't all I could see, even the initial post mentions more than that. And I'm aware that water is wet. I wasn't interested in 'is water wet', rather something like 'I think this volume of water is too much to pour into this plant, is that a correct estimation?' It's weird that you...

Your definition of 'exceedingly unlikely' is hugely, radically different than mine. Rolling a six is pretty common, if someone said 'roll a D6 each time you play a new module/adventure/major plot point/ and if you roll a six, your characters die and we start a new campaign' would you really...

The literal text of the encounter is "The ground beneath the party begins to shake when suddenly, breaking from beneath the ash, rises a Purple Worm" followed by its stats. That to me is pretty clearly intended to describe a combat encounter, especially since there are 'you see a thing in the...

All of the of 'play it as something they see, or can easily avoid' type responses are good ideas, but boil down to 'don't treat the encounter as a combat encounter to a 'you see a thing in the distance encountter'. That's certainly an option, but to me it's same thing as saying 'yeah, having a...

I am pretty sure that the people saying it's easier in 5e than 1e haven't actually looked at the stats and are just going off of some '1e = hard, 5e = easy' idea. In 1e a purple worm had AC6 (equivalent to scale mail, or AC14 in 5e terms), average of 75 HP and a 9" move. In 5e, it has AC 18...

It's a random outdoor encounter in all 3 modules, nothing to do with the plot at all. That's part of what makes it stick out to me, if it was a climactic encounter that's one thing, but this is just a 'you might encounter this in the desert on your way to the meat of the adventure'. That's what...

I think it's also better when the players and DM are cooperating to have a fun game instead of being adversarial in the meta game. If players are trying to set up a detailed set of rules for what the DM is allowed to do with monsters, and then get frustrated and say 'that's meta gaming, you're...

I was discussing the topic of the thread, and how one of the spells listed in the original post would interact with a particular style of questioning. I'm not really sure why you think that, as a poster in a thread, if you describe a scenario no one is allowed to discuss scenarios similar to...

I recently picked up 5e conversion PDFs for the classic Desert of Desolation modules. Most of the conversion makes sense to me, but one thing that seemed odd is that they did a straight 'use the 5e monster stats' for purple worm encounters. The first Module is for levels 5-7, and the 'typical'...

If you actually have a society where Zone of Truth is routinely, aggressively used and relied upon, a successful conspiracy might well have a bunch of members who believe things that quietly negate the typical meanings of words. Followers who believe in an unusual cult religion or legal theory...

No, I don't 'realize' that, and what you posted looks much more like a system to produce executions than one intended to sort out guilt and innocence; I'm not inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to a system that has the death penalty for refusing to confess to a crime. Your examples...

That too, avoiding what some people are calling "meta gaming" actually requires that you avoid treating player's description of their actions as something that happens in the game world! Also, the suggestions in this thread along the lines of 'roll to determine if the enemy can see really...

The flip side of that is that I can say those words and only those words if: I paid or ordered someone else to murder John Smith. I didn't do it myself, so I can truthfully say I didn't do it. I told someone violent than John Smith insulted them, which led to a duel where he died. I don't...

I don't think that it's 'meta gaming' for an opponent to notice that you're not attacking and are just defending yourself. And I don't think really obvious stuff like seeing if someone launched an effective attack or just defended themselves needs a check, and you definitely don't need a check...

There is a non-video solution for you: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZj3Xbzh-LuPiYcfK02S-uHqu-3ibxQlKonTJ9a5g48/edit

I posted these in the other threa: Dodge can be a more attractive option than disengage - if you disengage you avoid AOOs but are hit normally next round, if you dodge then move away you take any AOOs at disadvantage, but also give enemies disadvantage through your next turn. If you think...