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"And to think they call THIS civilization? Blasted bloody humans!" - Korgan Bloodaxe (dwarven mercenary) Civilization can be a relative term. The dwarves and elves often seem to have a better claim to it than humans in some settings. I'm not a fan of the way the language everywhere is getting...

As long as you know your player's aren't trying to BS you, why do you have to know everything they can do? I view it as the DM's job to set up interesting or challenging situations. It's the party's job to solve them. When I'm designing something, unless it looks way, way lethal, I don't have...

Yeah, that's a lot lighter than I'd give out. Martial/caster disparity in disproportionately benefiting from items, etc. etc. (been done to death a few times)

I just do 1 level of exhaustion each time a character drops to 0 or gets killed.

If the players don't want to engage with the campaign's premise, and decide to just Plane Shift off to Sigil or something instead of dealing with the Creeping Doom plague and the undead clerics of Talona behind it, that's an out of character discussion about "Guys, do you really want to play...

Wrote and ran and published an adventure for levels 13-20. Was fun. Currently running a 1-20 adventure, do not expect to have any issues. Wrote and ran and published a 1-shot module for 14th level characters. No issues. Was lots of fun.

I'm starting a campaign right now loosely based around Castlevania II with this exact premise. Everyone starts with a Legacy item chosen from a list of about 15 options, at level 2. The weapons are +2 +x, where X is some kind of bonus feature. The items all get a minor upgrade, often related...

Are you looking for products that are published in paper form, or DM's Guild modules/campaigns? I have several I'd be happy to have reviewed... just don't expect any art.

I write more for high level than low level.

"It's just temporary. I'll change you back in a few days. In the meantime, enjoy enhanced senses, strength, and speed!"

Some spells are pretty straightforward, like Burning Hands. Others are poorly worded. The higher level spells tend to be wordier because they can have more effects... think Prismatic Spray, Wish, or Earthquake.

As someone who writes stuff for publishing on the DM's Guild, I get it. Unfortunately, nobody wants an item description that takes an entire column. Example: A Legendary Trident of Poseidon lets you cast Water Whip at will, Tidal Wave 1x/LR, and Earthquake 1x/week. Water Whip needs to be...

From a monetization standpoint, no and yes. No: The last book I bought was Tasha's, and I'm not likely to buy any of the new books based on the design direction and quality failures I perceive. I have bought none of the adventure books, as according to the reviews they usually tend to be...

What's the difference? Bigger swords and more jump attacks? Better cleave?

A black hole is a singularity, so a Singular. But there's only one of them.

I think the point has been made well enough about the risks of basing something on a real-world / historical society or setting, even if it's been ignored and would be really cool. It's much safer to leave that up to 3rd parties. Then it becomes: "What is different about this world that...

I'm only passingly familiar with Dark Sun. The thematics on this are based partly on superheroes, as MCDM mentions. A power available at 1st level does let up to 4 creatures go without food or water, and become immune to exhaustion caused by mundane environmental effects. You might want to ban...

There are between 100 and 120 powers. They are presented in alphabetical order, sorted by Order(level) instead of as one big alphabetical mass like the PHB. That should make it a lot easier to select powers at levelup. 1st Order (cantrips) The damage dice are generally a bit lower than regular...

Specialization is for insects, and spellcasters When rolling to attempt to copy/learn a power within your specialization, you roll twice and keep the better result. You get IntMod re-rolls on your manifestation tests for powers within your specialization. Specialists get a number of powers as...

I have it and am reading through it. Psionics works mostly like magic, but they recommend not having it be impacted by antimagic field, dispel, etc., or Identify. Trying to make it a bit more different than in 3.5. Magic Resistance applying to saves is optional, same with DR/magic. No changes...