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I read the Hobbit to the boys first, when they were around 8 & 6. Next, we did the Silmarillion to my boys when they were around 9 & 7 (give or take). We are now up to the Cormallen Fields in ROTK, and they are 10 & 8. I tried to start Narnia first, but my older son recognized the White Witch...

This year, the reasons have been: I, the DM, have been out of town (2x) One or more players have been sick (2x?) Someone had to finish a school paper (2x)

I don't know about 2024, but it is in 5.14. Here's the thread. I plan to play one at some point.

Athkatla from Baldur's Gate II.

I'm a bit surprised to see the OP saying Lord of the Rings isn't as relevant. It's the one that everyone I've played with is familiar with. Is He-Man the new Conan? I know very little about either. I grew up reading science fiction from used book stores, so a lot of it was Golden Age work...

I don't know about 5.24, but in my games I've just allowed the Ranger to get +Wis modifier to damage against Favored Enemies. There are 13 creature types and 4 possible FE choices... but few campaigns or characters will pick Favored Enemy: Oozes or Celestials. I think in most campaigns players...

The following non-caster classes/subclasses in 5e continue to scale excellently: The Fighter, who at 20th level is a chainsaw capable of attacking minimum of 8 times two rounds in a row twice per short rest. Assuming even a basic magic weapon (+1d6), the fighter can do damage equal to a failed...

My experience has been that everyone who has tried to create a 2014 character has had the 5.24 rules creep in somewhere in the process despite their best efforts. It's really frustrating, mostly because it's due to bad design choices rather than any true necessity. If they're using Beyond and...

I just found this via a Google search! I live near Winnsboro and am running a game at home. I wouldn't mind another player.

Superman and WW are not great examples for this, because they start basically fully powered. As I mentioned upthread, I'm running a Baldur's Gate II campaign. At level 1, they were hungry, exhausted, and trapped in a dungeon. At level 7, they were well-fed and well-equipped, and decided that...

I have a complete module I wrote for the DM's Guild a couple of years ago. I playtested it. The "final boss" was the familiar of the wizard who owned the house. The problem was that you can only fit in so many "tiny sized" encounters plausibly that aren't beasts, and even somewhat magical...

I'm sure a lot of them are one shots or continuations of other things. I know one of the T4 listings I glanced at was something to do with DOTMM. I didn't filter by edition.

Comparatively then :) Using the DM's Guild sorting methods and no further filtering I come up with: Tier 1 5787 adventures Tier 2 4707 Tier 3 1380 Tier 4 460 Tier 4 is 3.7% of the material on DMG

We have some discussions going about why people don't play high level campaigns, and how there's not a lot written for that levels. Maybe someone will write something that will take off, prompted by this thread? IRL I'm already running Baldur's Gate II from 1 to 20ish (2 years in), and...

Your players actually look at their spell lists and use divinations? I'm jealous.

You don't have to. My previous 13-20 campaign (Against the Idol of the Sun, campaign log on GITP) stayed on the material plane. They fought a bunch of humanoid enemies (Aarakocra) with class levels, killed the avatar of their god, etc. The toughest battles were set pieces at each of the...

1. More magic items, including relaxed attunement limits. Vorpal swords, Hammers of Thunderbolts, Swords of Kas, etc. 2. Better Epic Boons. I don't know what 2024 added, but the 2014 boons were really uneven.

I voted for 2 options: 1. High level PCs are harder to plan for. When your players can Wish-cast Antipathy on the final boss to make his army run, that can ruin a carefully plotted railroad. They can cover up an assassination with Disintegrate, and tank multiple Fireballs to the face without...

Yes :) I no longer track spell slots for NPCs - it's just busywork when they won't last more than 3-8 rounds anyway. What's more important is making it easy to pick from appropriate options. Here's a sample of an Arachnomancer statblock's spellcasting section. I wrote this last night. He...

Higher power level and more options. My Baldur's Gate II campaign is up to 11th level (after 55 sessions and close to 2 years) and they are starting to have the power level to successfully pull off fun crazy stunts and really start to see payoff with "we are substantially more powerful than we...