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Oh, I adjusted the hell out of the adventure. ;) That's not my problem with RotRL. I dislike how insanely rail-roady it is. How most of the good stuff in the adventure is buried in location descriptions, and not in the adventure itself. How the very best things about it are when the...

Here's a vote for Out of the Abyss. I just finished RotRL a few months back, and the last few modules were BRUTAL. The first three were kind of fun, but they were not my cup of tea later on. Maybe the modules would run better in 5e, but I dunno. I found it very rough to run.

Well, I don't think hobgoblins drink alone. That's not good soldierly behaviour! ;) But I'd imagine the orc as the one making a bunch of noise, drinking too much, and slapping barmaids on the butt. The hobgoblin is the one trying to get free drinks by dropping thinly veiled hints to the...

In short, and my own humble opinions: 1. Hobgoblins are part of a larger group of races. They are tied together with goblins and bugbears. They are, ultimately, a society, with hobgoblins forming the most dangerous subrace (goblins are small and disorganized; bugbears are big and...

Well, in my own games, I've based the elves more off the elves of Tad Williams' style of "Sidhe". In short, the drow are definitely "fey". Basically, when the elves screwed up and destroyed the land, they decided to flee to the feywild. Those that remained on the material plane were elves...

I think your initial reading was correct. "Humanoid" IS a creature type, after all. That's fairly clear. Hold Monster, which affects a broader spectrum of creatures, specifies that undead are not covered, whereas hold person doesn't need that ruling because it ONLY affects humanoids. Note...

Oh, absolutely. Except, sometimes players don't always buy into that. Or rather, they do, but can't help themselves when they see the game stray "away" from the rules. I've always pointed out the example of the player in 4e who ran forward twenty feet and then leaped basically backwards at an...

Awesome, thanks. I'll go and check those out. Could be a nice small campaign to run instead of the upcoming Dark Sun game I was thinking about running.

Yeah. I'm always a huge fan of island campaigns. I live on islands, I spend a good chunk of my time on the water, and anytime I see a boat, I have to go and check it out. So Ierendi should've been my favourite, but the jokey writing style just hugely put me off. Same with the Orcs of Thar...

This is what I'm seeing. It's more noticeable in the traditional "rules-lawyer" players (and I don't mean that necessarily in a bad way). Last week, the PCs were tied to one another going down a long spiral staircase with a long fall to the bottom (the diviner "had a feeling" that feather...

Something I've noticed. I play with some very rules-y players at times. They want to make the best use of their character abilities, and when things get tough, they start playing the rules to get the most out of their action. So, you'll see them drop a sword as a free action to cast a spell...

Just a quick list, off the top of my head: 1. Any adventure that interests you, any edition (any rule set). Grab 'em. With a bit of creativity, they're all convertible. As I've said before, I've had some success lately with the DCC RPG adventures (highly recommend many of em). 2. World...

Hunh. Been reading a lot of the new(ish) Dark Horse Conan Comics lately, so I've got a hankering for this sort of game. Anyone know if it's a print release, or PDF only? Also, Are those the only races in play? Can I play a non-Atlantean human, for example? A D&D version of "The God in the...

If you want up to date realms, you'll have to pick up the 4e campaign sourcebook (NOT the player's book). It had a lot of info on this spellplague thing, which wasn't super well-received and I believe they're sort of ret-connning... but it's still a big element of the game world. Personally...

Rise of Tiamat, maybe? After hoards of the dragon queen?

Sure, it'd be a great way to do it. Con saves over time, and as you fail, you go up the track. And then, make swim checks every couple of minutes or so? Failure of five or more means you get one "drowning point". once you hit a number equal to 3 + con modifier, you go under? That'd make...

If you're running 5th... just keep playing. Let him be behind for a bit. Such is the price to pay for not showing up. Why should he get special treatment? Plus, a one level gap is not a big deal. He'll catch up quickly enough. But if you are looking for adventures... your options are...

I agree that the challenge itself should just be the water - going down rapids on a boat made for it is hard. A barge? That's super tough! I volunteer for the pacific Coast Guard Auxiliary fleet up here in BC, and I do a lot of calls involving distressed/lost/damaged boats. This is in an...

Always homebrew, for the simple reason that when I run in a published setting, I tend to want to "stick to the books" and not make up new stuff. When I homebrew, I have rough ideas, and then react to what the players are wanting/doing, and adjust the gray areas of my campaign to suit it. For...

Yeah, 5th is pretty damn good. Just tonight, I was running my converted Dungeon Crawl Classics' "People of the Pit", and lost a few notes. I was able to convert a few critters on the fly, which was pretty fun! Next up is the 1e (or was it BECMI?) adventure "Dwellers of the Forbidden City"...