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Then surely any adventure hook is railroading because the DM is forcing something to happen at a particular point in time that might not happen in the normal course of events? It seems like in the maximum-verisimilitude campaign, nothing happens because the apocalypse realistically has a...

Roleplaya! ;) It might be getting close to railroading just by deciding there is a chance there isn't a vessel in the room. Its a bedroom inhabited by a humanoid. Logically there is a container of some kind, or someone is carrying a container that can hold liquid. That shouldn't require a roll...

I play with two groups and only two people build optimised and those are the same peeps who built optimised for 3e, 4e and 5e. All the rest build whatever they think would be fun to play. So in answer to your question, I don't think the edition matters. Optimisers are optimisers no matter what...

I think we should use trump's. He seems like a very self-aware and wise individual.

As long as it doesn't swing into policed political correctness, I'm good.

Wait, what "sheer number of rapiers in 5e"? I don't think one character in any of our parties has used a rapier in 5e. Now 3e was a different matter. If it wasn't spiked chains, it was dual-keen-rapier-frenzy-barbarians with, what was it, 15-20 crit range?

See, this is one of those situations where I'd have a creature follow a logical course of action rather than use the rules. The PCs are obviously trying to exploit the rules to subdue the creature. Instead, the creature gains a huge amount of strength born of fear, using its action to escape and...

I actually don't know what a warlord is. Was it a class in a previous edition or something? If only there was someone to explain it...

Yep, you got it, but... solo monsters are quite fun for PCs because you get to unload all your coolest abilities on it, and really if they also have time to set up a clever trap for the monster and do the research and spend the resources - then they deserve their victory! Even if it's a really...

I say just take everything as is, including bonuses. You might need to tweak a few things for stuff that no longer exists in 5e but hey. Honestly, I wouldn't even bother recalculating encounters to account for the new loot unless you're super married to the difficulties in the book.

I wouldn't suggest making magic more difficult to access. If you have PCs that are reliant on magic, you're taking away a big part of their characters and that's not fun. Why are you lowering the scope?! Widen the scope! The sci-fi realm is a vast intergalactic empire. The PCs are on a...

Maybe you could start referring to monsters as "red bars", "yellow bars", "purple bars"? ;) Maybe don't use those exact words but gamers get those conventions and they'll understand that a boss battle is tougher than openworld pve farming. Also, zones. One thing MMO players expect is that only...

2-3 rounds for "normal" encounters, 5-6 for big boss fights. Any less than that and they feel a bit trivial, any more than that and you have a bag-of-hp situation.

There are no gods on Athas but that doesn't necessarily mean the gods reach can't extend to Athas. Problem is if you have it work as normal, eventually the SKs are going to find out and stomp them like a bug, or worse. Although that might be fun to play out.

Meteor trap. Triggered by annoying PC. A meteor hits you, no save, you're dead.

I like the idea of the warlord as there's a lot of potential for unique mechanics but the list is too complicated. I don't think it's clear enough either e.g. is number 10 triggered when the warlord uses an attack action or when he makes an attack? (think chaining warlords). I also think the...

Sweet, I can shove without breaking invisibility? Invisible shield master build incoming!

Yeah, or they know something about the character that you don't PCs "We'll rescue Drizzt first so we can use his unfailing ultra teleport!" DM "What unfailing ultra teleport? He's a ranger!" PCs "In the Munchkin Blades trilogy, Drizzt became the God of Escaping Prisons!" Other PC piping in...

Don't beat yourself up OP. The story doesn't always need to be tied up nicely with a bow. It doesn't always have to end with an epic climatic BBEG fight or a cliff hanger. Sometimes the PCs ace it and you just have to let them have their victory - for them that probably wasn't anti-climatic!

Halaster Blackcloak, Artemis Entreri, Karsus, Manshoon, Fzoul Chembryl, Szass Tam, Sheressa and Xanathar. It would seem like a pretty bad idea to have all those guys in the same place though.