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Cool, thanks guys! :) So you reckon the hood is overkill?

I've never really had a situation in a game where the party spellcasters have been taken prisoner but one might be coming up in the next game. I assume in a world where spellcasters exist, the city guard must've put some thought into how to practically restrain captured spellcasters (aside from...

I forget which one Albeorn became. Was it Nibenay? Anyway, Albeorn has a bunch of clones so it doesn't matter if they assassinate him. Heck if he's a sorcerer-king you could say they were psionic reflections or parallel versions of albeorn from different dimensions or life-model-decoys or...

Cool. Not quite sure you needed the topless picture to make the point though, lol.

And the statblocks were really cool and flavorful and a big step up from the 3e statblocks but yeah, still too many options. To be fair, that was a problem with most high level monsters.

Yeah, that module is mostly smoke and mirrors. Most of the kobolds in that dungeon rely on higher level monsters to hurt the heroes, or they hit trap switches. You can replicate that adventure now by having a goblin activating a 20d20 pit trap when the PCs walk over it. That might be a CR20 trap...

I run my laptop for maps etc but for dice rolls I just roll in the open. I used a screen but stopped for all the reasons the OP mentioned.

I wouldn't mind a bit of variability but I don't want monsters to become as complex as characters because they become difficult to run. Did you ever see the 4e statblock for the dark sun sorcerer-kings? Classic example. Really cool, but they had so many different abilitites and spells, auras...

Vasectomy, no. It doesn't restore the body to factory fresh settings. It just heals damage done. But everything else (including Slaad eggs), yes.

I think this is one of the most rewarding parts of this hobby. Its adapting to the situation that takes the story in directions you hadn't anticipated that makes it interesting. Computer games can't do this (yet). I DM our campaign with an idea of where the story will go if it stays on-script...

As statted, the molydei are just single target melee damage sponges. My guess is the encounter builder probably tells you this is a deadly encounter. A level15 party should handle ths pretty easily I would've thought.

Just tell them what everyone knows and let them fill in the rest for themselves. Resist the urge to go full Lucas.

Cool, but... if there are any rangers in the party, most of those rolls become irrelevant since parties with rangers can't get lost and terrain doesn't affect their movement. Just ban rangers. They suck anyway.

Honest Haszlo (Halfling Bard) Haszlo's immediate concerns are making a profit and staying alive to enjoy it. His best mate is a Succubus called Kylie. She's a riot and an excellent listener. Jarvik (Human Barbarian) Jarvik is 6'2” 200lbs with tanned, leathery skin, brown eyes and long black...

I make my players wear the armor that their characters are wearing and enact all their fights with real weapons. For the dragon I constructed a 20ft tall mechanical dragon with a flamethrower, just to show them how foolish it is to fight a dragon.

I pretty much always come back to the Risus descriptions for target numbers: 10: A cinch. A challenge for a schmuck. Routine for a pro. 15: A challenge for a professional. 20: An Heroic challenge. For really inventive or tricky stunts. 25: A challenge for a Master. Nearly superhuman...

And his name is Baudrillard? :)

It's not, your players randomly selected somewhere to go. I wouldn't try to connect the plot to the tower as this sets a precedent for your players and that precedent is "Anywhere we click on the map is connected to the plot". Either: Decide that the reasons for it being called "the cursed...

4e was dead to me the moment they introduced humanoid thri kreen in Dark Sun.

I allow one of the other players to control an absent PC, as long as the absent player is ok with it and they provide the controlling player with their character sheet. I also try to make sure its someone who knows that class. If the player isn't ok with that or they fail to provide the...