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I'm glad you asked! :-) It's usually my character doing the mindreading schtick so I've had a lot of time to think about how I want it to work for my campaign. First thing I decided is that this guy (or gal) is adept at playing a role and so committed to it, he is effectively that person in...

I like to keep my options open in my adventures, so my contrivances are around making sure I introduce enough elements that I can "set" the story as late as possible depending on what the pcs do, according to whatever seems like the most fun. For example, I've introduced several npcs to the...

56. The boss always has one hp left, no exceptions.

Oh OK, to my mind you can't talk about range without also talking about DPR. Currently, melee and range DPR are fairly comparable so all things being equal, players will go for the one with the least risk for the best advantage. But if you change the relative DPR between the two styles, you also...

It's not that its not fun, necessarily. Its that as a DM (as Hemlock alluded to) designing challenging encounters at high level means a heck of a lot more encounter management. Plus, monsters at that level have a lot of attack options/spells/abilities, plus bonus actions, plus reactions, plus...

Why don't you just give the monsters some ranged attacks or include monsters that have ranged attacks in your encounters? Is there a monster union mandate on melee-monsters only or something?

I would've thought the simplest way to give the advantage back to melee would be to ban the Sharpshooter feat. You don't need all these other change IMO.

It could have no effect, some effect or all effect. Just because you travelled to "the past" and mucked around with some stuff there doesn't necessarily mean it has any effect on your future. Who knows, maybe you travelled to a splinter timeline and changed events there having no bearing on your...

Wangernumb!

Don't assume that the PCs will come to the conclusion you want them to have regarding their chances, or the tower. Players sometimes make decisions for weird reasons, so be prepared for them to charge or just stop where they are and try to defend an area with fire, or other dumbass strategy. If...

So you don't want tougher monsters, but you spend most of your time making tougher monsters? I don't get it. Unless you've got a thematic thing going on where you have to modify say, hobgoblins, in order to keep them relevant?

Thats cool. Have you thought about them being able to use the tears to travel e.g. spacefolding? I know the weave doesn't work like that but it's kind of a neat visual. :)

Sounds cool. Why specifically does oberron have the answer/means though? Fey aren't usuallly into blood sacrifice, unless its tragic/dramatic/romantic. And offering a stranger's life to get your friend back is probably an evil act? The information to find his mimic is valuable but he might...

Depends on what you consider unnatural. Is it pinhead-esque body horror? Human sacrifice/blood/soul magic? Magic that messes around with time/dimensions/reality/death? Dread-inducing supernatural stuff?

Any time the PCs can get to their enemies, they'll do pretty well. I just ran a similar death knight encounter for my 5-man 10th level party (battlemaster fighter, dual handcrossbow ranger, 2x wizards, devotion pally). Large open area with a death knight on the ground and two red wizards (mages)...

Absolutely. Duck out, snapshot, duck back. Or just lie there in your gillie suit, sniping.

By the wording of the feature, no they aren't. They're basically using it as an fast overland travel feature. Depends whether you think thats game-breaking or not. If yes, restrict the usage to combat.

Yikes Kevin Wilson is "traditional" now? lol :)

Isn't that just a license with "publishing approval" conditions? i.e. we have to review and approve anything you want to publish?

Not at all. You're just querying the status of an expectation that he set, but heres an example of what not to write "Hey Mike you ^%$$#$ %$$#, you said we were going to have Eberron by xmas! Where is it you lying ^$%$#?!" :D