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As a DM I think it depends on the game. I have certainly run campaigns where my own world building is somewhat impromptu, and in those games I would see rolling with player-established facts as a fun challenge. On the other hand I have run campaigns where the world building was very deliberate...

I think it really depends on the typical "adventuring day" in your campaign. The 5E designers tells us they assume 6-8 encounters per day, with a couple of short rests. In games where you are running 6-8 (or more) encounters per day, I think the long rest mechanic makes sense - give the PC's...

The 13th Age RPG has living dungeons like the Stone Thief. I saw an indie game that took the concept one step further: dungeons are demonic entities that spawn monsters which can eventually overrun the area. The only way to kill them is to enter them and remove the "anchor" which us usually...

It depends on rituals, not race. If the elf priests consecrate your body your spirit can be reborn. They usually only do that for elves, but could do it for other races if they chose to. Conversely, if the Norse priests think you have dishonored yourself in battle they don't give you a proper...

Unless the GM is terrible, there should few situations in an RPG where the players have "no control." Maybe you can blame the death on bad rolls....but could you have avoided that fight? Could you have used better tactics during the fight? Could you have done something before hand (ambush...

I am currently a player in a Starfinder game running the Dead Suns AP.

Unlike most of the stuff in a typical health food store, healing potions actually work.

I think it depends on how common you assume those classes are in your fantasy world. If they are relatively plentiful, then yes society would probably carve out a niche for them. But if they are rare then they could be seen as "one -offs" and make a place for themselves as individuals. So if...

Decent chase rules. Chases are a staple of action movies, but the DMG rules are a halfhearted attempt to make the square peg of the existing tactical movement rules fit in the round hole of a chase.

Bacon. Everything is better with bacon.

Pit Fiend = Pit Friend Invisible Stalker = Invisible Talker Mind Flayer= Kind Flayer Minotaur = Minitaur (tiny man with the head of a tiny bull)

Matt Coleville has a great story about killing a PC. He said the player (also his boss IIRC) was FURIOUS....for about 30 minutes. Then he sat down with the rulebooks and started working on a new PC. The player later stated that he just needed some time to be mad, get over the character death...

It is a solid number crunching, the problem is you can't put a DPR value on stunning strike. For my money, that's THE signature ability of monks in 5E. Period. When the crossbow expert can fire four "stunning shots" per round, then it will be a fair comparison.

You are essentially asking what the legal ramifications of "forfeiture" are in this situation. While I don't know what the legal code of your imaginary kingdom is, are there are two possibilities that make sense: 1) the king has renounced any rights for him and his descendants in perpetuity...

Ultimately as the DM you decide what options are being used at your table and how the rules are being interpreted. I know lots of DMs who disallow some feats (SS/GWM) or all feats, some multiclass combos (Loc 2/anything) or multiclassing generally, etc. Most DMs house ruled Healing Spirit...

Well that gives us some some ideas for where they can go with the title: Dungeons & Dragons: Four Weddings and a TPK Dungeons & Dragons: About a Bard Dungeons & Dragons: Lich Actually Dungeons & Dragons: The Secret of Notting Hill Dungeons & Dragons: Brigit Jones Spellbook

Which in turn inspires my thread: Is Mike Mearls the J.J Abrams of D&D?

Next up: Looper explains the deal with that sled from the end of Citizen Kane.

Lord Sloth, the laziest death knight

I've used it a couple of times and think it can work well. It is very genre appropriate and certainly feels more epic than the "adventurers wanted" bulletin board in the town square. Sure it is a bit of a trope - but so are most of the other adventure hooks out there. Besides, part of the fun...