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Well aren't I special, I'm the only one in the 6 to 10 years category. At first I thought maybe it just needed time for more responses to come in, but then I noticed that this was originally from 2017 soooo yea. At least 2 years ago I'd still be in the same category so I technically didn't...

Kruthiks from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes are a fun option if you are looking for monsters beyond the "standard" low level ones like goblins, kobolds, or aggressive rats. They're like giant ants with their hive structure and tunneling capabilities. A nearby farm could have had their crops...

There's tension, but a weird meta gamey tension as you know something is off when your character doesn't know. And while I'm not against all forms of metagaming this is one of those instances that takes me out of it. Unless the DM just describes that "something feels off about this lot" but I'm...

The way I run skill challenges I'm open with my players that they are in a skill challenge and I let them know what is at stake. Because of that the bandit scenario wouldn't work for me since revealing that the outcome is to determine what is off about the people in front of them ruins the...

My wizard Paelias was my first ever 5th edition character. He was a high elf divination wizard with the acolyte background revering Oghma. We started out with Lost Mines of Phandelvar and then transitioned into Out of the Abyss after level 5. We started with the pre built characters from the...

I'll admit that my perception of Guiding Bolt is probably skewed because on my cleric I crit with it about a third of the time I cast it and my celestial blood sorcerer was able to twin it getting way more bang out of it. I generally prefer to reserve my concentration for a spell that does...

In the games I've played Spiritual Weapon is pretty much always taken on clerics that want offense, Spirit Guardians is taken if you can actually be a bit exposed and take a hit, and Fireball is pretty much always taken on wizards and sorcerers. Though I must say that Fireball's huge area can...

I will only comment on the classes that I have actually played in this level range. I've played a divination wizard from level 1 - 10, and I've played a knowledge cleric from level 3 to 7 (so not quite the full range). Cleric 1) DPR - Great when you can go all out, otherwise meh. Between...

I love the system, it's my favourite tabletop rpg system of all time. But yes after all the years of playing it is not perfect. There's too many little things to mention like how some item weights and costs make no sense, the druid has very few non-concentration spells, rules for sight are very...

I find that generally healing with spells isn't considered weak, it's just that players usually like to use their spell slots for more interesting things. That's why I think dedicated healing pools like the paladin's lay on hands, celestial warlock's healing light and the healer feat are more...

Today I learned that EN World hates some of my favourite characters that I've played :cry:. The first wizard I ever played had Tiny Hut, Counterspell and Polymorph. I've also played a sorcerer that used twin spell on Banishment. Typically silly multiclass cheese gets on my nerves more than...

While you make a good argument I'm conflicted. The vast majority of PC deaths I've witnessed in 5e are due to splitting the party. Usually because a player starts to think along these lines that they can handle themselves. So yes, the monk can go out on their own but I'm not sure they really...

While I haven't seen the specific subclasses you mentioned I can give perspective on how the base classes play. Monk 1- Gameplay Mechanics (Combat, Social and Exploration) In combat the monk is a highly mobile combatant that excels in getting to vulnerable targets and getting out of sticky...

I once played in a seafaring campaign where we could only take long rests at port. To compensate 24 hour durations were extended to "until you finish a long rest." While my cleric of Vecna never did get to animate any dead, it was a nice rule to have.

How about a natural disaster that augments the geography in such a way that evidence of the ancient city is revealed? A nasty storm shifts a sand dune. An earthquake reveals the tops of buried buildings. A meteor impact unearths some magically indestructible tools. If you have high enough magic...

For 1 and 2 I think it might be worth it to distinguish between being physically in the astral vs astrally projecting oneself there. The rules as above make sense when projecting as your body is still in a place where time and space exist, but if your body is actually translated there I'm not...

I left out the characters I played in one shots or only a couple sessions before the campaign broke off. While I had fun with them, that isn't really enough time to get to know those characters. I'm surprised that knowledge cleric is currently ranked as high as it is. Currently beating out...

There are some hooks in the Baldur's Gate Gazeteer section that relate directly to the adventure. Hamhocks Slaughterhouse has been taken over by members of the Cult of the Dead Three so investigating there could lead the PCs to the bath house. Alternatively, a cambion named Kaddrus is mentioned...

I have posted my notes in a separate thread detailing how I plan to convert the start of the adventure to take place in Ravnica instead of Baldur's Gate. Find it here: https://www.enworld.org/threads/descending-into-avernus-but-starting-in-ravnica.668859/

Landmarks Unless otherwise noted the location is as it appears in the text having no notable guild connections. Hall of Wonders (Upper Precinct) - Izzet League Helm and Cloak (Upper Precinct) - Vedren and Halesta are members of the Selesnya Conclave High Hall (Upper Precinct) - Azorius Senate...