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Refluffing the Cities The two cities in the adventure simply become different districts of the megacity of Ravnica. We can keep the names as the district’s nicknames if needed. All the guilds will have at least some presence in each district but not in equal measure. Baldur’s Gate becomes the...

NPC Guild Associations Zariel and the Hellriders - Boros As an angel that is quick to jump into battle Zariel falls easily into the Boros. The hellriders are a Boros legion that she personally led during her time serving the guild. Once it was decided they would launch their crusade they were...

So I have decided that for the next campaign that I am running I will convert Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus to Ravnica: Descent into Avernus. Why? Well mostly because I own and love both books. That, and how it is surprising how easy it is to port Baldur's Gate and its prominent factions...

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No one is an expert the first time they try something. It's important to keep that that perspective in mind. The first few times I DM'd it was horrible. Heck, even after years of running a 5e game I still get the feeling that I'm no good and that no one cares about my game. Just take a deep...

I voted for other because I want the Swordmage. Not because I think the game needs it, there are about a million different ways to build a gish in this edition now. But because I selfishly want it.

The only official CR 30 monsters that I can recall are Tiamat and the terrasque. Even archfiends like Demogorgon and Zariel only come in at CR 26.

That's a good list. Here are some I was able to think of, will have to wrack my brain or do some research to see if I can come up with any more: Wendigo Krampus Grootslang

Derp nevermind. I misread the damage of Psionic Blast as 8d8 instead of 5d8 for some reason. Still very strong though.

I like the idea of new spells and feats to model Psionics. I'd rather use the existing systems we have rather than the creation of entirely new ones. After all psionics is very similar to magic in that both are just ways to supernaturally affect reality when you really get down to it. That said...

I ran Demogorgon against my party as written. Because two players were leaving overseas for school/work and I wanted to give the campaign some conclusion we had a time skip where the characters went to level 11 (from 7 I believe) and I gave each PC a tailored, powerful magic item. We had also...

These kinds of tables are valuable setting material imo. To me it's important to convey what a setting is about, the types of conflicts that happen there, and what ideas a setting explores. To me this info is far more important than superfluous details about what the names of the inns are or...

Favourite: I remove restrictions on item interactions to switch out your own equipment. Need to put away your sword and shield to pull out your bow? Sure. You've got your hands full but need to cast a spell with material components? Go right ahead. I just find the one item interaction a turn in...

Generally the only magic weapons that don't require attunement are the simple +X weapons. Characters could pass it around to each other in situations where it is useful which could be abusive (such as when fighting a creature that most attacks have disadvantage by default). I also can't recall...

As an infiltration mission I'd imagine one of the great challenges for the PCs would be to maintain cover and avoid detection. At the first sign of evil managing to creep into their lands the Primellians will do something to track down the culprits. A natural antagonist could be a master...

What makes a monster terrifying is the possibility that it can alter your character permanently for the worst in some way. In most cases that is PC death. The reason that most 5e monsters are not terrifying is because the default assumption of 5e is that the PCs win. Looking at the encounter...

An interesting possibility I saw somewhere was that each character gets to choose 2 backgrounds. That way they get access to more skill and tool proficiencies right out of the gate along with more possible connections should they need to call in favours. But, since not all challenges are...

Some great advice and inspiration in that first link. I've started using skill challenges for my 5th edition game to great success (the only thing I really had to convert was the DCs). One type of scenario that I like modelling with skill challenges that I didn't see in the list is a chase...

Are you planning on telling them that they will be venturing into hell? I'm also planning on running this campaign soon and I've already given my players the elevator pitch that once they are done in the city they will be travelling to Avernus in order to save the city. I tend to err on the side...

Whenever they release any kind of expansion or options that includes all the classes at least one of them usually gets the short end of the stick. It's playtest material that hasn't been very carefully balanced yet so it happens. I especially get the feeling that the last UA was just as much...