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While I understand this mechanically, do you try and justify these changes at all? I remember a time back in 4E when a player of mine asked during an encounter: "man, why doesn't my telkin do that much damage?!?" [this was a homebrew weapon I yoinked from a novel I had read years ago...

I too, would be very interested in these guidelines. Very, very few of my adventuring days are built for the '6-8 encounters per', and I have also been winging it.

I am working on a 5E > RIFTS conversion...!

I recently threw a mated pair of T-Rexes at my Party; out hunting food for the little ones back at the nest. The ranger died in the belly of the male [stomach juices FTW] as he was running off with the still squirming rogue in his mouth, who also died after failing three death saves... And this...

That is entirely possible. I certainly want to thank Innerdude for his awesome analysis, but it does seem quite daunting when chances are, I'm only going to use it very sparingly...

One of my younger players with an elf cleric managed to draw two Throne Cards from a Deck of Many Things (one from his draws and one from a redraw due to the Fates Card played by another PC). He is really excited by this and constantly talks about "getting his castle after we defeat Tiamat". I...

I have never used any mapping software, but would like to begin doing so. Are there any that are a cut above the others? Any favorites? Something I should try as a first time user? Thanks for any input..!

The wizard and sorcerer in my group have just discovered the awesomeness of Counterspell (after it was done to them a few times muhahahaha). I allow them to use only their Int/Cha mods based upon the 'Abjurer is better' interpretation. I have been very lenient in their timing of the spell...

I replaced the 'as-written' bad guys with some wood elf warriors that Chuth and Neronvain coerced into fighting for them by taking family members hostage [I had the hostages tied up on the ledge in the main cave, including a severely poisoned wizard]. It made for some interesting "what do we...

I have to agree with this assessment. Why in the world would you go to the trouble of making a campaign of gritty realism, and then throw the PCs a magic item waaaaaaaay beyond their power level that defeats that very same gritty realism?!

Not the case at all though. The adventure was in no way jeopardized by a good/bad roll. The lava was in essence, a red (lol!) herring. I set the DC and adjusted it downward by a bit after each attempt [to simulate a "learning curve"]. It was monumentally unlikely that anyone would be engulfed by...

I totally understand what you're saying, but I'm trying to get the players to role-play, and think about problems instead of just throwing dice at it. Too many times around the table, one player will make a check, and the rest will go "oh, I'll roll too"; especially with 5E's 'everybody can try'...

A short bit of context: My PCs were on a small island surrounded by lava, examining a magic circle. For each botched roll, the island sank a few feet, and the lava encroached... muwahahahahahaha. As you might imagine, the pucker factor rose in relation to the island sinking, and the Party...

Great work! I've been following this closely since I discovered it this summer, and have borrowed concepts and elements heavily for my upcoming 5E based RIFTS campaign...

Game is tonight... The gnome sorcerer is going to receive a small chest with Boots of Levitation and a Wand of the Warmage +1 in it. Along with a note that says "kill the dwarf wizard and these gifts are yours to keep". Knowing the player involved, I don't think it will come to pass, but it...

I have been playing D&D for along time (1E Blue Box, B1: In Search of the Unknown), and one of the really cool aspects of 5E is the incredible sense of nostalgia that I have felt playing it. In light of that nostalgia, I have taken steps to bring back some of those truly memorable elements from...

I use Ready all the time, and require the PC to give a rather specific trigger: - I shoot the first goblin to move - I shoot the first goblin to aim his bow at me - etc etc etc

Somebody here on these Boards [can't for the life of me remember who.. Tormyr maybe??] has an interesting mechanic where he adds hit points equal to what I believe is four levels of CR for a solo creature encounter. For instance, if your critter is a CR 4, he looks on the chart on pg 274 and...

Outstanding!! It even references pie eating contests and halflings... Thanks all. Gonna mish mash a couple of these ideas together.

My players will be in the town of Silverymoon for the Midsummer and Shieldmeet holidays this year, and I wanted to do something different, so I will be running a sort of Fair/Carnival/Tournament extravaganza kind of thing. I have a bunch of ideas and the game mechanics for just about everything...