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Simply re-skin the Dart stat line from the Weapons Table to: Throwing Knives, and you're golden...

I recreate the monster's stat block in an excel spreadsheet I have prepared. It is a bit more prep work, but: - I have everything right there - multiple sheets lay flat behind the screen, so no need to flip through the book - this gives me the ability to create a unique stat block (great...

Can you specify the particular thread? I would be interested in seeing these rules.

I use a DM's Card that has all the PC pertinent info on it (e.g. AC, HP, Stats, etc). It has a column for weight and encumbrance. I know the PC's body weight, full equipment weight, and their 'combat kit' (i.e. armor, weapons, holy symbols, etc). I started this years ago when I had to ask a...

Yes, I use it and have been happy with the results. It has led to some interesting decision points: what armor the Cleric (Str 10) should take, the Rogue with the Mobility feat that would normally have [one-of-everything-from-the-equipment-table] must carefully choose his gear or lose the...

While I agree wholeheartedly that D&D is very obviously a simulationist Game, for me, the pet peeve of falling damage goes waaaaaaaaay back. I have seen (and had) players jump out of windows, off cliffs, from an airship over Khorvaire, etc, precisely because they've done the math, and know that...

Thank you very much! I am off to post this formula into my new Deluxe DM Screen!!

5 out of 5 rating for Deluxe Dungeon Master's Screen Nearly everything on it (with the exception of the NPC traits) is something that I want close at hand during a Game. There is little extra space to throw a couple of specific rules (grapple, shove, my house rules on death saves, etc) on...

To clarify: do you add the ((1d20per10ft)/1d6) to the Ground Attack (1d6per10ft) for a total damage result? I am very curious because falling damage has bothered me for 30+ years, and I am constantly looking for a more realistic/deadly answer without massive math to slow down the drama...

Absolutely! I call my players out whenever they metagame or use player knowledge improperly (I game with friends I've known for 30+ years, it's all good). With that being said, I definitely set a good example by not using DM knowledge improperly on them as well...

Totally understand we're you're coming from. I am running Hoard of the Dragon Queen and five out of the seven PCs were captured trying to infiltrate the Raider Camp. From previous encounters with the Party, Frulam knew that there was a guy that turned into a big nasty bear. She wanted to...

Thanks for all the input gang! I ended up taking the above advice, and created a consumable magic item: - a cold iron nail about 4 inches long that the NPC cultist jabbed through the skin of his abdomen; kept him from wildshaping unless a Wis save [DC 25] was successful (I derived this...

If I was an evil Cultist and had captured a druid, is there any way I can counter a druid from wildshaping? Does he need a verbal element? Just a thought and BAM!, he's a turtle? Any thoughts and input are most welcome... [Note: at work, no books with me...]

Something I use in my standard Game might be of use. I let a Medicine check grant limited healing as follows: - Medicine check [DC 15] simulates the rolling of a natural 20 on a death save (i.e. conscious at 1hp) - Medicine check [DC 20] allows the expenditure of a healing die without the...

I might allow carefully timed castings (read: successful Arcana check for each of the casters to 'weave' their individual spells together) of the Sleep spell to stack... but only up to the maximum possible limit of a single spell (i.e. 40 hit points worth, I believe; don't have my book with me).

I had a grown man (50 years old!) throw a fit when his Rogue got vaporized by a critical hit Guiding Bolt spell not more than 3-4 weeks ago... So, yeah, tell your son "very good job" at handling the PC death thing.

Because, like myself, I thought the OP was complaining a little bit, but I and others like me, thought that his complaints were actually positives..?

I have to ask: why? If you want to play old school D&D, play it. Why expend the energy to convert 5E to 'previous'? I personally (and most of my Group) have played D&D since 1979, from the Blue Box of my youth all the way through 5E. My group and I absolutely love it. It does a great job...

Thanks for all the input gang! I'm not entirely convinced (I still think the ability to perform the checks at distance is powerful enough), but I do appreciate all the insight. I shall mull it over some more...

The simple fact that they can make the check in the first place is powerful enough to satisfy the class feature. No one else in the verse can even make Mage Hand do what an arcane trickster can do. I just think that making every check from the safety of 30ft is simply too powerful for a minor...