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The kobold wearing fake wings (the same one whom Lumrolur managed to expel the ghost from) pivots his head to the side to study Jack. He doesn't respond right away at the sight of the silver, though his jaw twitches side-to-side, letting the fairy finish his elaborate request. "Trex knows. But...

Can’t wait to have my Pub when I get to 13th level. Really can’t wait to have a stables with cool new mount opti—— sorry, I mean make gold by horse trading. /sarcasm

Before you know it your party is going to be Snow White Alma and the seven short stacks.

Yeh, it definitely takes a spirit of adventure and desire to try new rules ideas. Online when I’ve been doing 5e I’ve just been doing the clustered initiative - But I have tried to avoid getting locked into Foundry/Roll20/FG built in initiative counters. I know a lot of GMs get locked into...

The issue you're identifying is that a randomized turn sequence discourages planning amongst players...because there's no way to know whether Beryl the Barbarian will get to act before or after Sam the Sorcerer's fireball. It's not impossible to plan, it's just much harder due to randomized turn...

Yes, sorry, I was thinking diameter. A 40-foot radius would work. The general idea though is... this sort of thing works easily in a video game where movement is truly at a premium... but in most 5e games movement is not at a premium. That's why I would recommend (and what I do with these sorts...

In order for that kind of thing to work in 5e / modern D&D-alikes, there's certain things that need to happen. Generally, evading the Super Attack needs to cost more than just movement for most PCs (the exception being those who have Bonus Action movement or exceptional speeds). So you're...

Note the caveat in my OP ;) as I immediately pointed out that exceptions would be needed to be designed for this reason.

Yeah, all initiative systems have some degree of ridiculousness when you get into them, so if we're using one initiative system (how most games handle it) rather than several systems depending on situation (how I'm trying to house rule it), it's sort of a case of which sort of ridiculousness can...

Crazy idea: Initiative is counted from lowest current hit points going first, up to highest current hit points going last. Basically initiative as "urgency to act." The caveat would be solo/legendary monsters getting special treatment with some kind of off-normal-turn action capability.

Thanks for sounding off, everybody! @TaranTheWanderer sounds like the party would be happy to have you. :)

I just heard from a player who is interested in joining your party. That would keep you at 6 PCs…I think you could use a tank and/or healer? Would everyone be open to adding one more? @Aethmud @happylace @Neurotic @Steve Gorak @VLAD the Destroyer

Your involuntary gifts of dice will have ripple effects in the kiddo's lives, for sure. The Sunless Citadel (in TftYP) is a nice one, a bit shorter and more straightforward than LMoP, depending how you run the later. But LMoP is great.

Gosh, this poll is so hard to decide... Do I want to appear myopic, hidebound, mean-spirited, or just plain irrational? So many good options to choose from!

Take care of yourself Necropolitan! I completely understand.

kobolds dc 10 wisdom morale save: 1D20-2 = [10]-2 = 8 failed Squeaking in alarm, the kobolds hold their hands up and meekly come over towards you, afraid to make eye contact, but clearly bewildered about who you are and where you've come from. Around the corner of the darkened eastern passage...

I don't like it. Leaving aside my negative views of the parent corporation, and leaving aside my positive views of Chris Perkins, I was on the "cusp" of 5e fandom to begin with, with tastes leaning more OSR. So they don't really need me as a fan anymore. The game was already plenty complex...

GM POST Wending up the sloping passage that spirals like a corkscrew, your footsteps are carefully to avoid disturbing rocks dislodged by kobold mining. Lumrolur brings your party to a halt at the entrance to another small chamber from which a pair of irritated high-pitched kobold voices...

I always like to lead with "Ok, imagine this is the door. Show me where you're standing while you disarm the trap, Bob." It works especially well when pre-arming the other players with Nerf weapons.