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Yes, sadly Spelljammer has conformed.

Played in an OSE campaign which had 2-3 PC deaths, many hireling deaths, and some undeath shenanigans. For our upcoming Dolmenwood game, the GM decided to adopt 2 house rules: (1) Death's Door, and (2) Exploration XP, which I think might afford some opportunities to advance beyond 1st level...

Absolutely it's a good idea. I think the issue you'll run into is that certain guilds lend themselves to being very distinct, iirc Bard's Gate has a Wheelwright/teamsters guild & a Beggars guild - very distinct. But when it comes to certain trades guilds, I think those often tend to be treated...

I had it so the PCs wanted to learn about their futures from the Elder Sage – normally exorbitantly expensive, so they were sent to recover the Meteor in exchange for prophecies. Yeah, the dragon (it's originally 2 young red dragons) is out of left field... I had the dragon(s) hunting for the...

I did a 3.5 hour "speed run" of the AD&D version of When a Star Falls for 4th level pregens. We didn't get passed the derro lair, and it went pretty hard off-script, and I had to ad lib an improvised conclusion due to time constraints (dragon showed up searching for the meteor "egg"). That...

I once ran a homemade shop golem that could hurl an anchor chain - that could be fun.

I think these sorts of flavor tags/traits are kinda already in the stat blocks. We just call them Arcana, Intimidation, Persuasion, and all the other skills that – at least IME – GMs virtually never roll for monsters. I know there are some folks who do... but generally speaking the rules don't...

One thing I've been thinking about is information priority. For instance, the 5e stats put AC, initiative, HP, and Speed at the front. After the monster's name/size/type, those are the priorities expressed by 5e's stats in current form. For me at least the first set of questions I'm asking...

For reference: D&D 2024 Basic Rules Creature Stat Blocks I just saw them today. My quick thoughts are – leaving aside more radical changes (e.g. the "just save bonus" replacing stats/mods that Tales of the Valiant Uses), there's clear easy ways to improve on what's there. Maybe needing these...

Yes, originally it was just Aric (as a giant spider) & Lumrolur who went up 50-feet to the second level. I think the confusion is Zeth has been conversing with Lumrolur @Necropolitan without anyone ever stating "Aric goes down to shuttle Zeth back up" or "Zeth climbs up." But it's safe to say...

It's not a random guy! It's @ezo ! 🤌:geek:

Oh, I wasn't referring to the damage vs hit points maths, I was referring to the (rather vague) rules on yelling to alert others. While the rules have been silent on exactly what surprise means insofar as raising an alarm "Lookout! We're under attack!"...the interpretation my last 5e table came...

What are your thoughts on my attempt to shorten up the 2024 Ancient Green Dragon stat block? Back on page 5 of this thread. I can see the save/check/initiative criticism applying... but what about the rest? That's a more complex monster I wanted to offer as an example. EDIT: Hah! Actually...

I've come to hold the view that any Surprise & Initiative rules attempt a one-size-fits-all solution (which is a perfectly reasonable impulse to keep it simple) for multiple distinct situations which just don't conform to those rules. Rather there are multiple forms of Surprise & multiple forms...

It's like DJ Khalil says in Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse: They wanna fight (they wanna fight) I'm just gon' let 'em hate (I'm just gon' let 'em hate) I gotta go high (gotta go high) I gotta elephant (I gotta elephant)

Yep! Here's an imgur gallery of the various layouts from Christopher & Emmet's sheet: EDIT: stupid imgur wouldn't link, ok here's reddit link with link to the imgur: And here's the free link on DMs Guild for it: Kid Friendly Character Sheet - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Whatever order they sit in will determine “initiative.” “You are a group of adventurers…” Give a clear start that implies what sort of characters they might be and how they know each other. Go around table and ask for brief description of their characters (no complex sheets - if you insist on...

Exxxxcellent. I chuckled at their Glitterblast spell with duration "[caster level] days." Skerples clearly knows the evils of glitter sticking long after its welcome wears out.