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Indeed. Well said! I’m much less active in the 5e space recently (in terms of play, purchasing, publishing/writing), but I do like seeing creative approaches to 5e. I think there’s a lot of creativity out there & lots of earned wisdom through play. One of my long term goals- my last personal...

So... Yeah, you and I may be more comfortable with the "eyeballing/intuiting it" approach. For the benefit of the OP (and others in same boat), I will elucidate further.... First of all, the Easy/Medium/Hard/Deadly designations are notoriously bad guidelines. You'll notice that's why in my...

Huzzah! @Daztur Well said. There are definitely ways to do "rules not rulings", but I think games like 4e and PF2e do a much better job. WotC seems to have difficulty – imho – sticking the landing with concise precise clear rules language. I get it – that sort of writing is very difficult. As...

The wizened GM with the Bruce Lee method. I bow to your flexibility. oh, ow, there went my back

Well, you can cite me as a N of 1 for @Daztur 's observation! There are no actual numbers I've seen. Perceptions will differ, but the conversation online about a "DM shortage" picked up in Nov 2022 from this Hell Gate article (behind a paywall). Ben on Questing Beast posted a video around the...

I've run a fair number of one-shots, typically for 3 to 6 players. I also have run campaigns with up to 8 players. I cannot think of any modules I've run for one-shots that I would recommend for the 5th edition system for a party of 8 players. None of them would fit in the allotted time. My...

Don't plan to switch, stick with 2014 (house ruled). And Switch to another game system.

A few other recent polls: https://www.enworld.org/threads/have-the-2024-phb-reveals-changed-your-intentions-re-purchasing-d-d-2024-25.705837/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/youre-not-planning-on-getting-2024-d-d-why-is-that.706092/

You have lots of GMing experience, so I think you'll get an intuition for how to gauge 5e fight difficulty pretty quick. Best thing I've found is if you have a combat for an upcoming session that you're pretty sure will happen, share a quick blurb of what you're thinking on ENWorld – 5e, # PCs...

So... there's a "multiple monster XP modifier." In scenes with lots of monsters you don't use RAW XP for encounter building maths in 5e – it gets adjusted by this "multiple monster XP modifier" due to just how big of a factor having an action economy advantage is. I'll attach a snapshot of what...

This is something I put together to articulate my own process more clearly. There's a lot of art to it, and the Adventuring Day Budget "Approx. Max %" is something I developed wholly by feel with my play groups and playtested up to 12th level. My point is YMMV. But the principles here are sound...

One mind flayer can wreck a party in formation within 60 feet if they roll bad on their save vs. wands – being stunned/unable to act for 3d4 rounds is...it's a death sentence if the mind flayer has any minions. So some of this depends on specifics of the scene / scenario. Well, not some, MOST...

Admittedly, Dungeons & Dragons is a much bigger business today than it was 10 years ago. And it has a larger fanbase and a larger pool of radiance in which to fish for potential buyers for the new rulebooks. That could mean Hasbro will get a bigger lift this time around than last time. Rich...

I'll probably break this down further in a week or two, but so far here's what I am observing... We know that about half of previous survey-responding ENWorlders want to get 2024 D&D, and about 1/3rd do not want to get 2024 D&D. I want to be clear that I'm not discounting the folks voting "I'm...

GM POST "Aye, I'm inclined to agree. This part of the temple seems untouched by the undead." Brydum surveys the ominous passage with furrowed brows. "And you'll be leading those toads out of here, so there'll be no more menaces. Unless you've the desire to delve further... I'll vouch for you...

Yeah! It wasn't like my 1st level fighter in AD&D was a veteran of some battle already... checks AD&D and OD&D level titles Er.... ;)