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So, I was rewiring how I think of the new Champion. With how versatile heroic inspiration is now I realized, you can use your once per turn inspiration on others as well. You can make a pretty solid defensive stalwart that leads by example and boosts team members. 1) Took def fighting style...

I also have assigned character theme songs which was pretty fun when our fighter used his action to 20 athletics a player out of quicksand, made his knightly antics much greater.

I actually used the 'dogpile' strategy last session because the barbarian NPC "does not like vitches". It did exactly what you said, a nice shakeup.

I'm happy I posted. There have been some really good ideas. Already enough to make some chili-grade sessions. Fortunately our group has a SOLID vet who I am relieving of forever DM status for my campaign.

I like this. I should drop some characters into a cultist dungeon pumped full of magic darkness, maybe with a way to deactivate it. I have a '24 legacy character with Devil's sight. Then it could be a sortof sadistic Darwinian test to find "the chosen one who can see through the eyes of their...

How about scenarios that have shaken up combat nicely? Like a "gentleman's challenge" or honor challenge? Or specific terrain + situation combos that have proven great? I would think fighting your way to a boat during a flash flood could be great

In the last month I have run very flavorful combat with the following elements: 1) High level NPC with dialogue prepped. 2) Party split mechanism, a trap effectively stranded the party, using up mobility actions 3) Secondary NPC motivations (NPCs cousin showed up and stole his life sustaining...

Discussion for some DM tips, tricks, scenarios for "spicing up" combat.

Yes! They will clump up right on top of the martials or caster... depending on what they do with 80 feet of movement. One may hide. Another will move and dash for 80 feet from over a hillcrest. They will converge at their opponents like most high movement enemies. If the DM is not maximizing...

But DnD doesn't work en-masse, unless that is how turn order rolls out for you. The also have frontguard, rearguard, etc... but more likely aggressive creatures are just mechanically going to B-line right at the enemy, and surround them. The orc is going to run aggressively & maybe even...

But what I keep trying to say is it's not "anti-caster tactics" I'm saying turn order and even an enemy straight-bolting causes staggered formation. Particularly when I run a wolf pack. I think a majority of the enemies I run do this off the nature of the game more than metaknowledge. Every so...

Again, it's not about metaknowledge as much as general tactics, turn order, and initiative. Perfect clumps of enemies shouldn't happen that often. Would a ranged enemy use cover available, regardless of fireball knowledge? Will orcs use a dash action and become a staggered formation ASAP? Just...

It sounds like a variance of "cognitive loading" or "materials retention" in education

Yeah, I sold about $800.00 worth a year ago. I am probably back to another $1k worth of stuff that I know I am not going to be interested in, otherwise I have my couple of decks that are designed to be solid, but high variance, so I can kick off games in the odd-event that I actually want to...

I really need to sell the rest of my cards before that bubble bursts.

Haha, yeah. Me looking at dates, relevance, etc.. is not great. I was trying to look at how I made previous "Grove guardian" twiggy characters a little less stuck to the trope & a little more involved. Same issue people have with druids and more sylvan types

I figure they can understand the harsh realities of their oath & "forest for the 🌳 " So, you visibly cringe or weep inside at wanton waste of life while understanding that, that's the way things are. At that point you would teach, or maybe tactfully say something, and play the long game. My...

Probably some publishing differences between the East Coast WASP/provincial types establishment vs the podunk Texas establishment 😀 .. R.E.Howard went through quite a bit of intellectual bullying & bullying outside of his cohort group

All d20 rolls are - 2× exhaustion level . Speed reduced 5x exhaustion levels. Hollistically punishing, mechanically right, short & sweet. Really fun to put on an NPC weapon on a VTT. Makes the party rest situation really matter

I love how they do exhaustion now