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I liked that latter part quite a bit. The whole item creation feat thing from 3E just felt kinda...cheap. Esp compared to the TSR era D&D I grew up on. The scribe scrolls and make potions thing- fine, that's part and parcel of being a wizard, and is a great way to have a larger variety of...

Yugoloths are the NEW! MODERN!! name for the classic Daemons of AD&D. Neutral Evil Fiends, known for being mercinaries in the Blood War- and playing both sides. Whoever pays them the most NOW. I think they were originally from Gehenna or Pandemoniun, I forget which. Either way, you...

Apparently they REALLY got let loose- Twig Blights are in the 2014 Monster Manual, lol. The deadliness at first level really shows when you have poor armor, and a meh Dex score- like my Barbarian. Not a great pick, for a real dungeon crawl, esp if it's the only martial character... A...

3e printed adventures were notoriously stingy with treasure. I do, in fact, know where the goodies are- and there's not much of it. Especially coinage. Just a handful of silver here, and a few gp there. The rest is some low value gems and some "art objects" inc a silver flask full of Goblin...

I'm currently running it. in 3/3.5 edition. My players found that room, the OP is talking about, took a look, shrugged, and left. Thus, those mephits were never encountered. I've re-discovered a few things, so far: Poison is very powerful, when combined with low level characters- esp if...

I would pull a new 2024 revision out of my butt- and then do the Jedi Mind trick on the current one "This is not the D&D you're looking for." This "new" revision would return to the old lore, classic fantasy art (no man buns!!), etc. And apply the rules/procedure changes to that. Dropping...

I think characters should be relatively balanced with the monsters in a game. I do like a good edge of your seat fight, where it can swing either way. It's not about being OP- at ALL. it's about not being so fragile, I'm afraid of my own shadow- or useless.

Crapola! I just realized the Fighter totally forgot about both Second Wind, and Action Surge... With those, he MAY have survived even for another round- and possibly dropped another orc with his second attack. Maybe getting the steamroller moving in the other direction. Darn newb DM's and...

Just today! It really was random chance- aka the dice. Poor initiative rolls put half the party last in line after a large group of orcs, and an ogre- whose rolls put THEM in initiative order 3, 4, and 5. Worse, that half of the party was the FRONT half, and blocking the cave entrance...

It ended in a total party kill... Lost Mine of Phandelver, Wyvern Tor. party of 4, 4th levels. Failed to take out the sentry, before he could warn the camp. It was a good try- the rogue used sneak attack to shoot him with his short bow. Did 14 points of damage- the orc had 18...

5.0 for the rules and character options. Others, esp Volo's for monster stuff, new magic, items, etc. I see additional books and rules expansions as purely optional. Mine what you want, ignore the rest. I don't really find any classes/ options in Tasha's or Xanthar's to be...

I actually got that set. It was cheaper, on Ebay than buying them individually. Too bad I already had Mordenkainens.

On the other hand, I found it irritating as heck, that with each new edition, the Realms suffered some earth shattering cataclysmic event that changed everything... My upcoming game will use the 3e version- prior to the spell plague, the dissolution of the Silver Marches, King Azoun's death...

yes. they reminded me of the fancy rare, Yu-Gi-Oh cards you'd occasionally pull. Fun game, but wow, what a money pit!

Just for fun, I'm going to give a non-poll answering answer! I've played on and off since B/X, and been involved in a lot of games, DM'd others, and played with a bunch of people, DM's. So my answer is ?? No idea! I'd prefer something in between the "keep your d6"s warmed up- you're...

I just recieved all the items I bought off EBay, and found a couple of Surprises: There was a 2018 tenth printing edition with foil/shiny covers! I ended up getting that version of the DMG, and MM. (haven't unsealed the boxed set collection yet, so I don't know it they too are like this)...

Well, we hooked another one!!! My friend found a Starter kit boxed set at Wally World, and gave it to his gf's 12 year old for Christmas. Boy was he excited! Can't wait to get a game going. SUCCESS! As for me, I spent the day poring over Volo's, researching gnolls, Orcs, and goblins-...

The bragging of a player who thinks his character is invinceable. Usually because they play with a DM that's their buddy, and inexperienced/ not great. Said player has no idea what a creative DM can do- what fiendish scenarios they can come up with, and that if you insist on throwing down...

We're both pretty new to 5e, and haven't played it much yet. Life happened... He doesn't even have Tasha's. I think it's just a bit of crusty old coot of a 1/2e DM throwing a fit over 3 editions worth of accumulated changes. (He's my best friend since high school- I can say that, lol)...

I'm torn as to whether or not I want to participate in that particular adventure. On the one hand, as described to me, it sounds like a tough but epic mini campaign. You just need" A) remember, you CAN avoid encounters, lol. and B) a good cleric! Also, the look of dismay on that player's...