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One of the things I liked most about 3rd ed, as a DM- is how easy it was to adjust the CR of an encounter, by advancing monsters, or adding class "templates" to them. The default Kobolds were kinda pushovers for all but the weakest 1st level parties- or a solo character. You needed gobs of...

That sounds like the sort of player who'd get uninvited quickly. My players and DM tend to lose patience quickly with that sort of behavior... (the latter example) As for my own issue, the problem seems to be primarily a combination of truly horrid dice rolls on the player side; really...

Preface: I began my D&D journey way back in the early 1980s with the B/X boxed sets. Probably 12 or 13 at the time. The ones that came with Keep on the Borderlands/ Isle of Dread; light blue plastic dice, with numbers you had to fill in with crayon; a rulebook, and some order forms and...

It depends. Some classes need more fluff than others. Other times, the heavy handed lore is just a complete turnoff. (5th ed Sorcerors, Warlocks, and paladins. for example.) As is some of the fluffy stuff presented in the class introduction. (like you MUST come up with some major event...

I do. PHB and campaign specific only. Actual player character races. They don't get to use the Monster Manual as an auxiliary players handbook... I had to do this, just to reign in some of the abuses of the rules. Particularly the "powerful races" rules. Some of these folks were...

Thanks! I had no idea anyone had done that. On my wish list!

Yep- had a group do that on me while playing Sunless Citadel. Turned out to be a blessing- they'd waded through most of the first level with ease, TOO much ease. I took the opportunity to break for the week, there. Then spent the time until the next session having the hobgoblins plan...

At low levels like this, rolling up a new character isn't much of a big deal- nor is working that new addition into the campaign/group. Yes, it stinks having your character get squished like a bug- but it's part of the game. And adds to the story. I've done all the things you mentioned-...

Are there rules for doing this for 5th ed? I looked all through the DMG and MM, and found nothing. It was one of my favorite things about 3rd ed- the ability to scale up common monsters with your party. Things like Orc shamans, etc. I even perused WoTC's D&D website to see if they'd...