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The problem you will quickly run into is that dwarves from a folklore standpoint started out in an ambiguous fashion. They started out in Norse mythology and other similar mythologies as a fey like spirit of earth. They dwell in another realm known Dwarfheim and were known for being master...

The chart is fairly self explanatory and allow more freedom once you understand them. Within those rules are suggestions for nearly every ability in the game for monsters and how they effect the power level of a monster, and they have clear cut guidelines for gauging your own. Again, you are...

First, this is a forum dedicated to running tabletop games, one heavily skewed towards munchkinry, powergaming, and fiddly bits, and is in no way indicative of the majority opinion of the players who play d&d. I wish to provide for him an opposing opinion as it is unlikely he will hear it...

If you want to run it as a one shot, it needs to be done as a "hotel california" or "haunted mansion murder mystery" sort of fashion. Don't make it 100% confirmed that it's ravenloft or even strahd. Just make it a random vampire in a random castle. Have the players stumble across the castle...

So a few comments and potential suggestions to ponder. First, I advise against adding class levels to monsters as a means of beefing them up or making them special. It is a tempting prospect, but is counterintuitive to the process for a few reasons. It over complicates monsters with a bunch of...

First. Gandalf was a powerful caster. He had the magic, he was just not overt with it. He would've used stuff like divination spells or abjuration spells to buff himself or the party. I.e. stuff that isn't flashy. This is because he wasn't really allowed to use his full strength (banned by...

I had a similar event pop up in curse of strahd with the vampires in a certain building in one of the towns (I don't wish to spoil). The players found them during the day and opted to nail shut two boxes and stake the rest simultaneously. I ruled a stealth check vs their perceptions to do said...

I sort of did something similar to this in my last Dragonlance 5e game, and will likely do something similar when I start it up again. I gave each player a scaling magic item related to their character, most were based off of preexisting magic items from either 5e or another previous edition...

To each their own then. It tends to work for my games, partially because my players are aware that one lost turn in combat isn't the end of the world, and partially because my group is the sort that tends to avoid combat like the plague. They find the actual sword swinging bit to be quite...

I often use the listed alignment as more "guidelines" for a player to aspire to follow or a guide for the character if they are absent and I have to rub them. I by no means prevent a player from taking any action, however I will on ocassion give them a heads up if they are abot to commit an act...

Honestly? I tend to these situations as conversations as normal and only ask for initiative when the npcs or first player decides to strike. At that point I will have them all roll, and the action happens on the person's turn who declared their hostile intent. I give anyone a turn ahead of this...

I would point out that a lot if themed games are merely the default rules ran with a certain tone from the DM, with players rolling fitting characters. For example, with an espionage game? Probably not the best place to play lawful good unbendingly zealous paladin, or a whole party of lawful...

Personally I don't think sorcerers need more spells known. What they need instead is a couple of the following things: 1) "more" spell points (short rest recharge or an ability to regain them at least once per long rest. 2) More metamagic options, both known and to choose from 3) Archetypes that...

While this is by no means an official printed rule or a response from Mearls (which, btw are not always RAW or official responses, but are often more "guidelines"), but for myself I have chosen to rule Adamantine Weapons as normal weapons, with the following benefits: 1) They bypass certain...

The only digital tool I have ever wanted for 5th edition is a monster builder. I want to be able to take a preexisting monster, and alter their stats on the fly, add hit dice, raise ac, change attacks/damage, add/remove preexisting monster abilities (or create my own), and automatically...

I already covered this in another thread. Add me to the list of those who feel this feat is an affront to sorcerers and should not exist unless there base sorcerer is buffed or a similar feat that is stealing from the strengths of prepared casters is created alongside (magic initiate does not...

Overall I like most of these tweaks to feats. I do feel that the power attack feature of great weapon master should probably be -proficiency to attack and +proficiency (or +2×Proficiency) to damage, as it is way too easy to cancel out disadvantage to make the feat a meaningful choice. The player...

So my personal feelings for the sorcerer aside (I kind of wish they just had more spell points or the warlock and sorcerer were combined into one class), I can't help but feel as though the first couple posts of this thread came off as a tad odd...like one of those "5 stars!" Reviews you find...

You say allow, I say forces, and this is coming from someone who enjoys the challenge of an int 8 wizard...when I know that's what I'm getting into. The cost of this incentive to play characters that players might not have considered is the fairly decent chance other players get completely...

Because when I'm told I'm going to play in a Curse of Strahd game, or game all about demon slaying, and I want to roll a paladin, I don't basically want to be told to go **** myself by the randomness of dice when I roll: Str 3, Dex 5, and Cha 6. At that point I either ask my DM to let me use the...