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But you don't base the game mechanics around the one power gamer. Most people are not min-maxers, just like most video game players are not speed runners. You base it around the fun a group of people have. You base it around the feeling of being fair and levelled. Not the lone guy at the game...

For some monsters, they would probably just leave. Think of the carrion crawler. For others, like a band of goblins, they might make traps and go get a hobgoblin or two. For yuan-ti, they would probably gather a bunch of slaves, have them attack, and then send in their guards, an abomination...

It was never about dispelling LTH. It was about how many monsters have a reasonable intelligence to understand that invaders into their lair are holed up in a seemingly magic bubble. Those monsters can do many many things in eight hours. And the answer to how many, approximately 3/4 of the...

Many of them. I don't know about you, but our games generally revolve around something more than a bunch of carrion crawlers eating garbage in a city sewer. There are thieves' guilds, yuan-ti sects, gnoll hordes, orc strongholds, dragons, a myriad of demons, undead (many of which are...

I understand the frustration with the spell. It plagues many DMs. But if you believe, for example, a gnoll horde or slither of yuan-ti are no match for four PCs at 5th, 6th, 7th, or even 8th level, I would encourage you to rethink that claim. The party would be at great risk with either of those...

No offense, the reason no one can answer is because it is not an exact formula. Much like those that believe their damage per round calculations are accurate, they're not. There are too many variables to calculate. Way too many; from party composition to level to enemies to environmental...

No, you don't need to specifically concoct enemies. Many enemies re just smart enough to do this. If you are talking about carrion crawlers, owlbears, or a T-rex, then great. The spell did what it was intended to do - keep the party safe while resting. That is the beauty of the spell. It works...

The thing I don't understand is when someone casts Leomund's, if the bad guys spot them (in any adventure), they can go get reinforcements - like a lot of them. There are drawbacks to that hut. There are, of course, other ways the hut can be made to hurt PCs as well, like trapping the area...

Then they are not playing a roleplaying game, they are playing a combat simulation or tactical combat game. The fact that thousands of hours of D&D exists online for anyone to watch, and almost all of them have narrative driven stories should expressly teach, through direct and concrete...

Your response sounds like game defense: using amorphous language definitions and positions to simply state, "I am above, no below, no to the side, no to the quadrant right and above you." It is simple. Are you positing that in a role playing game, without silly descriptions of phases, that...

Post it then. Please. It should be easy. Show me where they discounted the advice in the DMG.

Having played this in 5e as part of the Yawning Portal, I can tell you that it does not matter if you rest or not. ;)

Are you being serious in this quote? Especially the bolded. It is a role playing game; therefore, if the players take their roles the narratives would be consequential.

Can you please quote the thread that discounts the DMG's advice.

He did know about it. But, he seems like a nice guy, so he doesn't want to come out and just say: "You know, if the DMs read the DM's Guide, they wouldn't have as much of a problem with boss encounters." Instead, he points to the math, which shows if people have a long rest before a boss...

Perytons are indeed underrated when it comes to RP. I once had an NPC who left his many "female friends" without a note, coin, etc. after promising each he would take care of them. He struck out into the frontier for a get rich scheme. The PCs grew to really like him, as he was charming and...

It's interesting, because there is an entire section on this in the 2014 DM's Guide. ;)

I am confused. Is this the same Iron GM tournament that was at the LA gaming conventions in the early 2010's? The Strategicon events: Orccon, Gamex, Gateway? I was a player for one of those events, and my two buddies and I still feel guilty about being too tipsy and suggesting he use AD&D...

5e (Great for general purpose fun and surprising moments) Vampire: The Masquerade (Great for RP) The Adventurer's Arts (Mine; Great for giving me a creative outlet ;)) Daggerheart (A fourth would be nice. Haven't played yet, but we start a new campaign with it in a few weeks! Read the rulebook...

Acrobatics Animal Handling Arcana Athletics Deception History Insight Intimidation Investigation Medicine Nature Perception Performance Persuasion Religion Sleight of Hand Stealth Survival It is pretty difficult to assess their usefulness, since many of them are class specific, or campaign...