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They are still completely missing (no pdf) three of the 2e Monstrous Compendiums: Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix I Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix II Monstrous Compendium Annual - Volume II This is rather inconvienient, since they have all of the remaining ones (including...

I expect this is the kind of thing everyone has to decide for themselves. We had a fight where the caravan the party was with was surrounded and attacked while by a group of fire giants and ogres while camped. I decided to have the healer be able to heal his Marshal on the Marshal's turn, and I...

So, let me explain the reason I see for the different opinions here. For some, there is a basic premise of D&D that the PCs can accomplish anything, including ascend to godhead and defeat other gods. Not only is "if it has stats, we can kill it" taken as an axiom, but "if we try to kill it, the...

My copy of the rules has warlock getting new spell levels at the same rate as full casters...?

An idea I like that is ridiculously complicated to implement is a hybrid class system, something like what 4e did. Pick two classes, and you get about half of what they each get at each level. You could also make feats specifically designed to enhance certain combinations. So much potential in...

I tell them that I will let them auto-succeed on some things based on their skills, abilities, and situation, so asking to make a check is asking to have a chance of failure where they wouldn't necessarily. (I will still give them auto-success if they mention a check and it occurs to me they...

Welp, we have the rarer lunar and solar dragons, but not the more archetypal radiant dragon. sigh I expected as much. I ordered anyway because I know I can use some of the material. For those who are wondering, it feels kind of like when 4e left gnomes out of PHB 1.

I noticed that a5e.tools has the spell hex and attributes it to the Adventurer's Guide, but my pdf doesn't have it. I redownloaded it from Drivethrurpg, but the new file is identical (and lacking the spell). Is this an upcoming errata that hasn't been implemented yet? Are there any other spells...

With resurrection magic (especially as cheap as it is by default in 5e, given the 5e tag), I'm not sure why a group would opt for no character death (at least, once those those options are affordable). I mean, the game itself is designed to make death a temporary inconvenience--no house rules...

Since there has been a lot more implemented on the system, is it a good time for feedback and feature requests for those planning to run a hybrid 5e/LU, or are we still too early in the process?

It occurs to me, once the system is complete, that the best way to get 5e content from elsewhere into it might actually be a Level Up converter module that will take content formatted for the Foundry 5e system (whether a purchased adventure, content imported from DnD Beyond, content manually...

My PC died* in that encounter when my group played it. I still love ropers. *He got better

When I asked, they said it was intentional. (I'm don't know what the intended benefit is.) Since the asymmetry drives one of my players a little crazy, I just decided to put them onto the standard full progression for my game.

Except that all you need is a cantrip or a magic weapon hitting them once per round to completely negate the regeneration. In my experience most first level parties have at least two characters with cantrips. Are higher levels you have magic weapons. So at very low levels maybe they will...

I've pretty much been officially left behind now, even in fake announcements. All I want is to stick with 5.0, and somehow I can't have that even with a proposed big umbrella tactic supporting all versions of D&D. :confused:

Climate zones will scale with the size of the world, so with a smaller world the tropical and arctic regions will be closer. My recommendation: Don't shrink the map. Having more space to work with if you need it is good. And in Eberron, since you have fast long-distance travel options, there...

Here are some of my thoughts in brief. The worlds of Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind feel most real to me(1), the worlds of Daggerfall and Arena feel less real, and the worlds of the majority of other games feel least real to me(2). Here's why. Recent Elder Scrolls games give you a tip of...

I would emphasize (in addition to having it be a magical condition) having the player of the particular PC be in on it. That's the only way to make sure they aren't going to be frustrated/upset with the outcome. It will also allow them to help you keep it secret from the rest of the group...

I mostly give XP for defeating monsters or otherwise using class abilities (it breaks my immersion for characters to level up quickly and by doing things that don't involve actually using the features they are improving) and my players still find plenty of non-violent solutions. Part of it might...

I must say that giving Find Steed and Find Familiar to everyone in the party is the most creatively game-changing use I've heard of. So much so that it makes me consider whether or not to allow it in my games, even though as a player I would absolutely try to do it now that the idea has been...