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    D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily

    They can't, really - it's IMMENSELY DIFFICULT to fit 6-8 encounters into 3ish hours. I'd say impossible, but I hear anecdotally that some people here play like that all the time. IDK how they do it.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily

    Of course I have! I said that I'd LIKE It to be different than it is, not that I can't play the way it is! I won't always have the same players show up for the following session, or have them understand the notes they took on how their character is doing, or various other things that would...
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    IRON DM 2025 Tournament Thread

    I laugh, but there's tears of sympathy in it.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily

    That's my biggest issue. I would like, ideally, long rests to occur between sessions, but I have no ability whatsoever to get 6-8 encounters into a single session. One big one, two mediums or three small encounters would be the ideal for me, and leave "room" for more nuanced roleplaying. (I feel...
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    D&D 5E (2024) There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen: Snarf's Guide to Using (and adjudicating) Skills in 5e

    As you've probably noticed (playing my games): I like to ask for rolls. I understand (and for the most part, agree with) the notion that "if the outcome is certain, or there are no consequences for failure, then there should be no roll", but I like rolling. I've also long since decided that the...
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    Survey Says TTRPGs Bring Mental Health, Romance, and Friendship

    Every single one of my Tuesday Nighters would answer that they play for their mental health and friendships. And we all started 17 years ago as strangers at my FLGS.
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    Iron DM 2025 Scheduling Thread!

    I think I've said it before - I generally gave up on writing specifically D&D adventures because I kept getting ingredients that were too weird or too modern. Troika works well. I also did well for myself when I essentially went "Who cares what game this is for!" And started to just write fun...
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    IRON DM 2025 Tournament Thread

    I admit, I didn't get it until I read your judgement.
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    IRON DM 2025 Tournament Thread

    I know that I started out bolding and labelling where I used ingredients, and after the advice I was given (looks like it was probably Rune!) I stopped doing it and started to try - just that harder - to make them obvious without pointing them out. I DID have a judge miss one once at that point...
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault Redux (OOC) Fitz's Refresher

    Spoken like a dwarf with 180ft darkvision.
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    Iron DM 2025 Scheduling Thread!

    @Gradine, @AustinHolm & @humble minion - my judgement for Round Two Match One is up. Thanks for your patience!
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    IRON DM 2025 Tournament Thread

    Iron DM 2025 FitzTheRuke’s Judgement for Round Two, Match One: AustinHolm vs Humble Minion. Following the Rules Both @AustinHolm’s So Real It Burns (henceforth “Burns”) and @humble minion’s Forgotten Meat (“Meat”) came in on time and under word-limit, cutting it close on one or the other...
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault Redux (OOC) Fitz's Refresher

    Yeah, I was describing the scene to my wife this morning - flailing about with a polearm might have a good chance of hitting someone, but really, in a crowd in the dark, while your target is being carried or dragged? Seems tricky.
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault of the Dracolich (IC) Redux

    Team Lake The Lake Team had completed their bargain with Guldred the Outcast, but what then? It appeared to Shade-9's calculations that none of the Lizardfolk (perhaps not even Guldred himself) were happy with the idea that the small, weak, former outcast, would become their leader just because...
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault Redux (OOC) Fitz's Refresher

    Valendra made the Concentration Save, in case anyone wonders.
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault of the Dracolich (IC) Redux

    TEAM CAVES Encounter: Dig-Site Time: ~17:35 on 4 Tarsakh 1483DR Begin Round Six
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault of the Dracolich (IC) Redux

    Team Caves Merrick and Torhak's movement became sluggish from the Wizard Valendra's spell. As Shamal moved to join the fray in the downward-sloping tunnel, Torhak slowly stomped out the dropped and waning torch, plunging the area into darkness. Of all gathered, only Torhak and Urgan could see...
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    (5.24 PBP) Vault Redux (OOC) Fitz's Refresher

    So... that's not quite how Mirror Image works. Here's the spell: Mirror Image. Illusion (VS) L2 Slot: 3 illusory duplicates appear in your space & move with you for 1 minute, shifting so it’s impossible to track which is you. When a creature hits you with an Attack, roll 1d6 for each remaining...
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