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For the sandbox-ish game I'm designing, most of the hazards are contained in mini-dungeons, not wandering the countryside. So my means of avoiding the problem under discussion is this: each dungeon has a "threshold monster" at the entrance. This particular monster is of a CR that defines the...

Enough people on this forum have defended the feat that I think it's probably OK, just not at low levels. I personally plan on waiting to take it until at least 8th level to avoid giving my DM headaches.

I am confused by the discrepancies between the manufacturing and purchasing costs of magic items.

Assuming your party is trying to stop Ogremoch... I like the Womford idea because you do want him to take something out before the PCs can do anything. After that, you want to figure out which location would make for the best showdown, and have him draw a line in that direction...

I'd say (a) Lucky turning roll, or he locked him down there before he finished vamping, and (b) vampires don't have a tunneling speed.

Pretty good spell list - not a game changer or anything, though. I like the idea of Sorcerer-only spells. More, please.

Excellent point. Does the Yawning Portal version of Tomb of Horrors contain the JOUST game?

Did we ever do a thread suggesting what the "best placements" would be for the items?

Wasn't it established that the "vampires burn to death in sunlight" trope originated in the movie Nosferatu? I always thought it interesting that it wasn't actually in Dracula, at least explicitly.

I made him immune to sunlight damage (not radiant damage) as long as the heart was intact. Didn't save him, though. I like Quickleaf's idea of replacing the lord of the castle. For example, Escher the vampire spawn is upgraded to full vamp status - and, due to the nature of the plane, gets...

An invitation with a specific date, in fact. So it's not a "drop by when you're ready" but a "Your presence is expected at".

Tecuziztecatl sounds like a proper (Aztec) name to me.

If you play the module "as written" the party will be unable to just leave the castle without difficulty. Keep this in mind.

In my game Strahd used the third gem to make the Heart. (Because I didn't feel terribly inspired.) Not that the party ever went that direction.

So our group is starting a new campaign, and for the first time in ages I'm not the DM. Yay! The campaign premise was that we were basically adventurer-athletes, competing in dungeons for contracts, exposure, and the glory of the Emperor. We just completed our second dungeon and made 3rd...

I also felt that the greater concentrations of magic items aren't (apart from the castle) where the PCs are going to automatically go. They're in spots off the main plot line - Baba L's, the Amber Temple. So the party needs levels before getting swag. And yes, there's a problem with coin. Of...

Strahd needs Greenflame blade for sword-fighting revenants. Otherwise they regenerate unless he pulls out the big guns.

Ages and ages ago there was a whole Dragon magazine article about provisioning an army - namely, that no-one could afford to feed an army by buying iron rations for everyone. So yeah, you provisioned armies by looting the countryside and foraging as best as possible, for the most part...

I don't like the Far Realm connection for psionics because 5e has already established that as being warlockry. It's similar to the question of whether demon-worshippers get warlock or cleric powers. This is, of course, something the individual DM can happily tailor - but we are talking about...

Yeah, basically. I fully support deciding not to randomize the adventure, but once you've decided to randomize what's the point of changing it to suit players' whims?