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I reckon they should get some cool abilities from it, but the agonizing process should do some mental damage. I would either get them to design or choose an appropriate flaw for their character, or pick (or roll) a madness from the table in the DMG. Of course if they make some very high...

Both Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Princes of the Apocolypse are set nearby if you want to stay in the forgotten realms, and the first parts of both adventures are not essential - so you can ignore the earlier levels of the adventures and jump in where your characters are currently at. Both...

I'd set up a matrix, with risk on the columns Low, Medium, High. Low risk activities mean not much chance of a good haul, while high risk activities mean a possibility of a big payday, but also very bad consequences. Then roll a percentile dice and add appropriate modifiers. If you roll low...

I think a very high stress situation is a good reason to allow rerolls as well. One of the very fun encounters in my campaign involved the party being stuck down a dead end alley, with the town guards pouring in to kill them all. The only escape method viable for them all to escape was to pick...

Sounds rough, but sounds fun. My players also felt a bit overwhelmed at the start, but once they started carefully considering their options rather than just barging in, things started to go a lot better.

I would argue not to worry about setting right now. Start with the Starter Set - that has enough setting that you can get the 'real' D&D feel without having to get overwhelmed with details. After that you can decide whether to go further with the setting that the starter set includes, or whether...

Entering the Sacred Stone Monastery Continuing on from the groups non-PoTA related political shenanigans (or a side adventure if you like) The next morning, they decide that they must do what they can to stem the danger posed by the cults, and that they are unlikely to get any help from the...

One thing I DON'T like about passive perception is that it gives you a chance of missing something if you are actively looking that you would never miss using passive perception. As such, I have houseruled that when you roll perception, you can choose the better of your rolled perception or your...

I said always, but that's not actually the case. He's not always the person at the front of the group, or in the right part of the room, or even in that scene at all.

Correct Incorrect - If you are in darkness then yes you can move as normal, but you can't see where you are going. You could find hostiles and friends by bumping into them or feeling them out, but you wouldn't necessarily know if they are hostile or friendly. I'd give disadvantage on picking a...

That sounds like a crazy excellent session

I've got nothing against a high passive perception. One of the players in my game really wanted a Sherlock Holmes type character so he did all he could to focus on creating a high perception. So now he always notices things that the others simply would not unless they were actively searching...

That's the other thing. Sometimes campaigns just fizzle out. It happens. If you are not enjoying it, end it. That might mean planning one last epic game, or just pulling the plug so that you can step back, recharge and plan another. Maybe someone else run a game for a bit while you plan the new...

Yep, throw the big guys at the characters. Let the game run to its natural conclusion, but let them realise that they aren't able to handle the attention that these artifacts are attracting. That might change their focus from wielding the artifacts to getting them somewhere safe, away from the...

Thanks though, it was a good thought. It's better that something is rescued twice than not at all.

I just found this while randomly browsing the interwebs - A homebrew Warforged for 5e. I don't think I've seen it on here. http://*****.com/a/kha8A I like it. Interestingly for me, it looks as constitution becomes a much more important stat for this creature as it is the only thing that...

I can't talk about HoTDQ as I haven't played it or DMed it. I read it, but it just didn't inspire me so I passed it on. However I'm having a blast DMing PoTA. The poster above is correct in that you need to make it your own to really make it work, and accept that the players may (very easily)...

They'd have to do very well to bring a small army to their doorstep without anyone noticing. Also, I'd play up the statues in the walled garden being obviously real people who have been turned to stone - Too realistic and shocked or fearful expressions on their faces. For no other reason than to...

Woah dude. That seems like an awful lot of D&D. It's meant to be escapism, but you are leaving no time to have anything to escape from (apart from work). I note that your gaming time does not include prep time either. Do you sleep? When do you have any other sort of fun? I thought I used to...