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I'm holding off my DM concerns until we see the DMG. They're supposed to be reworking the CR system to actually work, and with the PC improvements, this is a necessity. I don't expect the lethality to actually be high, since modern gaming doesn't employ a lot of character death, but I don't...

Currently running Vecna, and I figure at least the DMG will be out by the time I finish. I've got a Greyhawk campaign in mind, so I want the new Greyhawk stuff they put in it. It'll also depend on Roll20, bur I'm pretty sure they'll have the new character sheets and such added by then.

Because those decades of lore were already controversial. Greyhawk was largely static during 1E, with the "story" being advanced by the published adventures and a small handful of articles by Gygax. He originally intended it this way, for everyone to start at CY 576. The Realms has always...

Greyhawk is a great example to use in the DMG of how to build a setting. It gives just enough to spark the DM's imagination without burying the DM in excessive lore. I'm really happy with the map and the decisions we've seen so far. Hopefully this enjoyment will continue throughout the release...

I've been using 5E Revised or 5E24, but 5.24E fits the same mold. Honestly, a year or so after release it'll just be 5E...

The Knights of Holy Shielding lost about 80% of their land to the Greyhawk Wars. As of the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, they had reclaimed most/all of their lost territory. I believe the Crusade was done in late 2E, but I don't know the specifics.

Agreed. The baklunish are also looked upon with suspicion in a lot of places as well, so it's not just orcs. My issue is below. I really don't want a Kingdom of Many Arrows in Greyhawk. Even if you sympathize with the humanoids of the Pomarj because they were displaced from the Lortmil...

It's actually easy to include the odd races as pre-existing. There's just not enough of them to have a significant impact on society. Similar to Halflings and Gnomes, they don't have their own nation anywhere, instead living either in small communities or among humans. I've been doing this for a...

I have a "Standard Actions" listed like monster stat blocks, since they don't change very often. I include cantrips and weapon attacks, but I seldom bother with other spells.

This is how I do my characters using Google Docs, plus tool proficiency. It makes it really simple to figure out the modifier when using different ability scores.

I normally put in enough to explain my motivation. Usually 2-3 paragraphs are fine, and while I give it to the DM, I don't necessarily expect them to do more than skim over it. I like to provide plenty of plot hooks for the DM, even if they have no intention of using them.

Given that the "average" diamond is valued at 5,000 gp (per the DMG), the diamonds used for magic are the equivalent to industrial diamonds: small and unrefined.

Sadly, by RAW 5E assumes 100% purity in its coins. The cost/weight ratio is the same for coins as it is for bars.

Half Feat, but don't add a +1 if taken at higher level. They're 1st level feats for a reason.

As a DM, I leave it to my players to track the specifics. I trust them to take care of what needs to be done, and don't worry overly much if they fudge tracking ammo and the like. I do require them to have previously purchased expensive spell components and track their rest resources, however...

I'm overall not a fan of APs, since by their very nature they must railroad the players (and DM) to a certain degree. This puts me off the current trend in adventures, since they are the most profitable to produce. I've enjoyed the anthology books quite a bit, since they provide exactly what I...

In my first 5E campaign, we had a player make an archer EK and it worked extremely well. I don't have the specifics, but he took the archery fighting style for his bow attack and used firebolt for his primary spell. He was well balanced, because he could use magic against anything he needed a...

I've run a LOT of adventures, especially back in the day. The BECMI adventures were overall the best, but there were some great AD&D ones as well. This is my personal list, but like others, I tend to modify the adventures to my tastes. I've run these all multiple times over the decades, to great...

This is my preferred style as well. I ran an excellent campaign for 5E, where the party started out investigating bandits, which revealed the return of the Temple of Elemental Evil, where they saved the missing prince of Furyondy. After being richly rewarded by the prince, they were then sent on...

I think the main thing is access to charts that aren't easily memorized. The weapons and armor charts, plus adventuring gear prices. Container capacity, which is a pet peeve of mine. Light ranges. Things like that. Another item that's pretty vital is the effects of Conditions, but IIRC both DM...