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If you're running a Gritty Realism campaign, that changes my perspective, and you're right. Your modification here makes more sense. That 14th-level druid, sacrificing 11 hit points and doing 11d4 poison damage, is a lot more manageable. Another consideration is that, beginning at 4th-level, a...

Another thought: Since the druid can wild shape into Large creatures beginning at 4th level, you might also consider working that into the Circle features. A Large swarm of rats could attack multiple targets and/or use larger damage dice.

Your English is without a doubt far superior to my competency in any language other than English. I really like the concept you came up with here for your friend. I can just imagine the reaction around the gaming table the first time Vile Eruption makes its appearance.

1d4 poison damage per hit point (your original wording) would become 55d4 (66 - 10%) poison damage in your example here. Yes, that would be too high. If you feel like rolling that many d4s - hoo boy!. Consider increasing the size of the damage die, instead. That will do more to balance it...

Professor, I took the liberty of bringing the language more in line with the official texts. I hope you don't mind. Druid of The Rat Swarm Circle of the Rat Swarm Improved Swarm At 2nd level you gain an ability to wild shape into a Swarm of Rats, as a bonus action. This swarm has its...

re Vitriolic Explosion (level 6). Per the description in Vitriolic Blessing (level 10), it appears that the poison damage should be 1d4 per Hit Die, not 1d4 per Hit Point. Whew! Much more reasonable damage with that clarified. All that gore ... impressive - and totally gross! I'd insist on...

3E Hero Builder's Guidebook For the backstory geeks among us, the best assist for creating a family history, both current and ancestral, that I know of. Kindred in spirit to the 20 Questions in Legend of the Five Rings, except better. One time, establishing a few details about the wood-elf...

Imo Indomitable is good as it exists because it describes an extraordinary ability that is not easily come by. It is there for truly heroic moments, where the fighter may be able to overcome an assault that other classes only get one chance at saving against. I like the gritty, dramatic aspect...

The RPG Paranoia's catch-phrase ("The Computer is Your Friend") comes to mind; all of us responding so far are doing so on electronic devices. Hmmm ...

I like this product. It is well designed, nicely using existing and a few new NPC templates, and adding a number of equipment variations from MM base information. It ably fulfills its purpose.

As I recall, the books never explained specifically how Gandalf killed the Balrog. What we know is that Gandalf destroyed the stone bridge, plunging both himself and the demon into the chasm. Might the monster's and the wizard's deaths have been simply the result of falling damage? Poor beastie...

There was a starter box with 6 minis (including a medium-size, young green dragon) and a 2-sided battle map, and a rules booklet to get you playing quickly. I'd be dubious of being able to find the box-set now, but I know the rules were (are?) available online. Check the WOTC website for...

Cue Dylan: (En)Tangled Up in Blue.

It's excellent for fleshing out settings for 5e games, as noted above. The simple rule of thumb if you use any NPCs/Monsters from the 4e Neverwinter Campaign Setting is to divide the creature's level by 3, multiply by 2, and adapt as necessary/desired. I especially liked the were-rat thieves...

As prisoners, the PCs will be w/o their gear. I'd suggest, if a player wants to be a wizard, that he/she use tattoos for the "spell-book". Their drow captors would be unlikely to recognize the tattoos as spells, and the PC would be limited to low-level spells w/o material components until such...

Wonderful intro - my thoughts keep returning to this and I start chuckling all over again. Sooner or later I will "borrow" this and drop it on my players!

Good to hear.

I'm finally getting around to creating a PC Wizard using Arcane Archer. Wanting the character to start out with proficiency with the bow limited choices on race either to one that grants such proficiency (elves) or a human (using the variant build, with the two +1 ability bumps going to Dex and...

I'm in the audience for this, and looking forward to the show.

About this: avoiding the Spellplague taint is okay with me, but I'm thinking the Sundering could be made to work for AQ. Since the pantheons for Zakhara are distinct from those in the rest of the FR, perhaps AQ was sheltered from the problems of the rest of the world by its own gods and...