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Ogrémoch hates mining, since any fruits in the crust of the earth are his. The only alternative that's come to mind is some sort of slave plantation, on an expansive plateau with well-protected entrances. Ideas? Edit: after LMoP, everybody's tired of mines and this mine map is pretty weak

Your gut reaction please, followed by any rationale. Yes or no?

At what value would you set 1 lb of mithral in your campaign? According to the DMG (p.157): 1 lb of gold is 50 gp 1 lb of platinum is 500 gp Does anybody recall any reference in D&D material to the value of mithral bullion (coins, ingots)? The party is about to enter Wave Echo Cave, where...

We're cataloging our miniature collection on Flickr and have no clue what these are: Anybody recognize them? Thanks!

Help! Imagine that the mine in Wave Echo Cave is up and running with skeletons mining away as they did in life. Every day three teams of 10 skeletons gear up with picks, hammers, chisels and shovels and put in an 8-hour shift * under the supervision of some deathlocks and wights. There's more...

Yeah, Iarno escaped in my campaign. I was going to just throw him into the mix in Wave Echo Cave, but I recently discovered a weakness in the party's future that he could exploit, deliciously. You know how the party's supposed to get 10% of mining profits (which Mearls pegged at 500...

A reward suggested in Lost Mine of Phandelver is 10% of the mine's wealth, once it's up and running. Who's pegged a number? What did you arrive at?

For once my local game shop has nothing close to what I need, and I've never shopped online for minis. Where do you shop? I'm in Canada, though shipping cost for the right minis is not a problem. I'm looking for a beholder for the spectator in Lost Mines of Phandelver and a classy vampire for...

I compared the Minotaur with the Minotaur Skeleton to get an idea of how to scale the stats for a Purple Worm Skeleton. The only things needing to change are: 88% of the hit points (217 hp) an AC of 12 (natural armour) half wisdom half charisma same damage, but it can't swallow or poison...

I figure the easiest ruling is poisoned condition, but smoke eventually kills. Anybody have smoke inhalation rules from old editions? Mine are buried in storage.

I'm having trouble interpreting Gygax's cubic volume table on p. 106 of the DMG. Here are the first two rows, with the three columns on the right representing the type of rock being mined. MINING: CUBIC VOLUME OF ROCKER PER 8 HOURS LABOR PER MINER Race of Miner working very soft soft...

I'd love to know what ideas others have for extending Wave Echo Cave. PCs are expected to be 5th level upon completion of Lost Mines of Phandelver (LMoP). I have a party of six PCs I'd like to raise to 6th level by extending the map of Wave Echo Cave. I was thinking it might be fun to...

For those of us not running HotDQ, what adventure are you running after Phandelver? I'm considering this 5e conversion of Ravenloft. My only concern is a cramped battle map in that mansion. If I had the time, I'd convert the uber-fun Dark Tower and make Jaquays' delicious maps more...

The Basic Poison is 100 gp for three applications, and it's the only poison in the PHB as far as I know. A creature hit by a poisoned weapon or ammo makes a DC 10 constitution check or suffers 1d4 damage. My question is, is the creature then poisoned as per the condition in the appendix? If...

Ok, I'm disappointed in the lack of conjuration spells for the Warlock, given that I've got Moorcock's Elric in mind. Warlocks can Conjure Fey but for some reason not fiends or elementals. They even have Banishment to get rid of outer plane critters. What's the point of serving the Great Old...

I'll be running Lost Mine of Phandelver on Sep 6 with six players, and the module's designed for 4. I have zero experience scaling a published adventure and could use some tips from more experienced DMs. Increasing the challenge for a group of monsters is straightforward -- just increase the...

Anybody tried swapping systems as a way to represent a weird shift in locale/vibe? I can't shake this idea: While the party's in the Feywild, the game's run with OD&D rules. The character conversion's hopelessly inaccurate but so what? It works fine as part of the wyrd. Thumbs up? Down...