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So this has come up in the last few 5E games I've played. A Rogue tries to pick a lock, or a fighter tries to climb a wet wall. They fail. Then they immediately ask "Can I try again?" and most DM's are like "umm I don't know..." "Sure" Is it in the rules anywhere? Or is it up to the DM...

This is a conversion of the Pathfinder module "We Be Goblins!" to D&D Next. The module itself is available for free on the paizo.com website. It's one of the best they ever wrote, the players all get to play goblins in search of some missing fireworks! What could go wrong? One of the great...

So here is my conversion of all the monsters and NPC's in the Pathfinder RPG module "Feast of Ravenmoor" to D&D Next. I'm pretty sure I'm not breaking any rules because no stat blocks are copied from any D&D Next playtest documents, and the monsters from the module itself are open-content...

This is my ultra-quick (little work as possible), while running the 4E monsters almost exactly as they are written, and not changing the way 4E works too much, attempt at an on-the-fly conversion to D&D Next. You're going to be mixing 4E effects with D&D Next effects. i.e. Your players could...

This whole post looks better as a Word document, download this entire post here: WordDoc Converting Pathfinder or 3.5 Monsters to D&D Next on the fly. Contents Introduction. 1 Step 1: Subtract CR from AC. 1 Step 2: Attack bonus for all attacks is CR/2+2. 1 Step 3: Leave Damage as is. Leave...

I put together this list of things to make encounters more interesting that just fight 5 monsters. There was an old forum post here on avoiding "the grind". I hope this is a good start to fixing that. How do you encourage movement into a room instead of a fight in a doorway? I put them all...

So I want to try at updating Orcus by using the new black dragon solo released in the Dungeons & Dragons comic book #1 as the guideline. I read AngryDM's guide, but he's designing encounters not designing monsters. I want to do as little as possible. Change Orcus's powers as little as...

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