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We played the latest Lair Assault yesterday, and it's the second-best yet (after the first one). It's 8th level and the only limitation is that you have to be a Drow or Drow Revenant (although a case can be made for allowing a Drow Changling). It's still the first week of play, so I won't be...

I hope to inspire a new end-of-year tradition: Crit-mas! Show your appreciation of your DM(s) and buy them a gift certificate at your Friendly Local Game Store!

I haven't found any errata or clarification on the ordering of Start of Turn actions. I remember reading here about a year ago that the player was free to reorder damage and regeneration, typically taking regeneration first to avoid unconsciousness. My situation I'd like to reorder is the...

There's a few feats that are worded with "whenever you hit an enemy", and I want to know if that refers only to the target of an attack, or also those enemies who are hit by "splash damage". For example, I have the Mark of Storms feat with the feature "Whenever you hit an enemy with a thunder...

Tomorrow is Dark Sun Game Day and we have 5 hours blocked out, but unfortunately, we'll have about 8-12 people showing up and I'm the only DM. DMs are a precious commodity around here. We also have mostly newer players, nearly all with just 5-20 sessions of D&D under their belt. Given that...

I couldn't find the rule for this, but it seems that there should be one somewhere. Basically, do any conditions persist while/after dying (but not dead)? Here's some examples that came up today during a large battle. The first example is that the character is taking ongoing fire or poison...

The Monster Manual seems to apply the "spider climb" property to some critters (such as Carrion Crawler's "Speed 6, climb 6 (spider climb)"), but I can't find a definition. There is, of course, the Warlock spell Spider Climb, "You bestow on yourself the ability to cling to almost any surface...

At the end of _Keep on the Shadowfell_, each member of the party will be granted a choice of boons from the representatives of Bahamut and Pelor. Is there some description of what form "representatives" should take, or should I use a "burning bush" approach? (That could work for Bahamut, as...

I didn't find anything about this in the various books, but I assume there's a sentence about it somewhere... I'm DMing Keep on the Shadowfell and the party has picked up Splug (though we call him Splurg) as a long-term NPC. My secret DM plan is that Splug probably won't last past the end of...

I'm a fairly new DM. The group I'm DMing just had a 1st-level Druid (whose form is a bear) join the almost-3rd-level party that is heavy on offense. We currently have a Fighter, Warden, two Rogues, and a token Wizard. So, I'd like to emphasize non-offense (defense, support, etc.) for the new...

I'm a fairly new DM and I missed a great dramatic opportunity yesterday that I didn't recognize until this morning, so I thought I'd start a thread so that everyone can share their regretful hindsight. I'm not looking for bad rules calls, this is for missed story opportunities. We're working...

I'm a new DM and we're running through H1 _Keep on the Shadowfell_. Right as the PCs get into the dungeon, there's a 2x2 (10' x 10') pit trap. I cannot find a good explanation about whether it could affect multiple PCs or not. On one hand, since PCs will be moving one at a time, it seems...