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I haven't played all of them, but it hasn't been my experience that they're super easy, at least at the lower levels. Someone already mentioned the initial goblin encounter in Lost Mines, and Cragmaw is pretty lethal as well, with a boss that can easily one-shot any first level character (and...

This looks like it could be very cool for published scenarios where everything is already set up and you can just log in and play. As others have noted, the customization tools will be the big question for DMs like me that like to homebrew. I've gotten to the point in Fantasy Grounds where I...

This just came up in my last session, where the party encountered an intelligent monster that didn't speak Common. It started as a potential combat encounter, but when the group was able to find a common language they were able to avoid conflict. It's fairly easy for me to adjudicate this since...

As someone noted already in the thread, the Basic module B4: The Lost City is an excellent template for this. It has factions, potentially friendly NPCs, a possible base of operations, and plenty of opportunities for character development considering the fact that the party just essentially...

As someone who is fairly well-invested in Fantasy Grounds (I DM two weekly 5e campaigns), I am open to the idea of a new VTT with added functionality. But I run almost exclusively homebrew, and I need a system that is friendly to the builder. With FG, there was a learning curve, but now I am...

Google Hangouts and Zoom seem to be popular options for video chat.

I have published the first part of Forgotten Lore as an ebook at Smashwords. It's cleaned up, edited, and trimmed down a bit (I removed the D&D-specific elements to avoid any copyright issues with WotC/Hasbro). The book is available in most of the major ebook formats, including mobi/Kindle...

Glad you enjoyed it! If you liked those two, you may also enjoy my Rappan Athuk story, "The Doomed Bastards," which is still hanging around the front page of this subforum...

Glad you enjoyed it. It's a lot quieter here now than back when I was posting my earlier stories, but I enjoy getting the feedback of regular readers. These stories have always been a fun way of familiarizing myself with new editions of D&D.

Well, there it is. Another story finished. As always, it ended up longer and more complicated than I planned when I started (over 400,000 words altogether!). Obviously, I could have kept it going past this final cliffhanger, but I’ve been writing this story for almost two years and this felt...

Chapter 317 A sharp wind blew over the ledge where Bredan sat, his back to the reassuring bulk of the stone wall that rose up high above him. The wind was bitingly cold, but he barely felt it. His gaze traveled over the city that stretched out below him. Severon hadn’t changed in his...

That would actually have been a cool twist! Wish I'd thought of it! :) * * * Chapter 316 Bredan’s awareness returned within a sea of blackness. He had no sense of his body, or anything else; he was just a disembodied presence within the black. He felt a momentary surge of panic, but...

Chapter 315 Glori’s struggles to breathe eased as she began to lose consciousness. Desperate, Quellan channeled a trickle of divine power into her—all he could do, with his higher-order magic fully depleted. The spare the dying cantrip worked, stabilizing her, and her breathing eased as he...

Chapter 314 The bright glow shining from Quellan’s shield drove back the shadows as the companions made their way down from the stairs into the underground vault. “Over there,” Glori said, gesturing toward the glowing arch off to the side of the room. They could all see it clearly, as it was...

Chapter 313 Bredan and Kurok made their way slowly up the stairs. Bredan was having some difficulty. He was exhausted and battered, his stamina flagging, but he tried not to let it show to his dubious companion. The other merely adjusted his pace to match Bredan’s. The hobgoblin was a...

Chapter 312 Glori let out a sigh of relief as Quellan completed his prayer of healing. She’d suspected that she’d had a minor concussion from having her head slammed to the marble floor. Kosk had managed to save her from herself; she knew that she never would have forgiven herself if she’d...

Chapter 311 Bredan reached for his sword, but in his dazed state he couldn’t quite concentrate enough to summon it to his grasp. There was another hiss, familiar even to his addled senses, then an eruption of light and sound that momentarily blinded him. He blinked furiously as he struggled...

Chapter 310 Darkness enfolded Bredan, so suddenly that for a moment he thought that the mummy’s strike must have connected and knocked him senseless. But then he realized that he was still aware, could still feel his body. He could hear movement around him and smell the stale rot that...

Chapter 309 Bredan could not remember ever feeling a pain like that which the mummy guardian had inflicted upon him. Every bit of his body felt like it was dying, and every muscle and organ and bit of skin was telling him that it was over, that he could do nothing more than collapse and accept...

Chapter 308 There was no time to react as the naga seized Kosk from behind, its long fangs driving deep into his body. The others could see the dwarf’s face twist in pain as its jaws locked onto his chest, lifting him off his feet to dangle helplessly in the air. “No!” Glori yelled, but the...