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I am sitting here putting together potential encounters for one of my campaigns. I assembled a list of 5 DEADLY encounters that still fall short of the suggested XP for a day. This campaign has 8, sometimes 9 players of 5th level. I did all my calculations based on a party of 8. Here is what I...

The 2E PHB is now available as a pdf at D&D claasics.com for those interested. I'm sure the DMG and Monster Compendiums shouldn't be too far behind.

This is the Bhut from B/X D&D that I have converted for use in my 5E game. Enjoy. Bhut Medium monstrosity , neutral evil Armor Class 15(natural armor) Hit Points 170(31d8+93 ) Speed 40ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 15 (+2) 17 (+3) 12(+1) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) Damage Vulnerability: Attacks...

I enjoy using minis in my D&D games but hate getting bogged down in grid fiddliness. The flanking rules combined with the penalties for trying to move turned a lot of 3E combat into very static chess matches. I was taking a look through the 5E DMG and looking over what optional stuff I want to...

I was working on giving a cleric villain the death domain and noticed that blindness/deafness was a 3rd level domain spell for them. Seeing as how any cleric gets this spell as a 2nd level spell it's kind of lame. I was thinking of replacing it with Vampiric Touch. Thoughts?

[originally posted by Minigiant in a recently closed thread] Well the orc isn't a PC, so 99% of the time no one spent twenty plus minutes creating it and planning to role play it long term. So no. But you can't one shot an orc in Next anyway. They have the Relentless feature. Essentially MM...

I just wanted to point this out as a benchmark of what D&D should feel like. What are a bunch of 5th + level characters doing burning up insignificant little 1-4 hp kobolds. These PCs should be seeing a therapist to help them with their inadequacy issues. The little buggers wouldn't have...

There have been several discussions using a road theme and the various ways one can take to reach a particular place. This is not one of those threads.:D What I would like this thread to be for is presenting, and discussing various types of situations and encounters that take place on the...

Ok we are set for Sunday AM Big Trouble in Little Glantri ( Basic D&D) It has been years since the once thriving city of Quagmire sank into the sea. The best minds in the field of theoretical magic at the University of Glantri were determined to find out why and restore the city to its...

This is a good topic worthy of it's own thread. I thought it would be best to get it out of the edition war thread.:) howandwhy99 wrote "My own preference is for a more traditional D&D type game, meaning it is an elaborate pattern finding game engaging the players logical reasoning abilities...

I would be willing to run a mini painting session if there is any interest. This could be expanded to include terrain construction or other stuff. If there is enough interest then I can haul my stuff up for the day, help beginners get started with the basics, etc. Advanced painters could help...

Quote: Hussar Ok, so, basically, it's perfectly okay for the GM to fudge die rolls in prep, but not during play in order to maintain balance. See, to me, the books say if I kill a given monster, it should have a particular treasure. That treasure gives a certain percentage chance of various...

The Spectre Over Specularum Fear has gripped the capital city of Karameikos. People have been disappearing in the night. Rumors of an impending cataclysmic event have been whispered on the streets. The people are fearful and lock their doors securely at night. ………. and none of this really...

A lot of people have seen the ship tiles and are very sad that they won't be getting any. You can make your own. I have been making my own for a long time. The quality is largely a factor of how much time you want to put into thier creation. 1) Start with a plain sheet of paper or graph/hex...

Is there a reason we're still arguing this? If EW hasn't conceded anything by page 5, he isn't going to concede it by page 6 or 7 or 10. And no amount of posters piling on his definition is going to change that. I was hoping for an actual DISCUSSION of the CONTENTS of DMG2's excerpt, but...

Forked from: Is there a Relationship between Game Lethality and Role Play? I forked this discussion into it's own thread so the original thread could stay on topic, I hope no one minds. The topic of tactics vs rules exploits is subject worty of discussion on it's own. So what are the...

I have an idea for a game that might be amusing. Imagine a campaign where the players create thier heroes, get background information, and prepare to set out on an exciting adventure. The PC's approach the haunted ruins, weapons at the ready, confident in the strength of thier abilities and...

Forked from: What do you do without balance? I didn't want to derail the general balance thread and it seemed to taking a roguish turn so I forked it here.:p I don't care much for the whole rogue archetype in its recent incarnations at all. I like the concept of a stealthy scout type of...

I am planning on making a large amount of homemade salsa and bringing chips for this gameday. Anyone else that wants to bring extra corn chips would be a munchie hero. Anyone else have fav snacks that they might want to bring. Good games and food go great together.