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I realized some time ago that one of my favorite archetypes is the small-sized character who makes giant explosions, either with tech or magic. In D&D, my go-to small folk are halflings. I tend to like them as savvy city-dwellers rather than bucolic hobbit types.

Believe me, the actual cozy writers aren't happy about having a bunch of non-cozy stuff shoved into their drawer either.

Not all fantasy romance is "romantasy."

This is the way I like to do it. It depends on being prepared in advance, though.

Knights of the Dinner Table had a storyline recently featuring an oldschool grognard GM who insisted everyone draw numbered chits from a cup as a randomizer instead of rolling dice.

The session ran long, and we only got a few rounds into the combat before we had to pause it because of a combination of people needing to get dinner and me developing a pounding headache. I hope we'll be able to finish sometime in the next couple of weeks. I created two levels of mistwraiths...

Thanks for your help, everyone! The final session is in a couple of hours, and I plan to incorporate some of the ideas in this thread.

I was thinking a bonus action that must be repeated every turn. The party is likely to give the bell to the bard, leaving the character free to cast calm emotions or mantle of inspiration on his action. Oh yeah, good idea. I want the mist to limit their vision as well, so they're traveling in a...

I'm thinking just a single round. It fits with previous in-game lore, plus I want one of the party to have to take charge of ringing the bell. (This will probably be the bard with no offensive spells.)

For enemies that are unaffected by the bell, someone on Discord suggested that maybe the spirit or its minions could animate piles of debris.

Yes, that's what happened in the previous case. If that happens ... sequel adventure! However, the other spirit had actual mind domination abilities. This one would have to try to trick or persuade someone into destroying the vessel. The current situation continues: spirit outside but unable to...

It's prehistorically ancient. Here is the lore the players have about it in game. (Pardon my Korean.) An-gae is the spirit they will be fighting. (Eo-duun goes on to become the warlock's patron.) Also: I just remembered something very important I left out of the original post, which I have...

Yes, they have information about the spirit's past and how it was bound to the vessel.

Hi, folks! A two-year campaign is coming to a close in a couple of days, and I could use some help making the final fight extra special. The party is level 8 (bard, warlock, fighter, barbarian, rogue, and a custom class shaman). They will be fighting their way through a mist-infested abandoned...

Haven't read the whole thread, but might this be helpful?

As for my personal reaction, it would depend on who I was playing with and what mindset I was in at the time. I could see myself thinking any of the possible options.

I had a player roll a 3 in a game with rolled stats. I told him I'd let him pull points from other stats to prop up that 3. He took me up on it and bumped the character's INT to 6.

This probably should go in the Gamers Seeking Gamers forum: https://www.enworld.org/forums/gamers-seeking-gamers.49/ Sounds like a cool campaign, though! You make me wish I had time for another regular game. :)

Some of my oldschool friends still add comeliness as separate from charisma. Mostly just for fun and roleplaying opportunities. I kinda think initiative would be an interesting stat to have divorced from dexterity.

I have a fondness for Xonthal's Tower in Rise of Tiamat. They handled the maze in a way that appeals to me, as a series of encounters to be solved.