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I have a Fantasy Grounds Ultimate License and also Subbed and played on Roll20 for over a year. The whole time I used my Surface Pro or my desktop with 1 23" Gsync TN monitor. I miss my old 2 monitor set up but the place is very small and I knew I would move again in a year so I didn't pick up...

When I see a posts by people upset at the min/maxing of groups I empathize. I really do. Mostly for the other players because they might feel weak and ineffective. Since I mostly (only?) DM I consider the min/max player a challenge to my own creativity. To counter this I must create complexity...

Madness is a new stat and I think one of the harder things to deal with for new DMs (myself included). I'm posting what I'm experiencing in the hopes to hear from others. What Works: Players seem keen on this mechanic. I missed the first row when the prisoners were forced to watch the Drow skin...

I have an arcane trickster in my group who uses her bonus action to hide. She rolls and checks with me and I just think "yeah. Something is there larger than you so you succeed." I don't mind her hiding to get advantage for sneak attacks but I wonder at it's necessity. I'm not sure what to do...

The thief subclass has a talent that allows them to use magic items regardless of restriction. Does this mean attunement? If a barbarian were to try and use a wand of magic missiles how would that work? Set a DC for the item and make an int/arcana check? What is a good scale for DC? Rarity...

I dont recall spell scroll cost from the ph or dmg so I am counting cantrips as lvl .5 i have been using: 200*Spell Level for scroll costs. When it comes to spells like "Wish" 1800 gp seems cheap. I've considered doubling the multiplier each tier. Does anyone have a system that works?

Last week my encounters group spanned 9 people. A few level 3's and some 2's. I ran a drow encounter wuth an ettin. I downed 3 but it wasn't fatal. I ran a calculator and discovered they could take a CR 5. Since they are traveling with a caravan i was thinking a troll encounter would make sense...

Identify scrolls work great in MMOs and computer games as money sinks but I'm finding I don't like it in PnP or even online "PnP" games. The three main reasons are that items are a pain to track (especially potions and scrolls), it detracts from the epic of conquest, and in some cases detracts...

Running a Dragonlance game and a certain player is decidedly evil. If the job is to assassinate someone, he will assassinate them. If it is to save a kitten then he'll save the kitten. This is all done for the right price. The problem is he stands by the fact he is chaotic neutral and can do...

A) I was running a pre-gen for the adventurer's league and several players joined my party late. They obviously out-classed the adventure because I had more than 6 players and some were max level for the adventure. There was a fight in a swamp with three giant toads. The players were in a boat...

One of my players is a rules lawyer which is useful at times since I can ask for a page number and it'll get served right up. Last night was kind of an opposite experience. One of the characters rolled a [1] on the damage die for a spell that is AoE. Several Stirges (also at 1hp) saved. I...

I've always been fond of rogues for being sneaky and stabby, not just another kind of ranger. I'm currently in two games, one as GM and the other as a player. Both rogues are pretty much ranged based. I went to the PHB and aside from finding a magic melee weapon I can't find any incentive for...

Situation Last night I had an encounter that left me a little sour. A monk in our group claimed he could throw darts and then use his bonus action to make an unarmed strike. His argument hinged on the fact that monks were proficient with simple weapons and darts. A monk proficiency therefore...