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<blockquote data-quote="AkaKageWarrior" data-source="post: 8958089" data-attributes="member: 67010">Interesting problems...Already lots of good advice here!I'm &quot;DMing vs very good players&quot; (good character builds (no big feat for 5e) and good tactics), and yes, it is a challenge.The basic 5e design flaw IMO is: many monsters deal not enough damage, but have very high hitpoints. So some battles are simply boring, hacking away at some for round after round.But nobody says you cannot change the monsters or the prebuilt adventures.Change the encounters - too many fireballs? Give them some fire-resistant critters.Or sometimes even cheat a little...And prepare, prepare, prepare. Make BIG notes of the monsters best abilities.I screwed up a few times as a DM when playing Rise of Tiamat, forgetting the dragons legendary actions, or some wizards' counterspell. That would have changed the encounters so much.And wow, handing out a wand of reverse gravity at that level? Crazy.I'm very miserly with magic items (and haven't found too many in HotDQ / RoT), and there's definitely no magic item shop around the corner. Maybe in a big city, with very limited stuff, for horrendous prices.Player wants to buy a halberd +1? Let him roll, chances depending on campaign setting and city size, and then &quot;oh, you're lucky, for 5000 gold it's yours&quot; - assuming that the party's whole treasure might be just above these 5000.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AkaKageWarrior, post: 8958089, member: 67010"] Interesting problems... Already lots of good advice here! I'm "DMing vs very good players" (good character builds (no big feat for 5e) and good tactics), and yes, it is a challenge. The basic 5e design flaw IMO is: many monsters deal not enough damage, but have very high hitpoints. So some battles are simply boring, hacking away at some for round after round. But nobody says you cannot change the monsters or the prebuilt adventures. Change the encounters - too many fireballs? Give them some fire-resistant critters. Or sometimes even cheat a little... And prepare, prepare, prepare. Make BIG notes of the monsters best abilities. I screwed up a few times as a DM when playing Rise of Tiamat, forgetting the dragons legendary actions, or some wizards' counterspell. That would have changed the encounters so much. And wow, handing out a wand of reverse gravity at that level? Crazy. I'm very miserly with magic items (and haven't found too many in HotDQ / RoT), and there's definitely no magic item shop around the corner. Maybe in a big city, with very limited stuff, for horrendous prices. Player wants to buy a halberd +1? Let him roll, chances depending on campaign setting and city size, and then "oh, you're lucky, for 5000 gold it's yours" - assuming that the party's whole treasure might be just above these 5000. [/QUOTE]

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