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Life circumstances have given me a lot of free time. Sunday I begin the first session of my new game. I've been converting old D&D modules for 5e play (but this isn't really a 5e or even a D&D topic). Last night I finished up what I hope will be the fifth adventure. Not the fifth session...

Got a notification for a new post in a thread I was following, but every time I click on it, it says the threat cannot be found. Was it deleted or merged with another thread? Oops!

As part of my game prep, the players come across a Wizard's study...and books! There's a few threads like this around, but I figured I'd share my ideas so far, and if anyone else has a good idea, by all means, share! Some of these might be a bit too meta for someone's taste; while my campaign...

I'm working on an adventure and this came up. I know how I'm going to rule it, but I'm curious if this has been covered elsewhere and/or what other peopel think. In the adventure, Zora, an 11th level Drow Wizard, has been casting Teleportation Circle in a gold mine each day to deliver a...

To roll or not to roll? (This is a companion to the other thread).

Sometimes a monster seems like it will fold far too quickly for it's CR, other times it's quite the opposite (especially with third party creations). Do you ever adjust the hit points of monsters, and what is your preference?

I'm slated to start DMing again in four weeks and I've run into a very odd thing. How very different 5e and AD&D are! The adventure is HHQ1, Fighter's Challenge. I've always admired how it sets up a region to be a hub of adventures, and rather liked it's plot overall. It was designed for one...

I had this thought in the Ascending AC thread. How do people feel about AD&D ability checks vs. WotC ability checks? Just to summarize, in AD&D, the DM could call for an ability check, where you had to roll under your ability score on a d20. They could apply ad hoc modifiers, though I don't...

For a game I'm starting next month, I decided to try and make bookkeeping a little less tedious. Curious if I messed up and made an obvious exploit somewhere. Supplies Instead of tracking things like inexpensive material components, ammunition, or rations, this campaign will use the...

Something that just hit me while following a related discussion is why some optional rules are in the PHB and others in the DMG. At first I was like "well, it's probably best to discuss options at the same time you're presenting a rule"; for example, the PHB starts right in on optional systems...

I occasionally make threads about things that I'm curious about, or find interesting, but given the sheer volume of threads on there, today I'm curious why there isn't some kind of general purpose thread for questions that might not require a full thread for. Have you ever had a question that...

I want to preface this by saying this is not a call to change how cantrips and spells work; I presume that the current system exists for reasons related to mechanical balance. So please, no comments like "lol wut, do you want to make casters stronker?", or "I hate at-will cantrips!" (we're...

Something I've long been curious about is why spells deal the kinds of damage that they do. Sure, we can point to some damage types being better than others, and some make more sense for the type of spell they are (like say, necrotic for Necromancy magic), but a lot of times, it's hard to...

The common fantasy trope of a Wizard (even a 1st level one!) being an old man wearing a robe and a big hat has been with D&D ever since the beginning. However, as time has gone by, the requirement for a new Wizard to be aged has been eroded by players, DM's, authors, and other fantasy...

Ok, you've decided there's not a lot of magic users in your campaign setting. You let players cast spells, because, well, if you didn't, there'd only be three classes, and you'd have to solve that pesky hit point and status ailment recovery problem for Barbarians and Rogues. To ramp up things...

So I was doing some research the other day and came upon a bit in the DMG where it claimed 25% of all magic swords have some sort of Intelligence. Woah! One out of four of those generic +1 longswords cluttering up my campaigns were supposed to have extra powers? I don't recall this being that...

Because Australia isn't dangerous enough, this guy became a Crab Armorer. I can't say I wasn't inspired to unleash a new horror in my next game!

A lot of people say they want the game to focus more on Social interaction and roleplaying. Or decries that there aren't Social mechanics. But what would that even look like? Would we have "Social monsters" with a "Social CR" and care taken to ensure they have level-appropriate Social...

So I got to thinking about all the different things people want from D&D these days, and thought maybe I'd try to tabulate them all. If you or someone else's FAVORITE THING isn't on my list, feel free to add to it! *Psionics. *Warlords. *Greyhawk. *Gritty, Old-School Dungeon...

I have this friend. I'm willing to bet a lot of you have a friend like this. He is convinced that "making a good character" consists of the following steps: *Give the character a detailed backstory. *Give the character unoptimized ability scores, justifying them with said backstory. *Have the...