I rarely ask *everyone* in the party to make perception, insight, or lore type checks, because someone almost always rolls high. Why bother rolling? I often limit those checks to someone in the front or talking or trained. DMs: What's your stance on "everyone roll a ___ check?" — DMDavid (@dmdavidblog) October 11, 2019 At […]
I have been playing since the 70s and overall I’m very happy with 5e except the surprise and stealth rules. I have seen your official responses and group checks etc. and it seems that this was a miss for this edition. What problems are you running into? — Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 25, 2019 I’ve […]
Adventurers, red and rawDangle from its lanthorn jawIt prefers young, not yet wizened wizards, preferably stewedFor meat without metal armor is more quietly chewed — Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 17, 2019 A wise king in silent stealth ups and goesAnd decadent wallowing in luxuries he abruptly endsThe day his capable and determined foesOutnumber his fawning […]
1)Q: “My new neighbour is quiet and withdrawn, and only goes out at night. With a shovel. I followed him, in stealth, to a graveyard where I espied him digging up a recent burial. After his departure, I dug up what he’d…#AskElminster — Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 21, 2019 2) …reburied, and found a dead […]
Lune Lyrohar, resident of Shadowdale, was secretly a weretiger. Pennae did her "I'm a thief, I'll go out on my own stealthy stealthy" thing to try to find the big cat that was savagely mauling villagers to death…and found it, the hard way. :{ Vivid 1979 roleplaying session. — Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 22, 2019 […]
Been tinkering w/skill challenges in my campaign: * Skill challenge requires multiple characters to make a check, but each PC chooses what they’re doing. No assisting. * Goal is to amass points equal to # of PCs as baseline * Check <10, 0 pts, 10 – 14 1 pt, 15 – 19 2pts, etc — […]
When working on 5e, we decided to tilt accuracy in favor of characters but increase monster hit points a bit to make combat last a few rounds. People liked the feel of hitting more often, even if their damage as a percentage of monster HP was a little lower. (1/?) — Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August […]
The game I ran at Founders & Legends is up on YouTube, featuring an all-star cast of players. I had a ton of fun with this one. https://t.co/P5SpzvEKOV — Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) August 26, 2018 Couple things about this game: If Arkhan does not land that 300+ damage double crit round, we’re very close to […]
