Recent content by J-H

Good news, if they're built for 5e they are all cross-compatible. I've heard the 5.24 monsters tend to be less barbarian-friendly (bonus Force damage instead of weapon damage?) but unless you're at the bleeding edge of deadliness in a battle, you're probably fine. 5e monster manual on a...

The only ones I have experience with are: Halflings. Possibly the most powerful race in 5e because they are 5% better at almost everything thanks to Lucky. Any time a DM says "critical fumble" I say "halfling." Bountiful Luck extends the benefit to the rest of the party. All true luckmancer...

Not a 5.24 player, but I might steal good ideas from this thread. In my opinion, one of the weaknesses the Ranger has is lackluster defenses; if they switch-hit, shields are out, so their AC is never great, they can't benefit from HAM, they have no damage resistances except Absorb Elements...

Disengaging is a defensive action that forces enemies to chase you. Rogues, Monks, or free with the Mobile feat. I see it pretty regularly. My wife's character used Mobile a couple of days ago to de-stick herself from an azer barbarian so she could go kill the spellcaster he was trying to...

Capping HP growth at 10th level has worked great in my BG2 game. Nobody's over 150hp and they are 19th level. Everyone has invested in defensive abilities where they can, and although the access to magic makes their ACs relatively high, every hit that gets through counts. Combined with...

I'm playtesting one mini-campaign right now with my two kids each running 2 characters. It's helping me check that the combat is at the right level, and by doing it out loud at the table I find areas where my phrasing needs revision or explanations are unclear. Beyond that, I've run several...

Finished DMing the Baldur's Gate II campaign (about 75 sessions), then after a short break to intro a new player to D&D, kicked into the ToB expansion content. Probably about 35 2.5-3 hour sessions IRL this year. Got closer to finishing the full playtest/playthrough of Dracula's Curse (CV2)...

Which forum/subforum here would be appropriate to post requests for reviews, or availability to do reviews? I lose a player to boot camp in a couple of weeks, need to solve the "down to 2 players" problem. If I can solve that and go the "use something I haven't written route," I'd be happy to...

Thanks for the additional info. Here are two more ideas: Mist Casters On initiative count 20, the mist spawns 2-3 enemies within 60' of the party (fog visibility may make them invisible, but audible, so they can be targeted with disadvantage). The enemies are made of mist, and have around 30...

Where did the spirit come from? What are its themes beyond spooky and causes disease and fog? I know you want a boss fight, but this sounds more like undifferentiated manifestations of its presence rather than a single boss. Here's a Poison Mist elemental. It can be nearly invisible in the...

I have written and posted a review on the DM's Guild for every module I've run. But guess what? I'm running stuff I've written most of the time (Baldur's Gate II isn't going up on the DMG but the rest is there or will be there). I've only run one thing not written by me in the last 2.5...

Luckily I'm not a fan of lying townsfolk or mis-translated cryptic clues. Without a guide it's really hard to know where Deborah Cliff even is, that you need to show Dracula's Heart to the ferryman (who totally doesn't belong in Innsmouth), or a few other clues. I played it as a kid and I've...

How many fully backed kickstarters and team projects do you have under your belt again? :)

My playtest party is 5. I think anywhere in a range of 4-6 would be fine. The preview link includes the campaign log to date. My playtest is play-by-post, so it's been running for a bit over 2 years and we've had a couple of players swap out over that time. tl;dr answer on party size, skip...

Aside from getting play-testers to review modules/campaigns after you post them, how does everyone who isn't a well-known publisher get people to read and review your work? The very few review blogs I have found are either not 5e any more, not updated any more, or are backlogged and not...