February 2020

Tweaking the Surprise Rule for D&D 5E

Ethan Heming / February 29, 2020 / House Rules

There is a surprising amount of ambiguity around surprise and being surprised in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. It may come as a surprise to many that there is no ‘surprise round’ in D&D 5E. This is partially due to the fact that surprise was handled in various manners in previous editions. But it is […]

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Tension in RPGs

Ethan Heming / February 25, 2020 / Advice

In a recent D&D session our merry band of adventurers had found out that, high atop a mountain, a piece of a powerful staff was sequestered in an ancient crypt. But a rival gang of evildoers also knew and was heading there, so we set out to beat them to the prize and prevent the

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