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Monomyth II: The Mentor

The mentor is wiser, older, and more worldly than our soon to be hero. They also offer the necessary bit of encouragement.

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5e Monster Templates

I like the idea of the template system where a DM can quickly change a monster’s level to suit the needs of the upcoming combat. I was wondering if we could do something like that for 5e. 

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Monomyth I: The Call to Adventure

This is the point in the monomyth where the world comes and drops a problem in the lap of a hero or heroine, and they are forced to deal with it.

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Why Do All of Our Adventures Start in Bars?

The obvious answer is that taverns are a meeting place; it’s where people in the town gather. Thus you can generally find people there, and some of them might want to offer you a job. There is something a little deeper going on, but I couldn’t put my finger on it

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Condition Experience: Stunned (5th Edition)

The shoe slammed into the right side of my face, the heel landed just below my eye. “Make a constitution check,” the DM of life said. “Um I rolled an 8. With my modifier, I have a total of 9,” I replied. “Not good enough… you are stunned and knocked prone”.

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Group Passive Perception

Assuming all the gnolls that Enna hunts are paying attention, they would all roll a perception check, and functionally drop all but the highest score. 

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