The Next Session

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Elrothir’s party made a deal with a hag and now they want out of it. 

RivTinker is planning a campaign arc with the God of chaos but on a smaller scale, there is a ship with sunken cargo they need to figure out what it could be. Should it tie into the greater arc? 

Take it or Leave it: 

Atomfullerene has a mechanic they are offering up for underwater battles in shark infested waters. 

Use That Spell: Hellish Rebuke

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EarlyMayRabbit’s players have been carrying around a duck egg and it is finally going to hatch! What should be in it?

OneDesign5063 is letting a player carbonate their healing potion, but should it do something extra? 

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ZhenomaDM asks, “Can magic circle trap a night hag on the ethereal plane?”

Use That Spell: Dream of the Blue Veil

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ArtemisEvenstar is making a campaign where 3 days prior to the first session magic was suddenly introduced into the world! What sort of consequences does this have? 

DR_AniSahne is starting their campaign off with a murder mystery and wants help brainstorming how the players are caught in the act. 

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BeubtheDemonSlayer wants to know, “How do you feel about DMPCs?”

Search the Room: Bag of Beans

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Next Session Help:

Aozth has a player who has turned into a loot goblin and the rest of the party is on the verge of PVP murder. Super tense situation that we will try and unpack!

Misophoniasucksdude is creating a one-shot where a goblin just cast Wish - but what did they wish for?

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Holycrabe wants to know “what’s the consensus on Counterspell against healing?”

Brianne's DM doesn't want her to play a unicorn.

Search the Room: Galder’s Bubble Pipe

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Next Session Help:

TheDoon has 4 players with water walk cast on them and are inside a Kraken's mouth while the Kraken is submerged underwater - What will happen?

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Yryel wants to know if Tritons can conjure water and heal themselves with that water?

DJ_Uwawah has a question on how attacking with ranged spells into water works.

Search the Room: Weapon of Certain Death 

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Next Session Help:

Furious_cactus has set their players on a quest to kill a god…. But how would they even go about achieving such an ambitious goal? 

QuillontheFae’s players killed a 5th level spell caster and the wizard recovered his spell book. Does that mean they get all the spells now? 

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BenManGinger asks “Create or Destroy Water says that it can destroy fog, and Cloudkill is described as fog, so... can it destroy that fog?”

Use That Spell! Knock 

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Next Session Help:

Nz8drzu6 wants to know how to prevent a player from eldritch blasting everything in the room to detect mimics.

iNogle gave their players a lantern of revealing several sessions ago but needs help coming up with invisible things that can be revealed. 

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Irishgrapes is struggling with a younger player (12) and wants us to brainstorm if having initiative out of combat would be an effective tool. 

Use That Spell! Enervation

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Next Session Help:

Raddude557 has a scenario where they need to prove someone is noble without paperwork/ references. The A&A brain trust is on it!

Mango He's players thwarted the plans of the BBEG's from taking a legendary item but now needs to find a new hiding place for it without rail roading the players into it.

Take it or Leave it: 

 Xx_swagatron_xX offers some advice on a strategy turn during combat. 

Search the _Homebrew_ Room: 

Our friends at DNDbrews on Instagram let us talk about their fantastic items: Wasteland Dagger & The Warcry Helm! We're so excited and hopeful they will let us discuss their awesome items in the future. Fingers crossed!

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Next Session Help:

Mithrandir2056 has set a quest for the Players to retrieve the Heart of a Nixie for a potion, however one of the players does not want to kill a Nixie. Let’s brainstorm!

MorphinRiddle has a player who decided to drink a random potion that everyone is sure is acid. So…… they dead right? 

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FullHealthCosplay NEEDS to know how to handle Unseen Attacker. 

Use That Spell! Nystul's Magic Aura

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Next Session Help:

Ferskenkejseren’s player stole a runic keystone from a fey merchant. Now he is trying to come up with a good punishment from the fey. Let’s make some memories!

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Eisenheim96 wants to know about destroying objects out of combat that have hit points. “What is stopping my players just standing there and rolling d20s until they manage to hit it enough times to destroy it?”

NEW SECTION! Name to be determined - We are discussing advice we have come across from out in the wild wild west of the internet. This one comes from DornKratz who says " ‘Are you sure?’ is the wrong question.”

Use That Spell! Fortune's Favor

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