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1st level or low level vs. 15-20th for new campaign. How do you deal with one shots or epic level campaigns when all the lower levels are just created instead of formed over many play sessions?

Jason Shivers

Hey Oleg, we're going to handle some questions on Player and Character creation for this Q&A -- would you mind if we cover this one next time?

Dungeon Dudes

I heard of a new setting made for 5th edition D&D and I'd like to know more about it.

Backgrounds are one of the only ways of getting tool proficiencies, but I am yet to see an example of a tool proficiency in D&D that actually felt like it mattered. Do you have any advice on how I can help my players feel like they made a meaningful choice with their tool proficiency?

Cormac

As a frequent DM and a lore buff, when I get to the player's side, I often find it difficult to divide what I know versus what my character would logically know. It's hard not to metagame sometimes, and I was wondering if you had any helpful suggestions in preventing me from doing so?

Samuel Cavender

Do you ever introduce game mechanics for character traits? For example, I have a character that has a backstory involving trauma in battle so anytime he fights 6 or more opponents he has disadvantage on attacks due to flashbacks.

How, as DM's, would you balance combat, that is described in DnD books in extreme detail, and social interactions and exploration, that are mentioned as two other "pillars" of DnD, but are not really well covered by rules.

Oleg

When you go to create a character. You go in knowing what you want to do or do you just have a loose concept and let the dice rolls determine the final character?

Hi, my question is in your opinion what battle strategies can PCs employ to maximise advantage other than as a result of spell casting? As an example, although I didn't find any elevation advantage rules, I think that some DMs give advantage to characters on a roof using ranged attacks or spells on characters down at ground level (and I think the Baldur's Gate 3 game will be taking it into account). Any thoughts on this aspect of the game would be appreciated.

Question for Monty, what is the process you go through in incorporating your player's backstories into the games you stream? During character creation, how do you strike a good balance of what the player wants and what would fit the world?

For one of my games the DM and half of the players are first time D&D players. How can I help the DM out in game? For example I try to quietly play peacemaker between the "takes it way to seriously" and the "everything a joke" players or pull us back in if we start to get off track talking movies or video games. What else can I do until she finds her own way of handling things?

cmac