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    Greek-inspired Odyssey of the Dragonlords From ex-Bioware designers On Kickstarter

    I just want to say, I love how low key the stretch goals have been. With this kickstarter, it's normally just been one or two new monsters, or a new class- it makes me feel really confident that the project will deliver roughly on time and not get completely out of control on the back end. I...
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    D&D 5E Enhancing "Waterdeep: Dragon Heist"

    robus, since you're updating the index- I wrote a second DMs Guild Waterdeep themed product as a sibling piece to "Here's to Crime". "Handful of Heists" is a collection of five heist adventures set in Waterdeep-...
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    DMs Guild [ DMs Guild] Handful of Heists! Waterdeep set capers.

    Hey all! I just put up a collection of five Waterdeep set heist adventures, with seven hand drawn full color battle maps. (You can see some art samples at the product page.) I'm mentioning it here because some people here dug my Blades in the Dark 5e rules hack, "Here's to Crime". These use...
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    Critical Role Critical Role's Kickstarter Breaks $1,000,000 In About An Hour!

    Not the same poster you quoted, but that's where I am. I'm not interested in the streamed game primarily because of the length- nothing against it, there's just other entertainment I'd prefer to spend my time on. I listened to the first hour or so of the second campaign to see if it was a good...
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    Dan Dillon is D&D's Newest Designer!

    He wrote the "Shadowdusk Hold" chapter of Mad Mage. We're friendly acquaintances on Facebook- I messaged him when I pulled that chapter out of the book to run it as it's own dungeon, and he had some great insights on it. Agreed that WOTC is lucky to have him.
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    Dan Dillon is D&D's Newest Designer!

    He does a lot of Kobold Press stuff- in my opinion, they're the best quality 3rd party publisher, it's the best pool to draw from.
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    Critical Role Critical Role's Kickstarter Breaks $1,000,000 In About An Hour!

    The "Adventure Zone" comic was an adaptation of the DMs altered take on "Lost Mines of Phandelver", they just scratched off all the serial numbers and changed some names around.
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    Writing an "Ultimate Underdark" Campaign

    Hey all! For the campaign after my current, we are delving into the Underdark! It's not a setting we've done much with, so I want to hit every trope and make it an iconic adventure. I've been binging some Underdark sourcebooks, I'm planning on leaning on the following: -I want to use some of...
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    Odyssey of the Dragonlords Player's Guide is Free!

    That's why I'm excited about it too! I love the idea of Bioware producing these "One and done" settings built for a specific, fresh campaign.
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    90% of D&D Games Stop By Level 10; Wizards More Popular At Higher Levels

    I just finished DMing my second 1-20 campaign! I'm actually really impressed with how well 5e runs at high levels- combat is more elaborate, but each round doesn't take an absurd amount of time. A good fight still just takes 45 minutes or so- I remember running third edition where a single high...
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    D&D 5E Suggested nerf to the Shield spell

    I think the main issue here is letting abilities refresh at the end of each session. This is a problem that is only going to get worse as spellcasting PCs raise in level. I would suggest having two or three part adventures, otherwise you are on your way to nerfing the entire spellbook.
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    D&D 5E What Does the Game Need Now?

    Honestly, all I really want are domain rules for high level play. Once Colvilles "Strongholds and Followers" book finally comes out, and his "Kingdom and Warfares" follow-up, I'm good. Just publish adventures for occasional inspiration and I'm square on 5e. (My satisfaction is mostly due to...
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    Ravnica and the DMGuild...

    They announced on twitter that Ravnica will be on DMs Guild, I'm presuming it's after the Amazon/general release date.
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    First Impressions – Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

    I bought it and skimmed through a bit- not going to run it as a MegaDungeon, but I think it's SUPER useful as an Underdark resource- maybe even moreso than "Out of the Abyss" was! There's lots of mind flayers, Drow, Aboleth, etc.
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    First Impressions – Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

    I should have kept my notes better! I tend to use the same file sessions by session, I always just delete the week before and keep cranking ahead. I will say, putting it in Forgotten Realms was AWESOME, since making it the only Living Dungeon in the setting made it feel more special, and more...
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