Recent content by sim-h

Level 5 seems awfully low level to be gaining your own Stronghold as a matter of course. There's already lots gained at Level 5, it's a real step up. In my opinion, they should save Bastions for a higher level, like 10 maybe (9, again, is already a tier shift, no need to add more goodies).

In my experience the words 'players' and 'limited set of options' don't tend to go together very well! Unless you've already discussed this with your players and they are keen, of course!

It's an incredible game. I've got as far as lvl 7 now and I have had half a dozen issues with misplaced cutscenes and incorrect dialogs ("Erm, no, I didn't actually DO that...."). I'm reporting them all so hopefully they can tie up all those loose ends. The game is just massive. I feel like I'm...

I mean, the giant could have dealt non-lethal damage, taken him off somewhere to cook as he prefers cooked dwarf. Then the rest of the party could spring a trap to free him. If you want that friend participating in your group, you'll have to humour him. He ain't going to change. Either boot...

The NPCs are amazing. Only Astarion I can't stand and find irritating. All the others, I find very engaging in different ways. Shadowheart rocks. But she also dies, a lot, sadly. I saw a post from Larian saying she was the only NPC to die more frequently than the main PC...

One things for sure - they certainly like a beer or two, particularly in Bremen! (Five taverns for a population of 150)

I wouldn't leave it to chance. I plan to involve the PCs in both starter quests but not from day one. They'll hear about the murders first and then get approached a bit later, maybe when they make their own enquiries someone will tip them off that a dwarf bounty hunter in (insert convenient town...

The other sources are not 'needed' but they certainly make things a lot easier to flesh out, since we're talking about existing lore and published adventures

I'm shocked by how much Icewind Dale information is left out of the book - looking at the 'Encounters of the Week' for DnD Beyond is highly recommended to collate all these sources. Biggest shocker for me is that there is a far more detailed section on Bryn Shander in Storm King's Thunder than...

Strikes me as having a 'Beyond the Wall' (or rather at the wall) Game of Thrones vibe...

This looks a great intro for kids! Shame mine are still way too young. I might pick it up and stash it somewhere for a few years!

Yes, it's a shame more of the module was not based in Baldur's Gate although there are plenty of hooks there in that section. Way too many to fit into the campaign itself. I added in a few extra encounters and they worked pretty well, although one was stock from the book (Dead Three murder...

I don't have the module on Roll20, I'm just pasting in images and snapping to grids for maps etc. and using the free token sets. I do have it on DnD Beyond which is where I can get the maps etc. If you don't own it digitally at all, then you'll need to improvise a bit more or scan things in.

I've returned to this campaign using Roll20, after we switched campaign for the face to face game for a while to Avernus. About to do session 31. The party are still not in the Tomb yet (Shagambi's shrine took three attempts...). Mainly posting here to note that because they were captured by...