I like the sound of this adventure, except for the introduction where the PCs are summoned to work for the 3 Awesome NPCs you've heard about from Other Products, especially the Super Awesome Witch Tasha who broke the rules of time and space just so she could be here and let you experience how...
I think that's unlikely. The first rule of quitting your job is to say nothing to anyone at work until you hand in your resignation. If your employer suspects you're thinking about leaving they're going to start looking for a replacement, which might not be ideal for you if you eventually decide...
I think they should hire Swen Vincke of Larian, he seems to be an expert at running a successful gaming business without sacrificing the creative aspects. I doubt he'd want the job though.
I don't think AI matters with trademarks. If I get ChatGPT to come up with a company name for my new business, then I believe I can trademark that name as normal. Trademarks are identifiers for businesses and products, not creative works, so the creativity or lack thereof of AI doesn't come into...
I think the best way to get more people into DM'ing is to make sure that being a DM is as fun as possible. Make it clear that the DM is a participant in the game as much as the players, and not just putting on a performance for them.
Why does the connection need to be reliable? It only needs to work once to get the message to the contact. Maybe most messages fail, but this one gets through because PCs are special and this PC has a special feature that lets him send messages.
It seems like you're looking for reasons for the...
That's the only thing in D&D that seems implausible to you? ;)
The vistani don't have to bring the message the whole way, just pass it onto someone else heading in that direction. The background feature doesn't specify any timeframe for how long it takes the message to reach the contact, it...
The vistani travel to and from ravenloft all the time, I'm sure a Criminal can find a shady vistani to pass a message on to their criminal contact.
Why you'd want to is another question, it's not like the contact can help you while you're in barovia. But that's really not so different from any...
Sorry to say it, but these look like ass. Not even remotely an alternative to miniatures, even unpainted ones. I'd rather use flat cardboard tokens than put this big chunk on my table. (Unless I was using it as some pice of sci-fi scenery, it could work well for that)
Now, if they make the...