skerritthegreen
Explorer
• I don't like the idea of outsourcing stuff (or pulling in external content, however you wish to refer to it). Part of what I see as a problem with some of the declared-campaign-legal elements -- such as the Hardbacks -- is that they are written and designed by people external from the needs and requirements of an OP-style campaign. In a proper OP-style campaign, I feel that the people running it need to be in complete review and have the final say-so on anything legal in it.
All of these adventures are being written specifically for this OP campaign. The authors and organizers are sending outlines to the admins, who edit/adjust them and then approve. The adventures are also sent to the admins who read/comment/approve or reject them. They are not separate, we just getting more people helping with putting out additional content
• While I'm sure they are all personally nice folks, my experiences with Baldman's at last year's GenCon has left a sour taste in my mouth, and thusly I am somewhat skeptical of their ability to handle something like this. What other scenarios, modules, hardbacks, etc., have they written for organized play campaigns?
The people involved in this ran and or write regularly for Living Greyhawk, Living Forgotten and Ashes of Athas; basically the previous two decades of OP for WOTC. What they do still has to get passed the Admins as additional gatekeepers.
• There has been, IMHO, a gradual eroding of "organized" in the AL "Organized Play" as the seasons progress, and this just seems to me to be further extending that lack of focus in the campaign. Despite AL originally being set around the Moonsea, as time goes on, the AL campaign seems to be splintering away from a cohesive Moonsea campaign, and instead venturing into a multiheaded beast that dives head-first into whatever new product is out from WotC this quarter. W
Interestingly that is a position that is definitely in the minority of feedback we get. In general w hear from more people who want to get more content, so this will help address that. Also, the Moonsea adventure by BMG are actually to help firm up a cohesive story, which is why they are all trilogies and will often include special events that where the actions of the PCs affect the release of a later trilogy. It seems likely that if you only want more of the same and to not use new content, then its likely you will be unhappy with AL overall, but that's okay. There is no right way to play.