These screencaps were posted by GM Leigh (of Mage Productions) on Twitter after being showed on WotC's Twitch stream, presented by Kate Welch and Nathan Stewart. Note the old Saltmarsh trilogy references!
Over the past week we've had the snowiest month in 50 years. Yes, one week but more snow than any month for 50 years. The next pass at the Artificer was delayed. A couple streaming shows were skipped. The Renton School District (home of WotC) hasn't had a full school day in a week and was cancelled several days in that stretch.
Sneak peaks generally indicate that an announcement is relatively imminent.
I'd be interested in that as well. It would certainly fit my play style and would allow me to place some location/region right into my game world.
And I also completely agree with you about Ravnica. It's a really amazing book if you give it a chance. The factions are really flavourful and easy to adapt.
It's a really good mini-adventure path, and includes a lot of stuff not regularly seen in D&D adventures, despite everything in it being around since the OD&D days.
EDIT: Except there's (spoiler) an illusionist in the series and I think those only showed up in The Dragon in the OD&D era and then made the leap to a rulebook in the 1E PHB.
Over the past week we've had the snowiest month in 50 years. Yes, one week but more snow than any month for 50 years. The next pass at the Artificer was delayed. A couple streaming shows were skipped. The Renton School District (home of WotC) hasn't had a full school day in a week and was cancelled several days in that stretch.
This seems like it's related to a remake/reimagining of the Saltmarsh series (the leather harnesses with silver buckles are all over U3). I'm hoping it will be more Tomb of Annihilation (new adventure with similar theme and some callbacks) than Tales from the Yawning Portal (straight-up remake updated to 5e).
Why do you say that? I see nothing inherently wrong with having a large number of foes. I usually do it in waves, but we have had severally encounters of that size or larger without any issue. In fact, they tend to be the more exciting ones!
It's a really good mini-adventure path, and includes a lot of stuff not regularly seen in D&D adventures, despite everything in it being around since the OD&D days.
EDIT: Except there's (spoiler) an illusionist in the series and I think those only showed up in The Dragon in the OD&D era and then made the leap to a rulebook in the 1E PHB.
My experience might be different than yours, but I've found a few issues with large numbers of opponents in 5E. The creatures usually pose no threat and go down in a single strike and can't reasonably hurt the party. Or they completely overwhelm the party with their numbers. In either case, the combat turns into a slog.
I am not familiar with the adventure (U3), is that how it is designed? Evidently the first adventure in the series (U1) is considered one of the better adventures ever for D&D and apparently the whole series is well regarded, so I find odd that would be the expectation.If the party is being expected to just walk into a town and put every inhabitant to the sword, (to me) that isn't good adventure design.