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[Gradine]

I'm hearing rumblings of a Netflix series, set in Forgotten Realms, so more gourmet slop may be incoming. Sadly, those rumblings don't include the cast of the movie.

I mean, I doubt it will be anywhere close to SyFy made-for-TV slop. At worst we're probably looking at Shadow and Bone season 2. The good news though is that at best we could be seeing more like Shadow and Bone season 1.

 

[Ryujin]

Starting to get more than a little nervous here. I'm supposed to be on-set in the Pacific Northwest, some time late next month or early April, but no firm dates yet. That means I can't book flights, hotel, etc.. I've been told that information is imminent, but I missed my last opportunity for the same because of Covid, then late notifications of shooting dates. No, I'm unlikely to be on-screen, except perhaps if they need nondescript extras. "Face for radio" and all that.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm hearing rumblings of a Netflix series, set in Forgotten Realms, so more gourmet slop may be incoming.

Check the front page of this site.

 

[payn]

My hot SyFy take; for the low budget, RiffTrax-esque made-for-TV slop that it was, the second D&D movie was gourmet slop

It was indeed. Folks dont want to admit it, but Book of Vile Darkness movie that came after is like 90% of D&D games.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I know one GM put outs out a campaign prospectus, which they list a few different games and what systems will be used for each one and have the player rate them.

I used to do that, but it seemed like there was always someone who was low end resentful.

 

[Gradine]

It was indeed. Folks dont want to admit it, but Book of Vile Darkness movie that came after is like 90% of D&D games.

I can't speak for BoVD myself, I never ended up seeing it, but Wrath of the Dragon God really did capture the game. My favorite part is when the lich that allied with the villain sees that the villain is losing and is like "You know what, I got my own stuff going on, have fun dealing with this" and peace's out. Classic lich.

 

[payn]

I can't speak for BoVD myself, I never ended up seeing it, but Wrath of the Dragon God really did capture the game. My favorite part is when the lich that allied with the villain sees that the villain is losing and is like "You know what, I got my own stuff going on, have fun dealing with this" and peace's out. Classic lich.

BovD is so bad its good if you can find it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

At long, long, long last, I finally ran Salted Legacy, the first full adventure from Radiant Citadel last night. (I'd previously started the campaign with a first level adventure based on Romeo & Juliet set in the citadel itself.)

Reviewers online have complained that the antagonist's scheme in Salted Legacy doesn't make any sense, but I found that to be no problem:

1. Lots of real life schemes are stupid and don't make sense, which is one of the reasons they fail so often
2. The character is scared of going bankrupt, is introverted and doesn't think he can run a business that currently relies on his charismatic salesman brother once he leaves, and wants to acquire a business where the product (the food) basically sells itself

Lord knows there are a lot of things to complain about in WotC adventures (and in everyone's published adventures, as a general rule), but I found this to be fine. My players initially resisted the railroad that wanted them to compete in the market games, but once they did, they had a great time, since the games themselves are a lot of silly fun.

I suspect running Radiant Citadel adventures every other month is going to be a helpful antidote to real life.

 

[payn]

Not sure where to put this but had a Traveller session last night. The Travellers are hunting a pirate captain with a price on his head. They tracked down his first mate in a scrapyard in a part of town that law enforcement takes its time to cover. The first mate was not going to go quietly. In fact she opened up with a mounted auto machine gun on them at first sight.

Anyways, they dropped one of her crew, badly injured another sending him fleeing, and she was basically on her own. The Travellers closed in damaging her round after round. Finally, they closed into personal range and she activates a device on her cybernetic arm. She yells at her last remaining crew to GTFO and his severance bank account code will be released shortly. Meanwhile, there is an electronic beep thats ever increasing.

Do the travellers run for cover? Two of them did, but two of them did not as they flailed away trying to tackle the pirate who just activated the frag grenade sequence on her cybernetic arm. Of course, the beep was their only clue, well that and telling her crew mate she isnt going to be seeing him again... The blast sent one of the travellers clear over a catwalk into a dirt packed factory floor within an ounce of his life. The other managed to dive for cover only taking a rib breaking hit.

Everybody loved it.

 

[dragoner]

Book of Vile Darkness was pretty cool: