Recent content by Aaron Berkowitz

I think you may be over-reacting a bit, which isn't terribly professional for someone who is publicly representing DDAL. You agreed with me that the passages in the adventure were problematic. You said "it is unfortunate that we did not catch the examples in this adventure." What are these...

Actually, I was just referring to the corrections regarding the exclusivity of launch event materials, the date of the launch of the season's modules, the missing rewards on the DM Quest materials, etc. I'm glad that you are an opponent of racism. I don't think that I once in this exchange...

Thank you for the response. I'm glad that the Admins are aware of the problematic nature of this content, and I'm glad that they (unlike many in this thread) are committed to avoiding racism/sexism and bigotry in general. And I'd like to note that the quotes describing the Gur as proving "to be...

Actually, I thought Curse of Strahd did a fairly good job dealing with the Vistani. They aren't called "gypsy-like" in that book, as far as I can tell, which is appropriate because "gypsy" is considered a slur. They are described as flamboyant "silversmiths, coppersmiths, haberdashers, cooks...

Well, first off - dwarves, elves and halfling are not directly inspired by specific real-world ethnicities. If the avaricious dwarf also had a hooked nose and spoke Yiddish, I would find it more problematic. I think that "racist" accurately describes the fact that the very first AL module that...

Considering how good AL adventures have been with including gender and sexual diversity (as mentioned on another thread in this forum), I was really disheartened to see the antagonists of the first AL adventure for Season 4 to be stereotypical "thieving gypsies". Spoilers below. - - - - - - - -...

Last time I checked, D&D wasn't a competition between players but a cooperative game where groups of PCs attempt to overcome difficulties to achieve quests. In my groups, when one of the PC wizards trivializes an encounter with a great use of a spell mechanic, or when a player uses Sharpshooter...

I think a lot of folks on this thread are overestimating how much "damage" a player can do with these new DM Rewards. It's true that someone could "cheat the system" by earning their 3000 xp for the social media tasks. That would put a character up to level 4, which isn't really all that high...

I suppose you must be right - I've never played with someone who was intentionally trying to break the game or make it unfun for other players. But that seems like a problem with the player, rather than the system. It's unfortunate, but you can't legislate jerkiness away. :-) I'm sorry if you're...

I guess I don't understand the problem with someone having a "powerful" character. I'm not much of a min-maxer personally, but I DM for a mix of players, some of whom get most of their enjoyment out of being useful and successful in combat. Since I ultimately want my players to be successful in...

To be fair, the only reward that allows DMs to add non-consumable magic items to their adventures requires you to DM all 14 of the DDAL adventures for the season. The last of these won't debut until 3 June (and won't become widely available until later than that). The reward expires at the end...

I'm curious about the caveat in the guide that a DM reward of some sort might make your afflicted character eligible to be played. Is there a proposed DM reward in the works that would allow you to play a lycanthrope or vampire PC? Or a DM reward to to cure those afflictions?

Pauper - It specifically says you measure it in 2 hour chunks. So your first example would be 4 two hour chunks, which is 900 XP (225*4). Your second example is 3 two hour chunks, which is 675 XP (225*3). The 4 hour column on the chart is specifically for 4 hour DDEX adventures, and is...

Remove Curse gets rid of that particular "gift". If you have players who are abusing what is otherwise a really cool curse, you could always have Jeny Greenteeth decide to Remove Curse out of the kindness of her shriveled little heart.

I've been reading the new AL Player and DM guides, and there was one question I couldn't find the answer to: Are there renown and/or downtime rewards for players running through the Curse of Strahd hardcover? I saw that DMs get 5 DT per 2 hour session, but didn't see any guidelines for...