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I also try to make light matter- but in DND5e between darkvision, devils sight, and (IMO most problematic) unlimited cantrip castings, it can be tough to completely turn the lights out on the party. The best advice I can give to making dim light table-relevant is to always ask "ok youre sure...

I hate to attribute too much to the guy, 'cuz I've been playing TTRPGs for almost 30 years now, but Matt Colville definitely cemented some ideas in my mind which match a lot of your assumptions: Adventurers bring trouble, or they follow it. They think money can solve everything. They're drifters...

You can also check out mcdm's Flee Mortals! if you want another monster manual to pull from. Its monsters are a bit more complex but interesting.

Agreed that consistency and a sense of direction's very important. There are some indie ttrpgs that use old art that's fallen into the public domain, and it can be very effective if they curate it well so it's all a consistent feel.

Is there a way to still get a print copy of this one?

Wow how did I miss this one? Gotta check this out, love the article pitches.

There's a reason the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had to live in a sewer.

True- but to be fair, I don't know that they said that those parties that ignored the fireball-throwing mooks won their fights- so you think that if they're getting whooped, or if they lose, they'll learn and use better tactics in the future.. this might be the case, but it might not- because...

I appreciate that you posted this, I was curious to see if anyone was going to say "no ttrpg book art doesn't matter to me," because to my mind it'd be like someone saying "I don't like (any) music" so I couldn't imagine it. Thus I appreciate you sharing your perspective!

I'm curious to see whether someone that had a YT comment deleted mentions it there.

BTW Ben Milton posted a reply to the video criticisms on the DCC subreddit regarding his video.

I'm really enjoying a lot of that art and cartography. It's funny how much art influences my opinion of an rpg product 😅

It's funny, when I'm in-person and everyone's arranged around a table, I think and describe things in terms of the character perspective: left, right, etc. But when I'm running online, on a battlemap or big dungeon map, I know that north/east/south etc are more helpful because everyone has that...

That's an excellent observation.

I can see why someone would criticize their style and layout, it's definitely not up to current specs as far as best-practices go.. on the other hand I've found many DCC adventures very easy to run because they're well-written. I think if they updated their layout/style it'd be even better, but...