Recent content by Jolly Ruby

I saw it in the Glory of the Giants promotional arts. I'm not sure if it's inside the book too since I don't have it.

"Better" is a very relative concept. The book covers aren't bad per se. The artist, Billy Christian, is really competent and know how to do a good composition. See the examples below: But the art direction is lacking. If someone can prompt a human artist who know how to create good art to...

Maybe controversial, but if I released the paid version with real art, I would also replace the free version with a black and white PDF with the better formatting of the second edition, but no art (neither real nor AI). Two reasons: for many (myself included) the AI art is a downside and I would...

I haven't seen the new Dragon Delves yet but it's really good to hear WotC is improving their usability! I'll see if they have a free preview like the previous adventure compilations had.

I also think the user experience and general layout of games from publishers like Necrotic Gnome, Arcane Library and Questing Beast are a huge leap in usability when compared to the 5e era WotC books, but the definition of the 4th and 5th generations are too vague in comparison to the first...

I agree with you, as I said on my post I doubt they will include an actual Vampire City. But the thought exercise was fun.

I guess the "Vampire City" idea is actually doable, albeit I highly doubt they will include it that way (an actual Vampire City). (spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 third act bellow): EDIT: just making it clear it's just a thought exercise and a idea for a campaign premise, I doubt it will be in...

Who is the woman on the Dungeon Master's Book cover? Looks like Valindra Shadowmantle, but I'm not sure. EDIT: It is indeed Valindra.

My memory made me believe it would have some useful tips for my Tomb of Horrors ShadowDark adaptation. Memory is a funny thing.

This one! Thank you!

I also recommend the chessex battlemat and a couple wet erasers (black and blue, avoid red and green because they're more stain prone). And I usually describe the map and the dimensions of the rooms and the players draw it. They find it very fun, but YMMV

I'm looking for an old blog post that's starts with a story about when the author tells ran Tomb of Horrors as a kid, and all the players fell for the Devil's Mouth trap and were pretty bummed by it. IIRC the author also mentions I6 - Ravenloft, and the article was about changing things in...

It's an element present since I6 - Ravenloft, but on the original module it was awful: he used the spell Polymorph to turn the victim into himself, and then would turn into the victim and scape the mists. I guess CoS tried to preserve it in some form, but I think in the current incarnation and...