Recent content by Lazybones

Darkness is a choice. A -5 to Passive Perception is a significant penalty, especially in an area where there are traps or monsters lurking. I have had all-Darkvision parties sometimes pull out a torch or carry the light cantrip just for that reason alone. On food I mostly agree, I don't...

According to Amazon, there are nine of the double-sided maps (so 18 maps total). The keep and wilderness exploration maps are on opposite sides of the same sheet. Several of the wilderness encounters do use the same map; I've seen at least 3 different examples of those in the preview vids, along...

I was one of those folks who didn't like the shift away from racial stat boosts, at first. I didn't like the optional flexibility rule when it came out in Tasha's, and had to be convinced by my players to allow it in my most recent 2014 game. I felt the same way that others have posted here...

Based on how many 5-room dungeons I've run as one-shots, I could easily see each one of the Caves of Chaos taking up a game session. I know they're using milestone leveling, and while I don't know where the thresholds are, I wouldn't be surprised if the first level up came in the keep, the...

The character cards go to 3rd level, with two choices for subclass (on the front and back of the L3 cards).

I wonder why each of the samples has 1 hp more in tokens then their max HP.

TheSword's list of valued improvements is very similar to mine, so I'll just endorse that. I support everyone's right to an opinion, but some people in this thread seem to be implying that it's ridiculous to consider the new ruleset an improvement over 2014. Folks can stick with 2014 or pick up...

The feats are integrated into the species and background cards. For example, the Human species card has the "Fortunate" trait, which uses the rules from the Lucky feat (I'm not sure why the changed the wording). The Acolyte background has the spells for the Magic Initiate feat preselected...

The books all appear to be relatively short, the Wilderness one is the shortest at 15 pages. The Keep booklet looks to be about the same length; it focuses on the NPCs in the keep and apparently the players can do minor quests for them. The wilderness book includes various encounters, including...

The unboxing video didn't show everything, but it looks like there are four species (elf, dwarf, human, and halfling), and about 7 background options provided in the set. So if you have more than four players, you can at least have some variability between the characters within the four class...

When I created my 5e adaptation of The Lost City I leaned heavily into the suggested content for expanding the adventure provided in the original Basic module. There are some decent maps of the underground city online, and I built out the three faction headquarters, the Temple of Zargon, the...

I gave it a 7. I am running two campaigns right now that are still using the 2014 rules and one that's 40 sessions into the 2024 ruleset. I really like the books; the highlights for me are the covers (alt versions) and the interior art, and the overall organization. I like the way they put the...

I have the digital version for my VTT of choice. The adventures are great, and classics for a reason. I don't really like the framing vehicle for using them together as a campaign but it's easy enough to drop them into an existing campaign. I just started running The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth...

I just rewatched this recently. The second one is even better than the first. I heard they're working on a new one.

As a long-time Fantasy Grounds (FG) user, I thought I'd add my notes on that platform. I've only used that and Roll20, so I can't comment on Foundry or Owlbear Rodeo. I really can't disagree with anything that Algorithmancer said; FG is complex, and it does have a steep learning curve, though...