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I for one am intrigued. I dig D&D 5E and sci fi, so this sounds like chocolate and peanut to me.

My resolution is just to keep on keeping on. In 2026, I expect to... Complete my 13th Age campaign (it's likely going to take 2 1/2 years and 75 sessions) Start a D&D 2024 campaign set in the Dalelands There's a ton more I'd like to do, but right now my life only has room for one campaign at a...

Wow. I've been watching these maps come together over the months (years?) and they never resonated with me. But now, here, seeing how all the pieces fit? Amazing work. I'm inspired to run a megadungeon campaign set here. Thank you for this and all of your contributions to the hobby.

The appeal of the Dales is that it's classic D&D: Small villages on the edge of the wilderness threatened by evil forces on all sides. Hard to go wrong with that formula. Myth Drannor is entirely optional. My next campaign will be set in the Dales. The climax is likely to be in Myth Drannor...

We've taken a 2 month break from our 13th Age campaign due to my schedule. However, in my absence, the group played Delta Green. I dropped back in for the final two sessions, just in time for my character to blow up himself along with a score of Dagon cultists. Good times were had by all.

This is typical for my campaigns, too.

Thanks. I have a rough outline that takes them up to Tier 3. In addition to the Cult, there will be various factions, such as an evil dragon that wants those abandoned dragon hoards for himself, rival adventurers, etc. Tier 1 is just establishing the setting, introducing factions, seeding...

Jack Aubrey is the perfect example of a min-max'd character. Jack's player: "But you said this was going to be a nautical campaign!" Stephen's player: chuckles [adds another skill point to Bureaucracy]

IIRC Nentir Vale was originally supposed to be placed in the Forgotten Realms, but that was changed at some point in 4E's development. Regardless, Baker is really good at creating "medieval hamlets on the edge of the wilderness under threat from a growing darkness". Can't go wrong with that...

A new 5E setting should be... ...the 4E setting. No, wait. Hear me out. I'm not talking about the Nentir Vale, which (to me) has somewhat old school vibes. (The creator, Richard Baker, also authored Lost Mine of Phandelver, Red Hand of Doom, Reavers of Harkenwold. They've all got a similar...

I'm considering using Sunless Citadel in a similar way to you, as a jumping off point for a bigger campaign themed around dragons. I'm planning a sequel to a 5E campaign from a few years back, which was a mashup of Tyranny of Dragons and Storm King's Thunder. This new campaign will focus on...

Apart from Nimble, how do you like the Sunless Citadel as an adventure? It seems to be well regarded...but to me it reads kind of...basic?

...was it ever useful?

I've now played Session 2 and Session 3 with my son (age 6) and daughter (age 9). He's playing a dwarf rogue, she's an elf cleric. Session 2 was a lot of shopping. (Who knew they were Critical Role fans!?!) I also ran the quest to recover the sheep from the barn, which took them through most of...