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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...

Just a guess, but I probably prep for 1 hour for every 2 hours of play. But it's not consistent. I might go for weeks with minimal prep. But that's because I spent hours and hours prepping the campaign before the first session.

This point just seems so obvious that I can't believe it needs to be made. But we are living in the dumbest simulation. As I am continually reminded.

I think the argument being made is that 8 medium encounters per long rest (the 5E "adventuring day") is a natural fit for dungeon exploration and may have even been designed with that in mind.

What do you play?

I'm not sure how to say this respectfully, but I find the original question to be absurd. These are the longest Forgotten Realms campaign setting books(s) in over 20 years. Production values are amazing. They are the big Christmastime release. It's just obvious that a lot of effort was put into...

Over the last two years I've got to play two of my bucket list campaigns for D&D(ish): The Banewarrens. Played it using Shadow of the Demon Lord rules and it worked great. Eyes of the Stone Thief. Playing it in 13th Age and should wrap up next year. My wish list for the future: Great...