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Yeah, but the latter problem is solved by the usual 5e assumption that looted gear is generally garbage that isn't better than what...

I definitely wouldn’t do pregen. I think that a very unsatisfying way to run a full campaign for experienced players. To constraining...

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a tie in product ever be a direct replica of a product. A few reasons… Firstly it’s very rare that mediums...

Yeah. I had a look and there are 11 mini dungeons in Act 1, and 3 major dungeons (Goblin Fort, Grimforge, and Abbey) Act 2 has the...

I used elements from the game. Not recreating it. Level 13 battle of BG. Final session Sunday. Metaplot was basically dead 3 and...

This sounds fun. I would adapt many of the items to the TTRPG, bit cut them down by a wide margin. Something like 1/3 of the way from...

Im running a BG3.5 inspired campaign. It has more basic items than typical. Not BG3 levels though. Its not to far off the 5.5...

How far have you got? Have you ran the encounters and story as the game? Are you enjoying it?

I would say 50:50 ratio. Three hours prep for a three hour session. Reading scenarios, writing up events, landing pages, maps, VTT...

So this thread may have come up already. I haven’t noticed if it did and I didn’t spot it on Google. There is something unique about...

What you are saying is the exact opposite of everything that has ever been said about WotC and 3rd Party companies. One of the entire...

I am not convinced that this the case. I think high level adventures are a lot of fun for the players but preparing one is not a lot of...

Spell slots and casters aren’t really the problem. Casters get one extra high level spell every 2 levels or so. That they can use once...

I especially love your second point, as I don't think we discuss it often. The aspirational aspect of games with character progression...

I mean, they do that in this book.