WotBS [WotBS] 5ed. still a thing?

KenanGoneWild · May 19, 2021

Hey Tormyr,

Just wanted to check in and see how things are progressing for the final chapter! Excited to see it.

Tormyr · May 19, 2021

KenanGoneWild said:
Hey Tormyr,

Just wanted to check in and see how things are progressing for the final chapter! Excited to see it.

It's been a long road. The Beating of the Aquiline Heart has roughly twice the content of Under the Eye of the Tempest in terms of encounters, at least by my gut feeling (I didn't count). There are tons of monsters, tactics that needed to be changed because of changes to spells, and more. Most significantly, wading through tons of minions does not work as well in 5e's bounded accuracy and would case combat to drag on too long. The encounters have been made more focused, with fewer minions and getting the heroes to the battles where they are most needed with the explanation being that the rest of the army is making a hole for the heroes to head through. Many of the encounters in the first wave of the battles in the Opaline Wastes also feature the allies the heroes have met along the way rather than having them be optional requests for aid.

Also, Roll20 has been pushing their update to their new lighting system and getting the third-party publishers to update their content. This has created a lot of extra unpaid work on my end and kept me from working on new projects.

advarn · May 21, 2021

Tormyr said:
It's been a long road. The Beating of the Aquiline Heart has roughly twice the content of Under the Eye of the Tempest in terms of encounters, at least by my gut feeling (I didn't count). There are tons of monsters, tactics that needed to be changed because of changes to spells, and more. Most significantly, wading through tons of minions does not work as well in 5e's bounded accuracy and would case combat to drag on too long. The encounters have been made more focused, with fewer minions and getting the heroes to the battles where they are most needed with the explanation being that the rest of the army is making a hole for the heroes to head through. Many of the encounters in the first wave of the battles in the Opaline Wastes also feature the allies the heroes have met along the way rather than having them be optional requests for aid.

Also, Roll20 has been pushing their update to their new lighting system and getting the third-party publishers to update their content. This has created a lot of extra unpaid work on my end and kept me from working on new projects.

I've been loving your work so far on the conversion to 5th edition! Everything you've done so far is really impressive, do you have a general timeframe for when the final adventure might be released?

Tormyr · May 21, 2021

advarn said:
I've been loving your work so far on the conversion to 5th edition! Everything you've done so far is really impressive, do you have a general timeframe for when the final adventure might be released?

Thanks for the kind words.

The Roll20 stuff needs to be wrapped up first. Then this goes out to the people who make sure I don't make dumb mistakes. I am guessing that it will be out nearer to the end of June.

KenanGoneWild · May 23, 2021

Appreciate the update! And thanks again for all of the work you've done converting my favorite adventure path to 5e.

spinmd · May 25, 2021

I will echo the kudos on the 5e update, great job! My gaming group is really enjoying the campaign (currently at the Monastery).

I have a quick question on Aurus. We use character and monster talents (great 3rd party products from Dragonix) in our game and the amount of talents each monster has is based on CR. Aurus is listed as CR 5 which I think is a misprint as Aurus has a +4 proficiency bonus, which would put Aurus between CR 9 to 12. I am curious to know Aurus' actual CR, if it is not too much trouble.

Tormyr · May 25, 2021

spinmd said:
I will echo the kudos on the 5e update, great job! My gaming group is really enjoying the campaign (currently at the Monastery).

I have a quick question on Aurus. We use character and monster talents (great 3rd party products from Dragonix) in our game and the amount of talents each monster has is based on CR. Aurus is listed as CR 5 which I think is a misprint as Aurus has a +4 proficiency bonus, which would put Aurus between CR 9 to 12. I am curious to know Aurus' actual CR, if it is not too much trouble.

His CR should be 10.

Also, you can keep up with changes in the errata document, which includes the following:
Aurus has +10 to hit and does 4d6 + 6 bludgeoning damage with Kiano. He has +9 to hit with his Gore attack.

WotBS Errata

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spinmd · May 25, 2021

Thanks for the quick update!

Nod_Hero · Jul 17, 2021

Tormyr said:
I am guessing that it will be out nearer to the end of June.

Just checking in to see if there's an updated timetable. Any word on Chapter 12?

Tormyr · Jul 17, 2021

It's with the technical reviewers now. There is almost two books worth of content, and a lot was adjusted to fit 5e's way of doing things. As soon as I get feedback and update the book, it will be available.