D&D 5E Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass

CleverNickName · May 20, 2025

I just got my copy in the mail yesterday. We're right in the middle of moving, so it immediately got packed into a box with my other RPG materials, but not before I had a chance to flip through it.

Folks? This is a beautiful product. Well-made, wonderfully illustrated, full of imagination and creativity. Just skimming it for ten minutes has given me tons of new ideas for my next D&D campaign.

Xamnam · May 20, 2025

So very anxious to receive my copy.

MichaelSomething · May 22, 2025

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
It's not about kick down the door play at all. It's cozy fantasy where the big threat to the setting is fixing the balance between the spirit and material world.

There's also mechanical support for being an apprentice witch with a flying broom learning your trade, to reference another non-door-kicking movie.

You do kick down the door, but that door is in your heart! And the treasure you find is the courage to stand up for yourself!

Here's a clip video...

humble minion · May 22, 2025

Sigh. My copy has been sitting around in Australian customs, and now at a fulfilment centre, for literal months now.

Whizbang Dustyboots · May 22, 2025

humble minion said:
Sigh. My copy has been sitting around in Australian customs, and now at a fulfilment centre, for literal months now.

Yep. Mine is somewhere in America, but there's no sign of it, including whether -- by virtue of being an early with some sort of physical goodies as a result -- I count as "book only" (which go out first) or if I'm in a later wave.

Xamnam · May 23, 2025

Well hey, maybe grousing here did something, I just got my initial shipment and tracking email!

Whizbang Dustyboots · May 23, 2025

Xamnam said:
Well hey, maybe grousing here did something, I just got my initial shipment and tracking email!

It seems to have worked for me as well!

Whizbang Dustyboots · Wednesday at 10:20 PM

Just received mine today. This is a busy time of year for me, so I won't have time to go through it for a bit, but it's a really impressive volume. I can definitely see a lot of folks wanting to set a campaign here.

Also, a party of adventurers bicycling from town to town, solving problems, is an amazing vibe.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Wednesday at 10:32 PM

Hmm, and now I see that Eyes Unclouded, which was a mithril best seller last time I looked, is no longer available on DMs Guild or DriveThruRPG. That's weird and unfortunate.

SteveC · Thursday at 2:23 PM

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
It's not about kick down the door play at all. It's cozy fantasy where the big threat to the setting is fixing the balance between the spirit and material world.

There's also mechanical support for being an apprentice witch with a flying broom learning your trade, to reference another non-door-kicking movie.

This sounds like a wonderful product, but I can't think of a system I'd play but would want to play less for this game than 5E. It sounds like the binary skill system of D&D without even something like skill challenges. I'm definitely not trying to yuck anyone's yum, but playing this with a system like Daggerheart or Grimwild (just to get started) would seem to go together like peas and carrots. And thoughts on how they deal with the mechanics side of things?

D&D 5E Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass

CleverNickName

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Xamnam

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MichaelSomething

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humble minion

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Whizbang Dustyboots

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Xamnam

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Whizbang Dustyboots

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