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Wow, I am surprised to hear how negative peoples' experiences have been. I've never had a player really stressed out or complain with limiting me time/calling it a delay. Maybe it's just because they know they can jump back in and aren't losing their turn completely? At any rate, it's been a...

The best advice I have ever seen on this issue (which came from these boards, years ago) is to use notecards to track initiative. If someone isn't ready when it's their turn (within reason, as per your judgement as DM), simply hand them their card and tell them that they are delaying and to...

Agreed. Conversations online, like those in real life, will drift over time. We didn't start the Waterdeep talk to derail Greyhawk, it was just a natural outgrowth of the conversation. For the record, I was just trying to provide info that I happened to stumble upon later that night (or...

It was a little bit of a tangent, but spamming? Thick. It's a hobby message board dude, chill.

Have you seen this one? It's probably the closest I've seen to what you're looking for. http://prints.mikeschley.com/p858006957/h31cf670d

Yep, the city itself is 132K but the greater lands of Waterdeep are 1.3M, so apparently it is a fairly settled area in the immediate environs. Again this is all 3e here. I don't have any 4e materials and as far as I can see, the SCAG doesn't give a 5e population count.

FYI, I think that in the 3e FRCS they retconned most of the city population sizes to make them a lot more reasonable. I want to say Waterdeep was only about 130K. I do believe it was described as being a lot larger in 1e/2e materials though, so you're right there. Sent from my iPhone using...

Just take a scan of them or make a copy to save in your DM files. I usually save the ending character sheets from any long running campaign and tend to regret it when I don't.

Nice, thanks, will put it on the wish list. Sent from my iPhone using EN World

Would you consider Volo's guide to be a pretty useful resource for someone running this campaign? I've never had a chance to check it out. Sent from my iPhone using EN World mobile app

I haven't finished reading this thread yet but will later, however off the top of my head: 1. notecards for tracking initiative. I stress enough how key these are, I can't believe how many years I played without them. I prefer not to write anything other than the character/NPC/monster name on...

Every party needs one. Most important role after healer...come to think if it, it's really a toss up! Sent from my iPhone using EN World mobile app

How do people feel about the amount of magic items and other treasure in the campaign as written? I haven't played 5e long enough to really have much of a handle on that, but considering the limit of attuning 3 items per character, reading through the book I feel like I am seeing an awful lot...

Classic! That's awesome. Sent from my iPhone using EN World mobile app

Also, I would be curious to know whether or not this time jump in the Realms, or any other timeline advancement in another campaign settings, is playing into anyone's responses.

Interesting. I was really looking to making the most of the exploration of the Sword Coast North aspect of this campaign, but then, I've always had a soft spot for the region. I wonder if my players will disagree. Sent from my iPhone using EN World mobile app

Growing up I always considered that one of the cool things about RPGs was the possibility that the actions of the players could affect the world in the long term, beyond the current adventure/campaign. I always felt like one campaign would build off another, with the old PCs being present as...

I'm going to have to disagree here. Besides being featured in Dragon for years, the Realms hit the ground running in release in 1987. I used to see people reading Darkwalker on Moonshae and The Crystal Shard all over the place. Soon after there were computer games that were popular. By the...

Anyone have any thoughts about best time of year (in game) to begin SKT? To those that have played through, roughly how much time passed over the course of the campaign? Sent from my iPhone using EN World

Wait...Iggwilv was Tasha? I totally missed that. Sent from my iPhone using EN World mobile app