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I'm not sure if it counts as a Megadungeon, but I give high marks to the Tomb of Abysthor for 3.5e. It has several factions, and an interesting local region. The temple of Orcus within served as the centerpiece of my current campaign, including one near-TPK and multiple aborted assaults. They...

Sidequests are just wasted time or: Nobody cares about Jiminy Cricket?

I literally just wrote up a scenario like this for my game last week. They had to convince an NPC of something, and if they did certain things related to the NPC's background it would give them certain benefits. For example, appealing to the NPC's good nature would grant a +2 to the roll, and...

I apologize if this has already been stated elsewhere, but after 8 pages of discussing "What is a plot?" and "Should this be a + thread or can we criticize JA?", I skipped ahead :D But what I want to add is that I have absolutely loved The Alexandrian and gotten a ton of excellent ideas from...

To be fair, I actually think it can be disrespectful, depending on the expectations that should have been laid out in session 0. While I haven't ever played in such a game, some people do feel very strongly that they expect their characters to have a meaningful story arc that won't be cut short...

So you're saying that, if they do not, I should not tell my son Spiderman bedtime stories? Do I need to verify that IP rights holders have a fan policy before I tell a bedtime story regarding that IP?

Sorry, but I don't think so. Use of an IP in a private game of D&D would almost certainly fall under Fair Use. If you have a counter example I'd love to hear it. Saying that people aren't able to tell each other stories about IP is ridiculous. Should I ask Marvel before I tell my son a...

I actually played this through last year as a walk down memory lane. It was a lot of fun! I moved on to Secret of the Silver Blades and got about 80% of the way through it before running out of steam. SotSB in particular is pretty grindy.

I voted no. I'm not sure I can play in a multi-year 5e game even with all the options. I've played it a sufficiently via tabletop and computer game, and I just don't find it that satisfying for some reason. I want to say it's the lack of options, but then I think I'd prefer a 1e or BECMI game...

Interesting, thanks for the reference! I guess it's more nuanced than a strict yes or no. My read of that is that it really depends on whether a derivative work falls under Fair Use, and that is explicitly hard to gauge except on a case-by-case basis. In the case of a DM writing things for...

Intellectual property law covers patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. I'm not a lawyer, but as far as I can tell there is no legal bearing on any other type of intellectual property. The closest application might be a copyright if you've fixed the character in a tangible medium...

I admit, the stance that a player can control their former character even after they've left the game is bizarre to me. The game is a shared imagination between the participants, and the participants always have the right to collectively imagine new things about everything within the game...

I do! I bought it when it came out, and in fact that's the only AP I've ever tried to run. I started a game at my FLGS back in the day. We actually got all the way through Jzadirune (chapter 1) and were in the opening stages of chapter 2 when my twins were born. And, well, that was the end...

I'm very jealous of people running the APs. I run 3.5, but I'd love to have a group to actually finish one of the early ones. High on my list are some of the pre-PF ones, like Shackled City and Age of Worms, but RotR and Curse of the Crimson Throne both look like a lot of fun, too. If nothing...

I've used travel sessions for several different purposes, and don't always handle it the same way. I won't claim that I've always been successful, but I think there are a lot of valid reasons where travel sessions make sense. There are a few examples from my most recent campaign. The party...

@PJ Coffey You definitely didn't convince me that I don't like survival. I think your article might have been a little more persuasive if you had spent time setting up a hypothetical reader who was struggling with certain aspects of the exploration pillar and then tied those aspects to the...

Definitely! And the 1-shot format makes it much easier to experiment with, because by definition of the 1-shot, there's no expectation of long-term investment in a character. That being said, a death-trap puzzle dungeon appeals to an even more restricted audience. The players who enjoy that...

If I played OSR, it would be DCC. So many great adventure ideas that I'm itching to try.

Agreed. I would love to run my players through the original Tomb of Horrors. I've even teased it as a Halloween one-shot a few times. However, knowing my players, I also know that they would get extremely frustrated with the adventure and not have any fun, so I decided against it. You have to...

I can't believe I just came across this thread 6 years after you started it. These are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing with the community. I've bookmarked the thread and guarantee the maps will be used.