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  1. smerwin29

    How to Use Hard Cover Adventures in AL League Play

    Thanks for considering Return of the Lizard King! If you do end up using it, I'd love to hear how it went for you and any tweaks you made. There's a link to a feedback form in the adventure. Shawn
  2. smerwin29

    Mike Mearls is polling about how much you'd pay for him to make you an AL legal custom subclass

    And in addition to this, that extra money others pay to get something exclusive might be--in very real terms--funding the "normal content" that you get to receive/play/consume at the regular price.
  3. smerwin29

    D&D 5E Guild Adept: New Subclasses, Races, Feat, Spells in Return of the Lizard King

    Sorry about that. I wasn't sure where it belonged. Thoughts are welcome on the new rules elements, especially the races and classes.
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    D&D 5E Guild Adept: New Subclasses, Races, Feat, Spells in Return of the Lizard King

    I have put up a new product on the DM's Guild called Return of the Lizard King as part of the Guild Adept Program. A bulk of the work is an adventure set in Chult that can take characters from level 1 to level 5. There is a link to a survey in the adventure where DMs can report their results...
  5. smerwin29

    Tomb of Annihilation Is Here - What Do You Think?

    This is correct. The hardcover definitely has tons of great content for DMs who want to run levels 1-4 characters in Port Nyanzaru. My point was that there really isn't an "easy to run adventure" for those lower levels for DMs with limited time to prep. For DMs who have the time and inclination...
  6. smerwin29

    WotC Names 10 "Adepts" On Their DMs Guild Store

    So what do people who purchase (not just download free/PWYW stuff) products from the DM's Guild want to see from the Guild Adepts? What kind of products would you use that are tied in to a hardcover adventure/gazetteer like we have seen in Storm King's Thunder, for example? Thanks!
  7. smerwin29

    Backdrop: Moonshae Isles

    It was an article in Dungeon Magazine. The issue of the magazine is available on the DM's Guild, and it includes the maps. If you JUST want the maps (won't hurt my feelings, because the maps are beautiful), you can purchase the maps from Mike Schley's website: http://prints.mikeschley.com/. If...
  8. smerwin29

    D&D 5E Xanathar's Guide to Everything -- new mechanical expansion/UA book! -- November 10 with a limited-edition cover by Hydro74

    As tickled as I am to see my name in that group, I am not a WotC employee. I am just a freelancer who is lucky to get a writing gig for D&D every now and then. :-D
  9. smerwin29

    Have You played In An Official D&D Adventurer's League Event?

    Thanks for helping clear up the misconceptions, darjr. There are just so many out there. Most are just a lack of information, with people going on totally incorrect hearsay or taking an experience from 10 years ago and assuming nothing has changed. Some of it is willful ignorance, knowing better...
  10. smerwin29

    Local & Regional Coordinators are no more

    Just as a warning, this is a podcast called "Threats from Galifrey," which is part of the Misdirected Mark network but is not the Misdirected Mark podcast itself. And while I consider some of the gentlemen on the "Threats" show friends of mine, and I enjoy listening to them talk about things...
  11. smerwin29

    Local & Regional Coordinators are no more

    http://heraldsguild.com/ap-faq/ helps answer a few questions.
  12. smerwin29

    Getting ready for PAX Australia...

    Good luck and godspeed! I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes.
  13. smerwin29

    DDAL New Official Moonsea-based DDAL Adventure Trilogies Coming From Baldman Games

    The AL-legal Baldman Games adventures are starting to be released on the DM's Guild site: http://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?keywords=Baldman So far the first CORE trilogy, set in Melvaunt, has been released. So has the Phlan Trilogy, which is comprised of three 4-hour Tier 3 adventures. Other...
  14. smerwin29

    What's up with GenCon?

    Good question. I do not know with any kind of certainty when that will happen. At the very earliest, I would guess that it would be at least a couple of months after they premiere, but it might be longer if any sort of convention/game day exclusivity is implemented, as with the extra "adaptable"...
  15. smerwin29

    What's up with GenCon?

    http://baldmangames.com/2016/04/baldman-games-announces-new-dd-adventurers-league-exclusive-content/ Start there, and let us know if you have more questions. Thanks! Shawn
  16. smerwin29

    What's up with GenCon?

    Overall, I cannot tell you how to feel. All I can do is try to present factually correct information. I do not have the exact AL schedule from Gen Con last year, nor do I know the exact schedule for Gen Con this year--although I do have a pretty good idea of what the schedule will look like...
  17. smerwin29

    What's up with GenCon?

    As Cascade points out, there is going to be a lot of AL material at GenCon. DDAL 5-01 will be there as the introduction to Season 5. Baldman Games has been given the go-ahead by WotC to create AL-legal content. This content will still involve not just WotC approval, but we will make sure the...
  18. smerwin29

    First legal 3rd party AL material announced

    To sum up: Hey all, Baldman Games is going to be making AL-legal content. Our initial offerings will be released at Origins, and then more at Gen Con. We hope you'll give it a play, DM it, and then let us know what you think. We're working closely with the AL admin team and with WotC to make...
  19. smerwin29

    DDAL Racism and DDAL4-1 [Spoilers]

    First and foremost, I want to thank Aaron for voicing his concerns. When any work of creativity is placed into the public sector, it is fair game. As the designer of the adventure, I do not feel personally attacked by Aaron or anyone else who has issues with the text. The text needs to be able...
  20. smerwin29

    AL VS LFR of 4th and why I'm so disappointed

    Some thoughts in general on Organized Play campaigns: It is perfectly fine to provide feedback on what you like and don't like about an OP campaign. Collecting, analyzing, and managing player feedback is part of what a campaign staff is "paid" to do. (I put paid in quotation marks because...
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