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If someone is saying that the campaign got better after someone left, it has to be referring to me! 🤓

Thanks to the support of fans, the Kickstarter funded in about 12 hours. We now have some stretch goals up for people interested in more divinity for their money. Shawn

Encoded Designs is excited to announce the launch of a Kickstarter campaign in support of the Part-Time Gods of Fate RPG. Part-Time Gods is a game published by Third-Eye Games using the DGS-Lite system. We at Encoded Designs love the game setting, and we love the Fate Core System, so we have...

I think this is a wonderful idea, and probably the best person to talk to is Robert Adducci, who is the Community Manager for the Adventurers League. You can find his contact information here: http://dndadventurersleague.org/adventurers-league-admins/. Tell him your idea, and he can tell you the...

Hey Riley, good questions. My answer to most of your questions is this: I do and I don't. When I wrote the adventure, I did think about "backstory" for many of the less consequential NPCs. The question I then have to answer for myself is this: does it add or detract from the adventure to add...

I will build upon Pedr's great explanation of Encounters to talk about Expeditions adventures, in case you are curious. Expeditions are shorter adventures than the big "storyline adventures" (being Hoard of the Dragon Queen this season and Princes of Elemental Evil next season). Most currently...

5 out of 5 rating for Corruption in Kryptgarden A review of any RPG adventure has to take into account the goals of the adventure and the fact that GMs deliver the product. Players who rate an adventure they have only played are rating the DM, the experience, and other factors--only someone who...

The girl with the flower is outside the inn.

I would love to hear more feedback about the entire adventure, and this one "puzzle" adventure in particular, from people who read/DMed/played the adventure. Writing a puzzle adventure is challenging, and the 30 or so tables I have run it at have enjoyed it. I'm sure I will have to write similar...

This announcement went up today: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/encoded-designs-developing-part-time-gods-of-fate/ As one of the people working on the conversion, I would be interested in hearing the thoughts to people who are familiar with Part-Time Gods. What do you like most about the game...

I posted a follow-up article at Critical Hits to answer some of the questions and comments from the previous article: http://www.critical-hits.com/blog/2014/07/22/breaking-dd-2-electric-bugaloo/.

Misdirected Mark is going to spin off a bi-weekly podcast dedicated solely to 5e D&D. I expect that they will have the first episode out in a couple weeks. I was a guest on the regular MM podcast a few weeks ago, and we spent most of the show talking D&D...

Hey all, Thanks for the great discussion. Just to be clear, I don't hate optimizers. I would consider myself one. I love crunchy rules this week, and I will love very streamlined narrative-based rules the next. I love playing with powergamers, and I love playing with storytellers, and I...

Yeah, and how cool would it be if Wizards somehow found a way to support fan-run OP campaigns. Like on set it, oh, I don't know, Dark Sun? Now if only there was an experienced OP content designer with experience in running an OP campaign in that setting already . . . hmmmm.

I like it as well. I would also like to see a cap on the number of magic items a PC can have overall, based on level. That would further limit any chance of conflict.

I agree with everything said here wholeheartedly except the "more" part. I think the actual number of players might surprise people. With everything else, you are spot on. Again, I agree. However, I would replace with word "huge" with "fanatical." It does take work. An insane amount of work...

Let me rephrase that. In my experience as an OP admin over the last 10+ years, WotC Customer Support is often out of touch with the rest of the departments there. That is not an indictment of anyone--just a fact. When asked directly about the very question of what counts as "public play" at his...

They didn't abandon it, but they changed it because they realized what an all-consuming monster it was. They saw how it was chewing up volunteers and players alike and spitting them out. If you were on the inside and your wants and needs were being served by the program, it WAS great. And I was...

While I am not directly involved in OP efforts this time except for some adventure design work, I think what people need to realize is that the purpose of the D&D Adventurer's League is to do more than simply provide content--it is trying to create different and unique _experiences_. I cannot...

The issue here is that there is no such thing as an average player. Which is why the vagueness of the question has spawned so many side discussions. :-) I only played/DMed in homebrew campaigns for 20 years. Then I had the opportunity to write, so I did. Countless people only do homebrew...