I don't have the book with me and I haven't run that part of the adventure (yet), but...
You might be able to change some of the werewolves to were-creatures with a higher challenge rating? Werewolves have a challenge rating of 3, werebears of 5.
You must have never played with a group of characters with long full of unpronouncable elvish sounding names. As a DM I have started naming my NPCs with 'normal' names (like John, William etc.), because players will never remember the Elf named X. These tables will in a sense form the backbone...
In general, I think that WoTC has been very progressive in their latest edition, making sure all kinds of people are represented and not in any negatively stereotypical way.
I'm not entirely sure I understand what the point of the article is. Yes, this is a fantasy culture that is based on...
I think this is very interesting. But surely, you would always take the Pact of the Blade Pact Boon with this pact, so that you can take the invocations on later levels that give you more than 1 attack per turn?
Or actually, now I look at it, a ranged build might be possible too. It is an...
I love the concept of the war mage, but I dislike the subclass. Having a slightly weaker and different version of the Shield spell as a class feature looks good, but in practice it means that you likely have to choose between using the class feature or casting the spell (it's not like a war mage...
It is simply not true that we haven't had non-FR support. They've been slowly developing and creating crunch material for Eberron and other settings (psionics etc.) in UA and we know from a fact that they are using UA to playtest new material before it gets published (Xanathar's Guide to...
I'd like to second that. It really is a great book. I read into it every time I need inspiration for a game, even a non-FR game. Greenwood really manages to make the day-to-day life in a fantasy world come to life.
Personally, I'd be interested in a future book similar to the old Mysteries of the Moon Sea for Forgotten Realms. I loved the structure of this one, it didn't have 1 over-arching campaign, but it presented different locations and different mini-plots and adventures.
You could also make it that a different creature is summoned instead, one that is native to the demiplane. For example, there are multiple 'horror' themed elementals. What if, instead of a water elemental, you summon a blood elemental? Etc.
I don't think this is true necessarily. It's just that it makes sense, from a financial perspective not to support multiple settings at once. The D&D team is rather small. They can't afford to make stuff that is clearly directed towards one specific campaign setting, if that means that a large...
I like it. It's not something huge and actually quite minor, but it is something that expands player options and makes it easier to customise your character.
I'm also going to look at this document, the next time my players will have to face an evil cult.
I really like this Unearthed Arcana article. The Shadow Sorcerer has just become my favorite sorcerer origin yet! The Undying
Light Warlock is very... weird, but in a good way!