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Actually from my conversations with the designers as an admin about why its an AL rule, I do actually mean the above as a guideline for D&D in general. When the designers create a new rule, they balance it assuming the PHB plus the rules in the book the rules item will go in. They do not...

That's because starting with s7 and continuing in s8, with the admins made part of the D&D team, we are much more involved in the season with the company, so we have brought the DDAL adventures in line to reflect that.

1) While not explicit in the DMG, I know that all of the designers (Crawford most frequently) have stated it in public and social media. I don't think there is really a list of the core design/guiding principles in any book truthfully, because... 2) You are correct, in a home game the DM just...

The PHB+1 has been stated by WOTC as a core design philosophy that is core to the game. As such, I wouldn't expect a change anytime soon.

The only reason backgrounds are exempt is because you can build your own, so you could easily just duplicate a background from one book and give it a different name. WOTC has told the admins that PHB+1 is a core principle of 5e design. Given that it is a directive directly from the company, you...

The AL provides a certain structure (template, treasure and content guidelines, etc...) and the con creates the actual adventure (so in the case of Trident, I assume in Baltimore, though I guess with the internet, their authors could live anywhere). The AL does not edit for quality and just...

There's plenty of bad reviews, so I think its clear that they are tolerated. The review system is used by the Admins to know which authors and types of adventures the community likes, so if you don't voice an opinion there where the information is gathered from, you won't impact adventure/author...

On another note, if you have thoughts/comments on a CCC adventure (or any adventure) post them to the DMsGuild. Some adventures have just one or two reviews (or none) and that makes it pretty hard to decide if the community at large likes an adventure. However some have literally dozens of...

Basically adventures legal for play (a few small adjustments); player content not legal without a cert (except things generically always legal like animals or backgrounds).

It is not currently legal. All GA products start out not legal when released, but may be reviewed for inclusion in the AL on a case by case basis.

Actually it is more involved than that. There are four issues: 1) The DMsGuild does not normally offer POD for non-publishers. To get it, we had to get the approval of WOTC and OBS. On top of that, we didn't originally have approval for the art and IP we used for POD (just for the promo at Gen...

The fix you were hoping from was originally suppose to come with season 7 but didn't because of reasons I can't discuss. Your concerns have been internally addressed and the fix you hope for should be deployed with season 8.

There will be four of these certs. Mike says he plans to have them reviewed by the AL admins to make sure they do not create any issues in an OP environment.

I (as lead author) have watched these pretty carefully. I've seen a few sell here and there usually for a bit over $100, though the highest I have seen was $285. They are very rare and they are immediately useful as they contain six AL legal adventures, so I can see why lots of them are not for...

There is no firm date, so I don't want to specify and let you down. I hope that it will hit omewhere between Christmas and Easter. We've gotten all the permissions. Now we need to convert some files, do test prints, review copies, etc...

I have given some to the convention and I believe in addition given to the DMs running it, they are doing a player drawing each slot for a prize (of which you can choose a Lost Tales out of the pile). I will also have some that I will be giving away at the show via contests on my Twitter...

The date of its release has not been announced.

I know Dan's Con of the Vale 18 (Milwaukee WI), Gamehole Con (Madison WI) and Stuffed Cows (Glen Ellyn IL) all in October or November, will have copies.

Yes, as you can see in the new ALPG for s7, they could as part of XGE for the purposes of choosing your +1 (for PHB+1).

The admins have nothing we can announce at this time. We will update you when the package is released.