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Start them in the town of Barovia. They'll be fiiiine.

I've seen them at our local LGFS. They're overpriced, you'd be better off with a Chessex set and a little bit of Google (latter totally optional). I picked up the paladin class set of dice from the later post, and they're not all that stunning at the table. Likewise, they lie - the...

TSR tried doing random trading cards back in the 90's (it had NPCs, monsters, items and the like in it). It didn't do so well back then, and I doubt it would again. As for cards covering things like the Rod of Lordly Might, take a look at The Deck Of Many's products. They probably have one...

I could see halving hit points and increasing damage between 1.5x to 2x. I'd only do it for creatures of, say CR 1 or higher - maybe even just CR 3 or higher (whatever 5th level+ characters fight commonly).

I doubt randomized cards, but they did sell cards in 4E for powers, and we've had 5E spells and some class/racial ability cards put out. I could see it being done, but beyond spell cards - they're not for me.

A Skill system that frankly sucks. To work, everyone has to have a moderate skill at everything from the start or they don't get used at all. And frankly, combat and spellcasting should be skills too. Especially when so many spells circumvent having a skill at something.

Oh, I love Goodman. I still have all 52 of their 3E modules sitting on my shelf, and with HumbleBundle picked up a good selection of their 5E adventures! I haven't even gotten to start looking at their DCC adventures... My point was, though that a lot of people (on this board) seem to...

WotC (and others - Goodman's OAR series, for a huge example) seems to clue in that customers are more comfortable buying "what they know" (i.e., reprints/remixes of old material) rather than take a chance on the (iffy) quality of brand-new stuff, in my opinion. The design team has attempted to...

I've been using AI for making images and as an editor for my (wordy) D&D documents. I've also been looking at using AI as a DM for soloing adventuring. AI has its uses - for D&D I'd prefer to NOT see it used to generate content such as commercial adventures or pictures, but I would enjoy it as...

And Dwellers of the Forbidden City (as in, the whole city of Omu). There's also some elements of Return to the Tomb of Horrors thrown in as well - mostly ideas. Actually, to me, most of the 5E big books are remixes/reimagining of old classics: Storm King's Thunder as a remix of the G1-G3...

I wonder if they could get away with a sheet of acrylic stand-ups (maybe just for the heroes) in the box - that'd be neat. If they are doing cards, I hope they have finally gotten the issues worked out that hit them with the Deck of Many Things - and they're not the perforated type that was in...

I think all the starter sets have been designed this way, post Holmes. Certainly, B/X and BECMI were; I was around 12-13 when those came out myself. The original 5E strikes me as a bit "college level" but it's variants (Rick & Morty, Stranger Things) and the two follow-on seem aimed for...

I am curious about the replayability they mentioned. Sounds like it will have some sandbox elements instead a straight-shot A-B-C adventure.

I'm sure it's a remix more along the lines of Tomb of Annihilation being a remix of Isle of Dread/Tomb of Horrors/Dwellers in the Forbidden City and less along the lines of the "reprints" in Tales from Yawning Portal or Quests from the Infinite Staircase. Still, I'd like to see more. If...

Yep, that's them. I see now what the problem is - the WW1/WW2 planes I've been hunting are only being sold in Europe for some reason. sigh. Thanks for the link though.

Ares? They also make Wings of Glory/War don't they? If so, it's been really frustrating picking up some of their plane packs that are supposed to be being reissued I can't figure out if they're in business or not. Anyways, Traps was another one I passed on as I had the old Grimtooth books but...

I myself now have #1 - Into the Borderlands, #2 - The Isle of Dread, #4 - The Lost City and #5 - Castle Amber. Expedition to Barrier Peaks just never ending up clicking with me, though now that I think about it, it might be appropriate for Mutant Crawl Chronicles...and I've never liked Temple...

Bloodied, and I've taken to the Baldur's Gate III weapon abilities over the 2024 weapon special properties - but I like a bit more complexity and choices, myself.

Here's the Paladin from the BECMI Rules Cyclopedia for comparison (note, these abilities kick in at 9th level, but if you want it from the start, it shouldn't be difficult to change the level the effects kick in): Paladins A Lawful traveling fighter may be known as a paladin if he meets the...