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  1. MatthewJHanson

    D&D 5E (2014) Terrain Toolbox comes to 5e

    We've just unlocked one of our biggest stretch goals! Now we'll also be updating Advanced Encounters to D&D 5e! Alternate Objectives features advice for creating encounters where you need to do more than just kill the bad guys to win. It also includes six sample encounters complete with maps...
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    D&D General Comic Relief Villains

    I think both. So far the PCs have only learned of him from notes and kobold minions, which are got a lot of laughs at the (virtual) table. The last note included hashtags. At the same time, he's a black dragon, and I think it's also clear that in the end he wants to kill the PCs.
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    D&D General Comic Relief Villains

    I've certainly used them in other more light-hearted games. I can't think of one that I've used to date in D&D, but I've got one upcoming for my D&D group who built a funhouse dungeon for them specifically because he wants to laugh at them as they go through it.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Hypothetical 50th Anniversary Core Rulebooks

    My guess is if anything there's fancy new covers and updates with the current errata.
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    Pathfinder 2E Terrain Toolbox for Pathfinder 2e

    Several years ago, I published Terrain Toolbox for the first edition of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. It's been well reviewed and remains popular, so now I'm running a Kickstarter campaign to update it and have just unlocked our stretch goal to bring in to Pathfinder 2e! Terrain Toolbox...
  7. MatthewJHanson

    What will it take for you to go back to F2F gaming?

    If there's a vaccine that would probably do it. If not? I have no idea. Our state has okayed groups of 10 or less, but our case count is still going up, and we're getting close to capacity for ICU beds. I'm going to be more cautions than my government recommends.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Musings on the likelihood of future products

    I agree with a lot of what's already been said. Planescape/manual of the planes is likely though probably a single book, not both. I could also see spelljammer getting incorporated into that book. I think Dark Sun is coming whenever they get psionics ironed out. I could see them doing source...
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    D&D General Memorable dragon encounters

    I'm running a campaign where the PCs are dedicated dragonslayers, so there's quite a few stories. My favorite is probably the most recent, when they were attacked in the night by the brothers of the very first dragon they slew. Three young dragons plus mephit minions against level 12 PCs with no...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Balancing the Rune Knight

    As with anything in RPGs, not everybody has play things with the same goal in mind. Playtesting things as they are is great. Trying to tailor it to your home game is also great. Let's all just have fun. To the original point though, I haven't actually played the rune knight, so I'm unsure. You...
  11. MatthewJHanson

    D&D 5E (2014) Terrain Toolbox comes to 5e

    For those curious what the what the terrain in the book look like, we've include a preview of lightning pillars in our latest update.
  12. MatthewJHanson

    D&D General DM or Player Poll

    DM about 75% of the time, player 25%.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Balance Inquiry Arcane Archer Modification

    I think the damage type is good. The most useful aspect would be getting around resistance to piercing from non-magical weapons, but I think that's fine.
  14. MatthewJHanson

    D&D 5E (2014) Terrain Toolbox comes to 5e

    For sure. In addition to saves and DCs, there's also all the other rules changes between editions. Like there were some terrain that referenced healing surges that got turned to dealing straight damage, and there are new rules like advantage and disadvantage that I was able to use for the...
  15. MatthewJHanson

    D&D 5E (2014) Terrain Toolbox comes to 5e

    Yes, we can only put in one date for the rewards, so we put in the when we estimate delivering the print books.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Terrain Toolbox comes to 5e

    And, we're funded! Thanks to everybody who supported this book so far!
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    D&D 5E (2014) Would you buy a Dark Sun setting book for 5e?

    I will buys. Odds are low that I'll actually get to play it, but I enjoy reading setting books and will loot it for my own settings.
  18. MatthewJHanson

    D&D 5E (2014) Terrain Toolbox comes to 5e

    Eight years ago I published Terrain Toolbox for D&D 4th edition (which got a great review here on EN World). Even though most people have moved on to new editions, the book remains popular, so I've updated it to 5th edition and have just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the update. If...
  19. MatthewJHanson

    D&D 5E (2014) Which three topics do you most want to receive official (WotC) treatment?

    Planescape and/or a manual of the planes would be great. My next choice was for Dark Sun and Psionics because the two of those go hand in hand.
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