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I am surprised that they did not include non-isometric versions of the maps. The isometric stuff looks pretty but is not really useful for VTT gaming.

I'm running OotA now, and I think it can be a great campaign, but requires a ton of effort by the DM to make it work. In fact it feels much more like a great campaign outline than fully fleshed out adventure path like RotRL. In particular there is not a lot of content in the second half (past...

I'd say the "cover monsters" of the core rulebooks are likely to show up in the planned adventures, especially considering they gave us blurbs on the title page specifically calling out who each of them are. So Tomb of Horrors (Acererak), Against the Giants (King Snurre), and Undermountain...

I picked up Journey Through the Center of the Underdark for a buck and was very pleasantly surprised by how good it was. But overall it seems like there is too much stuff, by too many different authors with essentially no organization beyond the "top sellers" list to make much sense of it...

Will it wreck the game balance? Probably not. The bigger issues I see are: 1) The PC who gets it is going to be much more powerful than the other characters. Some groups are fine with power imbalances, but other groups are going to be annoyed if one character outshines the others in every...

Looks very nice. Seems a bit unwieldy for purposes of actually trying to run the adventure though.

I agree it is a "must have" feat although I would not go so far as to say it is broken. Our group tends to use it more for between fight healing, which dramatically increases the number of encounters our parties can handle and insures that our clerics/druids/bards rarely burn spell slots for...

There is not a lot of info on the Grey Ghosts so I think you can run it however you think would suit your game best. There is no wrong answer. Personally, I think I would allow the PCs the long rest, but maybe have the Grey Ghosts launch an attack on them later either in the tunnels or...

Funny, Guardians director James Gunn just posted a lengthy Facebook rant on how Hollywood sees a successful film like Guardians (and now Deadpool) and everyone thinks if they can just copy that magic formula their own movie will be a success. And now we hear the D&D movie is going to copy the...

The PHB errata states that the two-handed property is "relevant only when you attack with the weapon, not when you simply hold it." So you still have a free hand for purposes of taking a reaction.

I played one to level 10 and found them to be pretty solid. The direct damage spells felt kinda meh. Every once in a while it was nice to spray a cluster of weak enemies with burning hands or nail a hard to hit target with magic missiles, but I could usually deal more damage just whacking...

I think the distinction was much clearer in 1E when paladins had a very a specific character conception (including being extreme lawful good and having a high charisma). 5E has implemented classes that allow for a wider number of concepts and builds and this has created overlaps for many...

I picked it up about a week ago and my impressions are pretty much spot on with MerricB's review. The use of Lovecraft-inspired horror works well and adds a ton of character to what could otherwise feel like a generic megadungeon. There is a lot of great art for a third party product. The Felk...

That's a bit like saying "The Ferrrari 488 is nice, but most people want an affordable car they can commute to work in - why doesn't Ferrari make a $30K model with good gas mileage and a spacious back seat?" Making high quality resin models is a totally different beast than producing cheap...

I recently looked at converting this one for a party of 4 7th level characters and with a bit of tweaking the challenge was about right, so with 5 characters you should be OK at 5th or 6th. Many 5E monsters are relatively weaker than their 1E versions so it works out better than you might...

Half your party captured by a drow? Sounds you are going to be running OotA sooner than expected ....

"[Y]ou can play an entire adventure path to take PCs from level 1 to 20 (about level 1 to 9 in the Swords & Wizardry version)." An interesting reminder of how much the definition of "high level" changed through the editions.

Yeah, this is one of the big issues for me with the wack-a-mole healing rules. Any halfway smart foe is going to understand that there is a big difference between "0 HP" and "out of the fight." If you ignore an unconscious foe, they will likely be back next round with FULL attacks, FULL...

Goodberry. The berries last 24 hours so you can use all your available spell slots creating goodberries just prior to taking a long rest. At the end of the rest you have your spell slots back plus a bunch of berries you can use for the next 16 hours.

So the defining ability is that they can summon spirits? That might make for an interesting class, but it sure as hell is not a ranger.