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In context, I don't think they mean what you think they mean (I can't copy and paste it directly, so that's why I didn't post it at first):

In context, I don't think they mean what you think they mean (I can't copy and paste it directly, so that's why I didn't post it at first):

That's a weird page count; aren't books published in multiples of 32? As for the intro, I think they meant descendants when they said Durnan's ancestors took over the Yawning Portal.

That's a weird page count; aren't books published in multiples of 32? As for the intro, I think they meant descendants when they said Durnan's ancestors took over the Yawning Portal.

Fair enough, so it seems odd that it seems that they're preventing that this time around (then again, I'm sure replacing the page count with something like that is a more standard policy than I would think).

Fair enough, so it seems odd that it seems that they're preventing that this time around (then again, I'm sure replacing the page count with something like that is a more standard policy than I would think).

True, but it was more of how we tried to roughly piece together when each section began and ended with Volo's, and the "dragon+ exerpt" replacing the page count prevents us from trying to guess how many pages Tomb of Horrors will be based on where it is in the book.

True, but it was more of how we tried to roughly piece together when each section began and ended with Volo's, and the "dragon+ exerpt" replacing the page count prevents us from trying to guess how many pages Tomb of Horrors will be based on where it is in the book.

Looking at the Tomb of Horrors excerpt, it seems they're putting a lot of respect into how the original adventure was written, and warns that it's not suitable for more "kick the door and fight" players. EDIT: Clever how they replaced the page count with a note on how it's an excerpt...

Looking at the Tomb of Horrors excerpt, it seems they're putting a lot of respect into how the original adventure was written, and warns that it's not suitable for more "kick the door and fight" players. EDIT: Clever how they replaced the page count with a note on how it's an excerpt...

Sure, yes. If you have a trap that's disabled in such a manner, "I roll to disable the trap," might not be too helpful. However, that's tangential to my own point, which is that the sample traps don't even follow wotc's own guidelines for how to create countermeasures. If they had examples like...

The thing is, it asks you to be clear on what you do, but the actual traps (the mechanical ones, not the magical ones) don't even support that style of descriptiveness, and tells you to resolve them by... rolling to disable. Not that the example is even a good one anyway, there's hardly any...

The countermeasures section I think needs some more clear wording as to its intent. The way I read it at first was "You need to be explicit in the way you attempt to disable the trap," in which case the traps are woefully underexplained as to how you can disable them. If it's how others are...

So is this just chess with a fancy dressing? I mean, it's a good thing they're keeping their first VR foray simple, but I still would've liked to see a little more.

I was disappointed the first time I saw that image, as I had a more Jabba the Hutt style slug man in my head.

Volo's Guide to Monsters has a very different Aasimar from the DMG.

You get expertise as well, and thieves' cant if that matters in the games you play.

My favourite names are the ones where the devil is in the details. You wouldn't think of Lessnard as an obviously jokey name at first, until you realize he was played by a Mike Mornard. I prefer evocative names as a general rule. It makes it easier to remember. As long as you have a name that's...

My understanding of it is that this is a case where the "generic" D&D lore and Realms specific lore diverge. Volo's, being a generic book with only a smattering of Realms lore, went with the generic D&D version of Yuan-ti, presumably because it's more portable than the Realms lore.

Just a bit of trivia I noticed, as I got confused as to why people were talking about attunement: The version LMoP doesn't require attunement, so either LMoP got something misprinted, or the internal playtesters at wotc found a reason for it to require attunement between the adventure and the...