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We use Roll20 for basic maps and Discord for voice plus Dice Maiden on Discord for rolling. That’s it. Nothing is integrated into Roll20, just tokens for relative locations. We purposefully kept it barebones so we could have a shirt learning curve and so far it’s worked great. I ran a...

Interesting thread. I made a decision when PF went to 2E to simply stand pat with my vast trove of 1E material, and this thread reinforces that was the right decision for me.

Oh, no 🤬

I never said I hadn't read it. I have. I also think that no one needs to read it to comment on the OP's post. But l have read it. And it's garbage. The 2 year winter. The frost wolves who work for a wool mammoth boss. The duegar who aren't smart enough to figure out they leave tracks in...

I think the reference is because halflings are cannibals in Dark Sun. I don't think that's why, but it's kind of funny :D

All of the discussion in this thread is related to an aspect of the adventure (2 year winter) that has been well documented. Is there a requirement that a person purchase a product and carefully read before being able to comment on it?

Dark Obligations: Book One of the Phantom Badgers by RW Krpoun These are a series of novels about an adventuring company/mercenary company who are trying to build up their holdings on a dangerous frontier. The world is very much a D&D/WHFRP mash-up and the author makes numerous references to...

The group that is playing Shackled City is very much a PF1e group, so that's the system I'm using. 3.5 is close enough to PF1e that there is really very little conversion required. I wouldn't run Shackled City in 5e as long as I had players who are happy in 3.5/PF. The less conversion the better

Lots of things published over the years, particularly in Dungeon magazine or by Paizo. I'm currently running Shackled City AP. I paid $60 for this weighty tome, and it's worth every penny. Vastly superior to what's being pumped out by WOTC these days. Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed and Ptolus...

I think you are being too generous. At least pop music has a catchy beat and provides some entertainment until it quickly fades into obscurity. New WOTC releases are just garbage.

I'd agree with you. A lot of Straw Men are being used to support WOTC.

I'm completely with you. A premium, professional product being sold for not insignificant money should be better. And "better" doesn't mean a long treatment of crops, supply chain, etc., it simply means a modest amount of internal logic. There have been several posts in this thread, starting...

If designers want me to pay out some $$$ for their efforts, they should put in a little work. WOTC ain't giving it away for free.

Europe has never experienced anything remotely similar to what is described in Rime of the Frostmaiden or alluded to in Game of Thrones. Never. We aren't talking about short summer/long harsh winter. I see it's only page 2 and you're already backpedaling from your earlier "who cares" statement.

Yes. It's not that I have a problem with "winters that last for YEARS!" as part of a setting. But if that very extreme scenario is going to be a part of the setting, it's going to have a massive impact on the world. You can't portray a setting is more or less "generic Medievaland" and...

Good call. Since this is a fantasy setting, you could consider going a step further and have the settlement grow some sort of Underdarkish mushrooms in nearby caverns heated by geothermal vents,

Yes. 2 years of winter would mean the PCs sitting all alone in the ruins of a tavern because everyone would have been gone or dead a long time ago.

I guess I prefer a modicum of common sense in my settings, but clearly I'm not the target audience.

Wow. That's some pretty poor background planning from WOTC, but pretty par for the course as far as quality goes from them these days.

Lol, I'm loving your reviews. However, you say "although that could be because it contains exactly 0% Elminster" , but then "Belmer is too cool for school and clearly a high level everything..." so maybe Belmer = Elminster :D