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We played two 5-hour sessions of KotS so far and the party is one encounter over the second level. By my count they will need two to three more 5 hour sessions so yeah, I am with the 24 hours of playtime crowd (making it crazy good buck per entertainment time - but we always knew that :P )

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I sent it using the email feature here on the boards :) No matter. Yes, it is Drexoll in Kits not in PoCo. 4th and Macdonald if you have not been there before :) We are starting 12-noon and going till 6 (when Matt will likely kick us out :P) Will be saving you a spot for sure so be there :)

The philosophy behind hit-points the way I see it is as follows (I believe it has not really changed ever since 1st ed. AdnD): 1. Most injuries made by lethal weapons have capacity to be incapacitating. 2. Human beings and other creatures have capacity to ignore such injuries to a certain...

it is not a question of killing, it is question of incapacitation. Most people will not die after one stab (or after being hit once by a truncheon), but most people will cease to offer much in terms of resistance after one successful stab (which is why the opponent manages to stab them dozens of...

Fighting through being stabbed or successfully hit by a mace or being slashed by a saber is at best a rare exception. Claiming that most of those will, unless deflected by armor or dogged (both of which are separate mechanics in DnD) incapacitate any even remotely human-like creature is by no...

An awesome saying - I think of Cadfan's - comes to mind here. Lots of folks have internalized the DnD mechanics so deeply as to mistake them for the way world works. One stab wound will usually incapacitate or kill a person - no matter how skilled or experienced they are. Blade penetrating...

I sent you an email :)

Everything I seem to be able to find from your list Klaus is either medium or small.

It is mostly dungeon crawl with some outdoor encounters. There is no built in timer but that is something that I intend to change (or at least make my players feel like it has changed :P)

Here are the monsters for Klaus: Goblin Sharpshooters - Goblins with crossbow and short blade Fat goblin - represents two goblins as it appears - one wields battle axe and other club and the crossbow. Only later is described as fat but both are boss-types Guard Drakes - "These four legged...

Skill challenges are very basic - succeed in skill X or skill Y so many times before so many failures. No fancy stuff of any sort. I honestly do not think they were planning to showcase the skill challenges much in this adventure Poster maps cover most of the early encounters and the two final...

I will be demo-ing KotS in my local game store this coming weekend (Drexoll Games - Vancouver, BC) and just wanted to put in a few words about what I think about the adventure (having read it) From the plot point of view it is simple but very charming in the nostalgic old-DnD kind of way I am...

Not an expert here but here is my guess: Books need to be printed and proof copies sent to the WotC (which is what I think we are seeing in the pictures). If proofs are at OK quality full print run goes. This takes another week or two and is probably done by now. Then the books need to be...

Great question there Bugaboo. It is awesome to see you again. Glad to see you are still your old self :)

Don't want to say "I told you so" but... I TOLD YOU SO :P

Also, without wanting to be snarky... DMing is a hobby, it requires some spare time. Even with maximum external support.

I agree with you entirely that vacuum monsters with no lore or mythology behind them are idiotic (Attach and Yrthak and Digester and their kin were among the reasons I found 3ed rather unappealing). My point is, Succubus is not such a monster. Pretty demon-girl seductress is as plastic a...

Noone is arguing that the MM should be simple collection of combat stats and nothing else. Succubus entry should let us know that it is a shape-changer, that it often appears in a form of a beautiful woman and that it uses guile and seduction as its forte in getting people to do what it wants...