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Pretty! If I was playing in person more, I would be tempted to pick this up.

Fascinating to see a contemporaneous review of Ravenloft, now widely considered one of the very, very best adventures ever.

So I guess this means no more layoffs, right?

Monster stat blocks! Formatting is still a bit more complicated than I need, but definitely a refinement. More interesting is the design. Each monster has a clear hook that I can discern without much effort. For example, the bugbear grapples. The bullywug leaps and poisons. I get it. The players...

Mike runs two games concurrently. I believe he is running Level Up in one campaign and Tales of the Valiant in the other.

Browsing my hardcopy of the new 2024 book, it feels like this time they went back to 4E and pulled in some of the better ideas. Bloodied condition, tactical combat (but without requiring a grid), keywords, and strong visual presentation. I like it.

I totally agree with Zard's original post. I've played over 250 games of 5E (mostly as a DM) including a 1-20 level campaign. While there were challenges along the way, it worked. It just worked. It's my favorite edition of the game. And browsing my physical copy of the 2024 edition, it's now...

I'm a forever DM, but last year one of my players volunteered to run a Twilight 2000 4E game. It lasted 9 months. Great time. He used a lot of AI generated art to introduce characters and locations. It was awesome. Definitely something for me to emulate. So I'm not threatened by what I'm hearing...

Looking for the simplest version of D&D to teach my young children how to play. Finally settled on Shadowdark. Grabbed the Monster Overhaul for good measure.

Sixteen sessions into my 13th Age campaign. Eyes of the Stone Thief expanded to cover all 10 levels. Five player characters now at 3rd level. I've not been posting regular updates, but we are playing on the regular. The characters have fought off a band of mysterious assassins who took over an...

Session 61 and 62 of my Neverwinter/Sword Coast campaign. Drow evoker wizard, human genie warlock, half orc vengeance paladin at 11th. These two short sessions were an extended battle sequence against the minions of the sinister nobles that have seized control of the paladin's home town...

I like what I see. Feels like the format has taken a lot of inspiration from Level Up.

Backed it! Currently GMing my first 13th Age campaign. Should wrap up just as 2nd Edition ships.

Session 59 and 60 of my Neverwinter/Sword Coast campaign. Drow evoker wizard, human genie warlock, half orc vengeance paladin. They started at 10th level and ended at 11th. The characters are infiltrating a sunken castle in a swamp occupied by a warband of orcs. The orcs are allied with...

I'm a big fan of magic "traditions" from Shadow of the Demon Lord. They're like spell schools, sorta. If you want to fly, you need to know the Air tradition. Fireball? Fire tradition. Etc. It results in spellcasters feeling much more focused and thematic--as well as capping their power.

I ran the Alexandrian Remix of Dragon Heist, a mashup of the Starter Set and Essentials Kit, and all the giant lairs in Storm King's Thunder as a major component to another campaign.

GAMMA WORLD

Yeah, obviously depends on the size of the party. But my belief is that a solo monster should have the ABILITY to drop multiple characters per turn. By 13th level, most RAW monsters can't drop a single character in a turn. The numbers just aren't there. So you need to dial them up. Even then...

I take your point. What's not fun for the players is grindy combats that take a full session (or longer) to resolve. What is fun is a dynamic combat with a sense of genuine peril. At higher level, a character who is dropped to zero hit points is usually back on their feet by the time their turn...

The Adventure: Session 3 of my 13th Age campaign. Eyes of the Stone Thief (retitled "The Devourer" for my campaign.) I've retooled the adventure so it spans levels 1 through 10. The Characters: 1st Level. Human Occultist, Human Swashbuckler (third-party variant Rogue), Minotaur Savage...