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Already done Dragonheist and parts of Dotmm in another campaign with this same group. I usually do a lot of homebrew added to my campaigns but my free time has shrunk with kids in sports, so I am looking to run a published adventure, as written, for the first time ever. My party loved...

Ok lets approach this topic a little different. My group ran Sinister Secret and Danger at Dunwater, along with some homebrew materials. They are currently level 4, very close to level 5. They have moved on to Waterdeep and I was considering running the Season 8 Waterdeep AL adventures. I...

How about those that ran them as AL adventures? Any opinions of the content? Are they any good or did you find them lacking? Just trying to decide if it's worth the effort or should I just work on something else.

Has anyone run Season 8 adventures as a home game and how did they play? My group played through Dragon Heist and loved it but some 5E mechanics issues broke our game down around level 7 while in Undermountain and we decided to switch back to 2E for a while. Ultimately we decided that while we...

I dabbled with B/X in 1984 and then got into the game big in 1988. Exclusively DM'd a 1E/2E hybrid ever since until 5E came out. Dabbled with a little 5E with HotDQ and hated it. Went back to 2E for a campaign. Back to 5E for LMOP and loved it. New group with DragonHeist and really loved it...

Staples Blueprints are my go to for all my gaming stuff now. I just flipped the Saltmarsh map so it was oriented properly for play on the Sword Coast. Redid all the labels and rotated the compass. I printed it as a 24x36 color blueprint Sunday morning for my afternoon game. They did rush...

Very nice, where did that image come from?

My group was in the early stages (6 sessions) of a 2E campaign but due to low player count (4) we decided to return to 5E. We play every Sunday and we made this decision on Tuesday. That night I ordered Ghosts of Saltmarsh and it arrived Thursday. Friday I spent an hour or so reading through...

I spent 30 years running a 1E/2E hybrid. A couple years ago I decided to make the switch to 5E. In hindsight I cannot tell you why we switched other than it was current and people were raving about it. I spend a LOT of money on all the books, spell cards, monster cards, DMsguild stuff and in...

Again, you aren't wrong.

Oh I agree with you about that but I think there was more to it than the OPs posts. Some people here get pretty condescending about AD&D tropes or mechanics. It feels like any mentions of house ruling anything to feel more "old school" is met with aggression. Not sure why it is. I stopped...

Ya know for a couple years now we have been inundated with posts from the newer RPG community about how everyone needs to be more inclusive. We need to create safe environments and get rid of the gatekeepers. I guess that's a one way street. It's obvious that you guys are 100% on the 5E train...

James, don't stress it. You aren't alone in your frustrations with 5E. I have DM'd for 30+years and we never moved beyond 2E until 5E came along. We are on our 2nd campaign and I constantly hate parts of the system. We talk about house ruling it but there is so much I would have to house...

A lot of it depends on the age. I started my kids at 6 years old with Hero Kids. Great simple system with a bunch of addons. They loved it. At 9 they moved to 5th edition and we play with the standard 5E rules now at 10 & 11. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/106605/Hero-Kids--Fantasy-RPG

You sound similar to me in your assessment of the game. Even though I am our full time DM, I have struggled with 5E after coming from a 25+ year AD&D background. I chose to switch us to 5E and now my players love it while I still struggle, go figure. I have realized that once our current...

I just completed it this week after 11 sessions. I ran "Once in Waterdeep" first and after chapter 2 I ran "Blue Alley". Those took up 3 sessions. I made my own homebrew versions of the faction quests so they weren't just BS skill checks and such like the book, and I made all 3 keys require...

This is the part of 5E and a new generation of players that I just don't understand. At what point did we decide that all players need to be equal and balanced? Yes in AD&D wizards were squishy and vulnerable. At low levels they relied on the rest of the part to keep them alive but they...

As per my policy for the last 30 years, I don't do knee jerk reactions. Last night was a bad night. I wasn't fully prepared, in fact with the holidays I didn't get a chance to reread level 1 before the session. I had read it a single time back when I purchased it. Add to that my bad rolls...

I would go with the quick solution with a heavy price.