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I ran DiA for our group. The entire adventure was through Roll20 due to local lockdowns during the pandemic, but in some ways it actually helped make the adventure better. I had read through the Alexandrian Remixes as well, so I knew to limit the Devil/Demon road section and how to make it more...

I forgot! 3ed Edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide! We play in the Realms all the time and that has been our go to resource since it came out, replacing the Gray Box.

1st Ed - we enjoyed the hell out of UA. 2nd Ed - personally, I loved the Forgotten Realms grey box, the first Undermountain box, Complete Thief's, Complete Psionics and just about every thing Al Qadim. I just loved what they were trying to do with that setting, despite the obvious tropes. 3/3.5...

Our session zero was spent deciding what characters we were going to play and the DM presented the list of Secrets for us to choose from. We decided 2 of our characters were from Ten Towns (Lonelywood and Bryn Shander), without knowing anything about the sacrifices. Failure on the DMs part...

I've seen individual review threads for the various modules from WOTC, and the commentary ranges quite wildly throughout. So let's put together a thread of the positives for the various adventures. Lost Mines of Phalander - a solid introductory adventure! Hoard of the Dragon Queen - I have...

I have not read the module. We're only just at the beginning of it - literally just completed the Good Mead section. From what we understand, as explained by the DM, the Ten Towns populations have been trapped for 2 years. But that is a huge, inconsistent plot hole nonetheless. If the...

The time frame for the weather is one of the larger plot holes for us. Another is that the three largest towns, all supposedly led by good aligned NPCs, have somehow managed to convince the entire population base that live sacrifices are necessary for their survival. Despite 7 other towns...

Our group recently completed Baldur's Gate. I ran it. I'm an experienced DM. And I was happy to make use of Justin's suggestions for certain sections of the adventure. Why? I'm older now. I don't have time to read and re-read a module several times in order to run it. If I'm paying for a module...

I loved the literary world of DragonLance. Never played the modules, nor felt interested in doing so. Not sure why. I loved Al Qadim and the Arabian-esque feel to it. I still own everything made for. Never could convince the group to try it out, though. One player did try a Shi'ar, but the...

I miss the 3e spell Baleful Transposition. Party druid transforms into a mouse. Mage casts the spell on enemy spellcaster and druid. Enemy spellcaster fails save, finds they are now surrounded by the party tanks. Meanwhile, the enemy fighters are wondering why their mage has disappeared and a...

I played a Cleric of the Trickery Domain. Did great while in the cities, decent skill rolls. In combat in the wilds? Not so good. But I had a blast playing him. So much so that he made an appearance as an NPC in Descent to Avernus. 😈

Art is very important for me when perusing a gaming book. If I don't like the art, I won't buy the book, regardless of how good the mechanics are. It doesn't need to be full colour, but it needs to be consistent in style/theme.

I was running Descent to Avernus on Roll20. I found some free audio clips. One was just a sort of soft susurrous of whispering noises that I had playing when they first loaded the city map in Avernus. Freaked a couple of the players out, as they could just hear it coming out of their...

Captain Marvel in the Lubera one is just all kinds of odd body shapes and dimensions and should never have made it past first draft. I mean, come on - her arms are completely separate from her shoulders! I'm a fan of Peach Momoko, so I do appreciate her cover, but I also know that it isn't to...

What I'd like to see come back is the spell school listings on Magic Items. 3/3.5 listed the schools in the item descriptions and it was very helpful. So many times my players cast "Detect Magic" and then want me to let them know which schools they detect coming off any items that glow. Amulet...

Having experienced investment groups buying 2 of the businesses I worked for over the past decade, I can verify both aspects. First business was based in the UK with and office in Canada (where I worked). At the time, 300+ employees in the UK and 100 in Canada. Investment groups buys it out and...

Thanks all. I missed the "no actions" part of the Dream spell. That would seem to negate the possibility of casting spells will in the Dream state.

Looking for some input on the above combo of spells. The PC is thinking of casting Dream on a sleeping character. There would be a savings throw required as per the spell as the target would not be willing. Then, once in the dream, the PC would control the dream in order to disguise themselves...

Top Tier Lost Mine of Phandelver Mid Tier Descent to Avernus Ghosts of Saltmarsh* Dungeon of the Mad Mage* Lower Tier Storm Kings Thunder Horde of the Dragon Queen Other than Ghosts and Mad Mage, these are the modules our group have played. I am currently running Descent. Mechanically it has...

I have grown to hate the concept of Ye Olde Magic Shoppe in my campaigns over the years. But, my players view the magic item lists in the various books as simply shopping guides. Rarity? Bah, means nothing. Just a reason for them to moan that the "DM won't let them have really cool item X"...