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Solasta has no direct licensing agreement with WotC, which is why things outside the SRD (like the artificer) are not allowed. Solasta can make their own version of a half-elf if they want to, since the term "half-elf" isn't owned by anyone (I think Tolkien probably coined it, but the term...

In this case, they actually used a sidebar to explain that there is no explanation provided! They could have used the same space to suggest 2 or 3 ideas. Yeah, I said as much a few lines later in the review.

That’s true, and I don’t mean to say every adventure needs a twist. In this book, the Forbidden Vale has no twist and doesn’t need one because there are lots of interesting encounters. But IMO Before The Storm either needed a good twist OR needed more original/interesting encounters than it has...

The 8th adventure is Shivering Death, for level 11 characters. Adventurers must brave the lair of a white dragon to recover a ritual that will end a devastating heat wave. The Good One of the stronger offerings in the book, Shivering Death has a great full-color lair map (looks like Mike...

I'd add that this position has seen a lot of churn lately - I think there have been three different people in that spot in the past 4 years.

The seventh adventure is Before The Storm, a very straightforward adventure for level 10 characters about a black dragon who has taken control of a pirate gang and is terrorizing a seaside town. The Good The splash page art, featuring the dragon, is awesome. The maps are even better, including...

Nah. They're limited to what's in the new SRD; Khoravar mechanics won't be. They can homebrew their own half-elf mechanics if they want to, but it'll probably be missing the only half-elf mechanic that mechanical optimizers really want, which is the one where their ability score bonuses are...

The sixth adventure is The Forbidden Vale, for Level 9 characters. This is also the second adventure in which those darn ancient githyanki have left their problematic headquarters behind for the rest of us to deal with. In this case, a red dragon (born "from the ashes" of a previous red dragon)...

Story-wise, half-elves still exist in 2024 rules. They just no longer exist mechanically. You just pick the mechanics of a either human or an elf, but for setting and roleplay purposes you're still a half-elf to the extent that this matters in your campaign. The 2014 half-elf was mechanically...

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It’s a Young Bronze, and yes it probably needs plot armor to ensure it survives that encounter. I mean, it doesn’t HAVE to survive; if it doesn’t, that just makes a short adventure even shorter.

The 5th adventure is The Dragon of Najkir, for 6th level characters. A bronze dragon is denning beneath a remote island monastery. An evil assassin who is the son of the dragon's noble former companion retreats to the monastery to avoid punishment for his crimes. Out of loyalty to the assassin's...

The fourth adventure in the book is called For Whom the Void Calls, for level 5 characters. The adventure ingredients: a brass dragon is denning in an abandoned high-tech githyanki creche staffed by modrons. Unbeknownst to the dragon, its horde includes a sentient, telepathic bag of devouring...

This is kinda what I mean though - there's no available physical evidence of arson, and no way for the players to discover or confirm for themselves that it's arson. Just Edith telling them, again absent of evidence, that there was a "culprit." Why does Edith think there was a culprit? She is...

Read the third adventure, The Will of Orcus, which is just a very, very solid dungeon crawl for a 4th level party. The Good This adventure gets the party quickly to the front door of the dungeon with minimal fuss and preamble, which is sometimes exactly what you want. Unlike @pukunui, I had...

Just finished reading Baker's Doesn't, which I really like. The Good I absolutely love the children's book art style, which is used for both the illustrations and the maps here. Do I want all D&D adventures to look like this? No. Am I delighted that this one does? Yes. Makes me want to see...

I have read the first one, Death at Sunset, and agree with @pukunui about the brainwashed elves issue. A good DM will fix that without too much trouble, but yeah the adventure doesn't handle it particularly well. Worse, it goes to that same well twice, and you can tell the first time that it's...

DNDBeyond is pushing a new "Quick Maps" functionality for this book, where the Maps VTT maps for it come pre-populated with tokens and fog of war for Master Tier subscribers with early access (I'm both). They made a video touting it and everything. Only problem? The adventure isn't in their...

Unless I'm really blind, the physical book contains no such dedication in the credits. Edit: Can confirm, the dedication appears only in the DNDBeyond version of the book, not the physical version.

I have the physical copy & happy to answer any questions about it. The diverse artwork is excellent, and the book has imo the best art of any WotC book for a while (maybe since Frostmaiden). Most adventures are site-based, with keyed maps. The map art style varies as much as the interior art...