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If you're lucky enough to live in Wisconsin or any surrounding area, you've got plenty of options to run the Epic -- it's been run at GameHoleCon and is planned to be run at GaryCon, plus other conventions around the area have requested it (including my own local con, Con of the North). Given...

To each his own, but I feel the campaign is already on shaky ground by not retiring the Season One adventures prior to this point. Most Season One adventures don't make narrative sense if run for characters who have already played an adventure from any other season -- Season Two presumes that...

The Donjon is the eleventh adventure in the Absent Hearts and Misty Borders storyline, the tenth set in Barovia, and is listed as a four-hour adventure. It is also a confused mess of an adventure, partly due to its attempt to link back much of its backstory to the initial Adventurers League...

AL, despite DM Empowerment, has never suggested that DMs have the authority to modify the game's rules as printed in the allowed rules sources. However, if a monster in an adventure is listed with the ability to bypass or ignore a given PC ability, that would certainly take precedence in an AL...

From the spell description of Animate Objects: The spell fails when cast on a magical object, so the question is moot. -- Pauper

The problem is that the players are generally interested in using the abilities on their character sheets, so if the DM is going to tell them that they can't, the story has to be good enough for them to let the offense slide. Even most adventure paths aren't consistent enough to bring the story...

Maybe -- or maybe it'll point out that, just like in previous editions, high level play is broken and can only be enjoyed narratively. Time will tell. -- Pauper

Based on the Dec 2 AO update on the Organizer's site, there doesn't seem to be any push to release these adventures to the public -- they remain reasons to invite specific admins/WotC staffers to your convention to get semi-exclusive content. -- Pauper

Rather than keep updating the entry with each exceptional season -- I'd be surprised if SKT was the last season we'll get random treasure tables -- it would probably make more sense to simply add, "unless there has been specific instructions issued on how to use random treasure tables in a...

With the new faction document allowing characters of sufficient renown to purchase magic items with gold, I feel that this request has gained increased urgency and should be considered by the AL staff as part of the next season update. -- Pauper

Sorry, haven't seen this announcement anywhere but here -- EDIT: Looks like I just missed it. Best of luck with the new stuff! -- Pauper

I'm actually way more excited about the Story Beats announcement, so I hope you've just decided to do this one first. -- Pauper

I think you're dealing with a self-selected population there, though -- folks who do care about numerical advantage are responding to things like the Fai Chen's trading options, but people who don't are opting out and not being counted. Based on the response at GenCon 2016, I'd say you can also...

Fair enough. Given the comments I made previously in the thread regarding the faction changes impacting old design principles, I suspect that within a year, the only Season 1 mods to be run even semi-regularly will be those that have secret missions, to allow 'unlocking' of the magic item store...

I've read that, too -- but that's not the point I'm making. Someone should have done the basic math to figure how much downtime your typical 16th level character built via AL play actually has, then made the announcement appropriately. What it looks like is that someone figured out that the jump...

From the 'RC and LC Roles' post on the D&D Adventurers League Organizer's Page: From the 'Local and Regional Coordinators Are No More' thread on this site: The 'stated intent' appears to be that WotC wants to improve the AL experience -- specifically in the case of the changes to the...

That's exactly the point -- the more you open up the game to min-maxing and other optimization games, the less attractive it becomes to new players who aren't already committed to that playstyle. Given that recent changes to AL were given as a way for WotC to prioritize the AL experience, I...

Let's not get too down on the admins here -- it's certainly possible that the elimination of RCs/LCs was motivated by the lawsuit, but the other changes like adding the admins onto the D&D team is for reasons as given. We could have a spirited conversation about the suit and its implications...

Good news, if true. -- Pauper

That's a challenge in a public play environment, especially one where you get new players relatively frequently (because new players often don't know or misremember the game start time). With a regular group, I've found that waiting until everyone shows up to start the game is a great motivator...