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I’ll push back on that a bit. I think CR actually balances all three pillars very well. I’d say 30% is exploration, Matt really gives them a lot of mysteries and environments to interact with. 30% is the players interacting and engaging with their characters (and NPCs) and 30% is combat.

I’ve been lucky enough to finish all the campaigns I’ve started (so 3 total) though 2 were much shorter, but still tidy.

Looking forward to in-person starting soon, but sadly my two previous groups have scattered to the four winds. I’ll be looking to recruit some new players, probably in the fall once the summer travel season is over (and everyone is going to be traveling this summer, within the USA at least).

Perhaps Xonthal provided the missing info for the summoning ritual and was mind addled by the cult for his reward? Do they know at this point what the cults plan is? I can’t remember... And perhaps this is how they can get the info on how to disrupt the ritual?

You’re probably right, but I really hope they don’t take themselves too seriously. And i do hope they have a starter set tie-in with the movie (assuming it doesn’t suck.)

Had an idea of the actors sitting around a table playing with minis and some kind of structure and the camera zooms around them and then flies down to the minis perhaps going through a tunnel and when we come out the other side we’re in the game world and we’re thrown right into the story...

I’ve found the cards to be quite helpful for new players. The character sheet can be a bit overwhelming/abstract so its easy for new players to see that yes they do have a potion of healing card and can turn it into me when they consume it.

If anything this isolation has made me more determined to make in person gaming part of my life again.

I think Wotc should release a themed beginner set each holiday season.

Yep this is how I ended my last campaign. A former PC (a player wanted to switch characters which was perfect as it gave me an NPC they had a strong connection to put in danger :)) Basically they had to retrieve some maguffin and reverse the problem the NPC had caused (he had a reputation as a...

I can see that and of course the counter is what is “likely” for some is “rarely” for others. It seems WotC has drawn the line much earlier than others might and that is frustrating for those looking for more guidance. As others have noted there is a new game in town that is trying to cater to...

Isn’t this basically the first thing established in a D&D game? I’m really losing the plot here obviously! :D

I guess that’s what’s confusing me about this. DMs are expected to make rulings to cover all the things not in the rules. Expecting rules to cover every potential situation that might occur in combat is unreasonable. It seems perfectly reasonable for the DM to make a ruling in the moment. And of...

I think expectations of balance in D&D is the source of many issues. ;)

I would say that just because we’re using the combat specific action economy doesn’t mean we throw the rest of action adjudication out the window. Does the declared action have a chance of success? Sounds to me like it does. So simply say that if the PC lands the blow (beats the AC) and does...

Adding to that, unless you’re a master story teller all the insanity effects of the Demon Lords start to feel samey. Oh another city where some of the leadership is mad and others are trying to fight against it? By the fourth one my players were rolling their eyes. Fancy locations (which aren’t...

I attempted a high level remix and it wasn’t great. The two main problems with underdark IMHO is it’s quite samey on the terrain front and there’s not many NPCs to interact with. If your group is OK with that (or if you can figure out a way to mitigate those issues) then great. We blew that...

That sounds terrible. I’m certainly not advocating for bad DMing.

In seriousness this is where the language chosen for some game mechanics works against the narrative description. A critical can hit certainly be an encounter ender if it hits at the tail end of the combat, but more often than not it’s at some less critical moment and nothing seems to change...

Critical is to hit as passive is to perception. Discuss. ;)