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Courts of the Shadow Fey is one of my favorite adventures that I will never play. What did you think of it and do you plan to go back to it?

I'd actually like to see 5.5E flip it so that Feats were standard and ASIs were optional. Feats at 1, 4, 8, 12, etc. If you don't want a feat, you can add +1 to two ability scores. That's what I'm moving to in my home games. But, that said, I do think Backgrounds should have more mechanical...

38th session of my Neverwinter campaign. Three 7th level characters: half-orc vengeance paladin, human genie warlock, drow evoker wizard. Running a modified version of Hall of Harsh Reflections -- an adventure from the Age of Worms adventure path in Dungeon magazine -- which is part of ongoing...

I love Dragonlance. I got the first novel when I was in 5th grade and it was formative for me. Still heavily influences my fantasy worldbuilding (of which I think it's an excellent example). As for the particulars, I'll just echo what others here have said.

20th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at Level 4: Dwarf Fighter/Warrior. Heir to a lost kingdom. His trinket is half of a treasure map. Elf Wizard/Magician. Outcast from elven lands, raised in Ptolus...

39th session of my Dragon Heist/Deck of Many Things mashup. 8th level half-orc cavalier fighter, halfling swashbuckler rogue, and half-elf evoker wizard/grave cleric. This session was a continuation of an epic fight through the drow-held Citadel of the Bloody Hand below Mount Waterdeep. The mind...

19th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at Level 4: Dwarf Fighter/Warrior. Heir to a lost kingdom. His trinket is half of a treasure map. Elf Wizard/Magician. Outcast from elven lands, raised in Ptolus...

37th session in my Dragon Heist/Deck of Many Things mashup. 8th level half-orc cavalier fighter, halfling swashbuckler rogue, and half-elf evoker wizard/grave cleric. Deep below Mount Waterdeep, the player characters are fighting their way through a drow stronghold that has been conquered by...

18th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at Level 3: Dwarf Fighter/Warrior. Heir to a lost kingdom. His trinket is half of a treasure map. Elf Wizard/Magician. Outcast from elven lands, raised in Ptolus...

37th session of my Neverwinter campaign. Three 7th level characters: half-orc vengeance paladin, human genie warlock, drow evoker wizard. Running a modified version of Hall of Harsh Reflections -- an adventure from the Age of Worms adventure path in Dungeon magazine -- which is part of ongoing...

Great interview. I'm down with this design direction.

Amazing insight into the creative process behind this product. Cool stuff.

I bought and read the PDFs of the entirety of Abomination Vaults. It's pretty good. Definitely among my top choices for a dungeon crawl. I ended up going with The Banewarrens instead (but that campaign has been on my wishlist for 15 years). Glad to see more of Paizo's excellent content coming to 5E.

I always think I want anthologies but the reality is I get more mileage out of campaigns, even when I'm picking them apart and repurposing them for standalone adventures (as I have done with Dragon Heist countless times).

17th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at Level 3: Dwarf Fighter/Warrior. Heir to a lost kingdom. His trinket is half of a treasure map. Elf Wizard/Magician. Outcast from elven lands, raised in Ptolus...

16th session of Monte Cook's 3E Banewarrens campaign run with Shadow of the Demon Lord on Owlbear Rodeo. Five player characters at Level 3: Dwarf Fighter/Warrior. Heir to a lost kingdom. His trinket is half of a treasure map. Elf Wizard/Magician. Outcast from elven lands, raised in Ptolus...

36th session of my Neverwinter campaign. Three 7th level characters: half-orc vengeance paladin, human genie warlock, drow evoker wizard. Running a modified version of Hall of Harsh Reflections -- an adventure from the Age of Worms adventure path in Dungeon magazine -- which is part of ongoing...

Here's my prediction for 2023: GAMMA WORLD. Or some other non-D&D property, such as Star Frontiers or Top Secret. Why? Because it's a safe place to test mechanical changes that might appear in 5.5E one year later, the same way that Star Wars Saga Edition previewed 4E D&D. It's also a way to...

I think this is a lock.

Bodak is a truly awesome monster and was the centerpiece of one of the best combats I've ever run, ever. They deserve more love. Conceptually, I dig boggles. But the 5E mechanics are lackluster. I've adapted the 4E version of this creature and it's much more interesting at the table.