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    D&D 5E (2014) My Five Favorite Things From Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep

    One thing I'm finding particularly interesting about it compared to most other adventures is the variety of locale types. You start at a fishing village, cross a wasteland to reach a city and delve into the demon-haunted dungeon below, cross the sea to a desert city, dive into the depths to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) My Five Favorite Things From Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep

    I think this will probably be the first adventure book I run as is instead of using for inspiration for my own homebrew games.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Why is animate dead considered inherently evil?

    I'm increasingly curious how much of D&D's morality is rooted in the religious beliefs of its first creators. For necromancy in particular it was deemed an evil act in the Bible, and the one time someone did consult a witch to raise the spirit of a dead king from the underworld the spirit's...
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    D&D General For those that find Alignment useful, what does "Lawful" mean to you

    One thing that I think makes the Law and Chaos axis a bit harder to use in D&D than it otherwise could be is that there isn't an undisputed authority in-setting on what Law is. In real world mythology and religion with chaoskampf motifs, chaos (often represented by sea monsters, or even the sea...
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    D&D General Is it dark in your underdark adventures?

    I unintentionally handwave it most of the time because most of the party has darkvision, causing me to forget some characters don't. The only time I've remembered so far is when I had a combat encounter that spanned a long distance and the enemies had superior darkvision to the PCs, letting them...
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    D&D 5E (2014) What Genre of Fantasy would fit an Adventure in the Abyss?

    I've thought about running an Abyssal campaign before and have done a good bit of research on layers of the Abyss. The 4E Demonomicon detailed this city, Morglon-Daar, as a kind of port on the first layer of the Abyss ruled by a public council of yugoloths, a hidden shadow government called...
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    A Question of Religious Character

    Great OP! I especially like the idea that divine spells could impart certain thoughts and feelings in those affected by them. I currently DM for a party of religious PCs: a rogue and monk who follow the Raven Queen, and a cleric/bard who follows Sarenrae (aka Raei or The Everlight). I haven't...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Call of the Netherdeep: marketing has begun, screenshots thread

    The players in Critical Role frequently have scenes of extensive roleplaying even just between party members. I'm curious if having elements to encourage interparty roleplaying is what he means.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Call of the Netherdeep: marketing has begun, screenshots thread

    Matt's making it out like he designed this adventure to be particularly roleplay heavy.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What Genre of Fantasy would fit an Adventure in the Abyss?

    I'm curious how I would describe the Abyss myself in a game. My initial idea is to make a safe place to rest extremely hard to come by. Demons and other monsters are plentiful, the environment is hazardous, and there are corrupting influences that can warp body and soul.
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    Critical Role The Legend of Vox Machina: Bawdy, Bloody, and Funny

    For those interested the final three episodes of season one of The Legend of Vox Machina are out. I just finished them myself.
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    Critical Role The Legend of Vox Machina: Bawdy, Bloody, and Funny

    If I understand correctly the next batch coming out are the last three for the season. Given that they were greenlit for two seasons right off the bat I wonder how long it will take for season 2 to be released.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Call of the Netherdeep: marketing has begun, screenshots thread

    Honestly this place sounds good enough to set an entire campaign around.
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    Critical Role The Legend of Vox Machina: Bawdy, Bloody, and Funny

    I've been watching the episode Q&A videos as they come out, and in the newest one they address that 1) they wanted the party to seem less powerful and experienced than they were in the campaign at this point to make the odds against them seem higher, and 2) the different spells are being more...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Call of the Netherdeep: marketing has begun, screenshots thread

    That book has four introductory adventures, one of which is set in the region of Xhorhas, near where Call of the Netherdeep apparently begins.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Call of the Netherdeep: marketing has begun, screenshots thread

    It seems to me to just be a normal D&D adventure book (so more like Rime of the Frost Maiden). I've seen no indication that the characters from the show will be featured in it (I think that would be listed as a selling point if they were).
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    D&D 5E (2014) Call of the Netherdeep: marketing has begun, screenshots thread

    Though Tal'Dorei Reborn is a recent book, it covers a continent in the setting that will not be featured in Call of the Netherdeep. The continent of Wildemount (featured in Explorer's Guide to Wildemount) and the continent of Marquet (which will be detailed for the first time in Call of the...
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    Critical Role The Legend of Vox Machina: Bawdy, Bloody, and Funny

    Honestly that's the only thing in the entire series so far that has bugged me.
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