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Hah! I see we both decided on an orc-owned casino. Great minds and all that. Nice work, sir.

Riots - After the lockdown, the patrons will riot if left to their own devices (or helped along by the PCs). Happy Chance - The casino where the heist takes place. Civilized Orcs - The retired orc warband of Harrot the Crusher who now run a casino. Fickle Fate - A statue of a nymph which changes...

Well, I've got a workable entry. Time to sleep on it, then look it over when I wake up. These elements are a real challenge to work with, but I'd expect nothing less. :)

When it's Iron DM, the stakes are always high. Wicht - Let's dance.

A rematch of the final to kick things off? Why the hell not? That would be a lot of fun. :D

I'm good to go pretty much anytime this week.

Another tip: try swapping an ingredient with something else and see if the adventure still works. If it works fine, you haven't tied the ingredient in well enough. For instance, if you have a town being menaced by a basilisk, is there a reason it couldn't be a medusa? Or wolves? Or a ghost...

Oh, is it that time of year again? Fantastic. Can't wait to get started. :D

I have come to the realization that I don't like death saving throws. There are two problems for me. First, on your turn, all you do is roll a die, and either tick a 'success' or a 'failure'. It's not exciting or dramatic like it should be, unless you're on the verge of rolling a final...

Hey Monte! I don't so much have a question, but a comment. I really enjoyed my time with 3rd edition; some of the finest moments of my gaming group were on the fields of 3.x, so thank you for your work. Also, I see someone else asked about the 5th Edition split, so thank you for such a candid...

I don't know about Gen Con, but I've been a PAX DM for three years running, and I've had a blast running tables each time. Last year, WotC had a vastly scaled-down presence. Rumor was they were pouring all the money into Gen Con for the 5th Edition launch. This year, there is no official WotC...

I'd be interested to give it a go. Reading your description, this has shades of the Laundry books by Charles Stross. :)

I just want to say congratulations. It's a real feat to bring a campaign of any length to a stirring conclusion, and this sounds like the sort of game people will talk about for years. Bravo. I'm sure whatever you run next will be a blast at the table; a fresh start to a new campaign can be...

In the last playtest packet, they had much higher claw and bite damage and a slightly lower breath weapon damage. It was a change I was sad to see.

Javier keeps chewing the bit of leather between his teeth, offering only a shrug at the suggested plan. Considering Javier's usual range of emotion, what he meant by the shrug could be absolutely anything.

(( OOC: I'm going to try and catch up on this game. Consider this me checking in. ))

I'm glad to hear it, Merric! My group just wrapped up Tyranny of Dragons. I felt I had to really bolster the cult forces in the finale, but at the same time, my group was 17th level at the time. Still, the PCs managed to stop the ritual on turn nine, so that was pretty crazy.

I have to call foul on this. It may not play to your tastes, but to call it objectively bad is just inaccurate. Look at all the folks who are enjoying 5th Edition; for a game to be objectively bad, it has to fail at delivering fun on a consistent basis. And that's not what we're seeing.

Thanks for the mention, Rune. I had a look under my 'badge inventory' and didn't see anything there, so unless I'm looking in the wrong place, it isn't there.

I can't believe the thread made it to page 4 before somebody mentioned it. I read the first post, thought, "Oh, someone's going to point that out", then kept reading and waiting. Usually, we D&D nerds are on point about the specific properties of every monster in the MM. ;)