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I think calling it out specifically would help clarify a few things- for instance, that PCs don't work the same as NPCs. 13th Age explicitly says you're already a hero at level 1, that you stand apart from common folk. Dungeon World says you're the cleric/wizard/thief. There may be other...

Does it say this anywhere in the book? It should. Other games do say explicitly that your character is special.

I picked it up- it's definitely a tight, minimalist system-neutral little adventure. I will emphasize "tight;" it's only 4 pages, but every sentence is filled with important info, no wasted words here. I appreciate the system-neutral approach, it's pretty easy to run it with whatever system...

I ran it for less than a dozen sessions... I think one big thing I'd alter is either Valindra's presence, her motivation, and/or her reaction to the party finding her. I couldn't understand why she'd react the way she does, abandoning her cool base when the PCs find her. It's been years now, but...

Holy crud, 120hp? And his stats are stacked.

I wonder if some of the older 5e LOTR adventures would serve as better intro, if Star of the Mist was simply "adequate."

I started with AD&D, we never played with destroyable worn items.. I do sometimes think that magic items being less "permanent" would be a boon to mixing up PC "builds" in 5e. The only reason a PC is parted from a magic item now is if they've found something better, or if you can somehow...

This is one of the things I like so much about many (not all) DCC adventures- they're so easy to run straight from the book without any prep. I've run some of them without more than a cursory look beforehand. Check out Tome of Adventure Vol 1.

I assume it means looking for ways to spread into new markets, and appeal to new sections of consumers that previously had no interest in your product/didn't know your product existed.

Ah, I see your confusion- one of them is a year, comet. The others are 3 days. Comet used to level you- now it gives advantage on death saving throws for a year. Fool used to lose you a bunch of XP- now it gives you disadvantage on d20s for 3 days. Jester used to give you a bunch of XP- now it...

Wow I just looked them up- there are some heavy nerfs to the Deck in 5e24, both benefits and detriments!

I ran a 5e West Marches game for some years, it worked pretty well there as well as long as everyone was within 3 or 4 levels. But for regular games, I tend to keep everyone on the same XP track. The only thing that throws that off are magic items that grant XP, like Deck of Many Things and a...

Necessity being the mother of invention ;)

Yup- if I'm lucky I'll think to pull some shelfware down rarely and give it a read-through... but more often they just sit on the shelf waiting to be read- some day. Definitely some day. Soon. The only TTRPG stuff that my group "went in on" was DnDBeyond content, the legendary bundle back in...

Oh right, these are the books that're supposed to have Circle Casting rules in them, yeah? I'll be interested to see what they do with them.

For the amount that you pay for them, you get a massive value in play. Of course that assumes that you're actually making use of them, and not buying them because they're interesting and you're sure that one day soon you'll get around to using them properly, but not just this moment.. and then...

The alt cover is sweet.

I'd agree with you. Buuut I imagine that the idea is to pitch to players as much as possible- for that, you want them to picture themselves playing characters in the game... it's the "OC" appeal. It's about the player character, not the world they happen to be in.

When you say "these books" are you referring to these new ones? Cuz I'm sure they do! Good :) When I said "past books" I was referring to stuff like Oriental Adventures plus older, TSR-era content.

Ofc I guess it depends on what the market actually wants... They might enjoy western fantasy since it's DnD 🤷‍♂️ past versions of "eastern" stuff hasn't been too... sensitive?