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I have a slip of paper that correlates player names to character names, and lists their AC and Passive Perception. It's by far the best thing on my screen.

Any chance these show up at New York Comic Con? Not sure if WoTC ever has any kind of presence there. Also, now that it's been "out" for a bit, would anybody who has it be willing to briefly summarize the adventures? Even something small, like just the plot hooks.

Yeah, same here! Like, if it's got a rechargable ability, it uses that AND it's attack action. Adding spellcasting as Legendary Actions are gamechangers, especially for Dragons. I normally let them cast a spell for two legendary actions. Tonight my party may be fighting a Beholder- it randomly...

For me that's a lot of the fun, but I'm certain mileage varies there :)

I agree that the creatures are created in a way to make them easy to run, and sacrificing complexity has the effect of also lowering it's challenge, especially for higher level groups. I've found the game to be incredibly malleable, though, I've had a super easy time readjusting creatures to...

I ran a group of 3 in a session with a "Rotting Wind", and some kind of temple slime thing I can't recall the name of offhand. (I'll laugh if I look it up later and it's "Temple Slime", though.) I usually run for 5, but we were two short and really jonesing to play. I had planned to have the...

In the game I run, it seems to be at about a mid-level of availability compared to what everyone else is doing. -At low levels, "Raise Dead" can be purchased at some temples, but having enough gold to actually purchase it is a huge hardship. I keep it cost prohibitive throughout the campaign...

What if you sort of broke the map down into "Hub" areas? So, lets say the first level of Undermountain has four "zones". Library ruins, Ancient Tombs, A Beholder Lair, and a Pirate Den. You'd build each of those as six to seven room mini-dungeons, and then the Skill Challenge you talk about is...

We try to play every week, but we're all dads with toddlers so it tends to be every other week. Our normal session is three hours long, but twice a year we gather for an all day game.

Tome of Beasts is my favorite 5e supplement- I use at least one creature from it every session. I found the core MM book tended towards a lot of creatures that really boiled down too "Bag of hit points and multi-attack". Tome of Beasts has more creatures that inflict status effects, or have...

Is there anyone who has a copy who would be willing to give a short summary/description of the adventures?

Monsters hitting downed players, instead of walking away and letting them heal/pop up like a jack in the box, makes a HUGE difference.

Also, looking at the Game of Thrones scene again- one of the scariest moments was seeing that the fire literally reduced men to ash...maybe that could be translated by having Dragon Breath cause disintegration if they hit 0?

Thank you! My campaign is building towards a fight with an Ancient Red, I'll definitely be using this! It'll be several months, but I'll check in and let you know how they did.

I really like this article, and it had something I'll be implementing ASAP! So, I'm not going to change the XP system wholesale- I feel like this is too simple to be satisfying for my table. BUT, the tier tables are crazy helpful for me. I always give out XP for exploration and social...

We've been playing 5e about a year, although I found system mastery had less of an influence than just general puzzle/problem solving- there really wasn't a ton of rolling dice. They took things slow and careful, and essentially blew through the dungeon with no problem until the end (mage hand...

Just because WoTCs adventure paths are getting trashed in this thread in general, I just wanted to add my perspective to the mix. I think I'm the target audience they're trying to hit, and they're nailing it. I've been tabletop gaming with some combination of the same group for 23 years now...

Okay, one last theory- I still stand behind my hunch that they want to base it around a major villain, but I've come up with a more tempting choice for them: Ashardalon hits a lot of the 5e storyline "buttons". -Plays on nostalgia for 3rd edition gamers -Some outside recognizably because of...

I also expect that we'll see a "Tales From The Yawning Portal 2" sooner rather than later- I get the impression that it sold really well, and it seems like it gives the behind the scenes crew a bit of a break in terms of effort expended putting it together.

When I run it (in about two years, according to my loose schedule, haha) Orcus is going to be the main villain, because my players are dealing with the Demogorgon in the current campaign. I'm going to have it transition to the 4e Orcus adventures for the high level stuff- I also wish they'd put...