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Sounds right. I think OA was the first (or one of the first) D&D setting that wasn’t quasi European (unlike Greyhawk, Known World, FR - though it preceded FR, I think). I assume it did OK since they created so many other settings. Could perhaps be money in something different, but we all know...

I agree. Maybe it’s just me, or maybe it’s Warlocks (what I play), but it seems like D&D gets more complex with each edition. I was playing Warlock to keep it simple, but at 9th level, there’s a lot more to deal with than pew-pew Eldritch Blast.

True, but it’s sad this approach leads to quasi European with modern values + Star Wars cantina non-humans as the only society type in most of D&D. Kinda been there, done that a zillion ways now.

Different levels exist in 2 of the 3 3.5e campaigns I’m in (DM 2, play 1). It’s “natural” because it’s caused by players joining at different times or moving characters across campaigns. The XP system allows slow catch-up. In the 5e Ravenloft campaign I’m a player in, I joined years late at...

Hmm, I wonder what languages D&D is in? Copilot says: French, German, Italian (seen that for 3e), Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese (the PRC version, not the Taiwan version). So it seems the PRC and Japan are (or were) target markets.

Why are you yelling? The 3e OA setting was Rokugan. It’s about Legend of the Five Rings, not Japan or the original OA. Seems more like a “collector book” than a version that was widely played - I haven’t seen anyone here talk about playing it. I’m saying I want the original OA with its focus...

My wishlist: Return to the spirit of the 1985 book. 1) Focus on Japan, not all of Asia. Most of the original OA was on Japanese themes. All the original play testers were Japanese. Double down on this. And other countries later if the demand is there. 2) Folklore themed. One of the best...

Yes, across my 2 OA campaigns (high school summer before senior year and college junior year winter study), I remember one player character was a korobukuru barbarian. Most were humans - maybe 1 Spiritfolk? - and all from Wa or Kozakura. No gaijin classes or elves etc. There were no bards...

Blue … and foreshadow with electricity, like a static shock if they enter a room she is in.

Hmm, I can’t explain it, exactly, but once my wife and I checked into a hotel, got to our room, in an empty wing, and after a minute, she said, “Nope, nope, nope, this feels wrong.” I said, “Like someone is watching us.” She said, “Exactly!” We checked out - no questions on why - and I drove...

The adventures I remember best featured an ninja attack on The Inn of the Globe Fish in the mountains in winter, trapped in by snow. A Japanese style castle with ghosts and a talking carp down a well. People talked about that for decades (ran it in college), and my college friend who grew up...

Addresses? In a medieval city? That’s what I would be stuck on. Postal addresses have barely (or not) reached some parts of the current world. If you have 123 Main Street, Baldur’s Gate, BG3-SW2, it breaks immersion for me. I suppose if it’s “two doors down from the tooth puller on the...

In the sense of as far West as you can get without being an island or Iberia. Maybe it’s Lisbon? :)

Yes, but the emphasis of the rules and most adventures centered on Wa & Kozakura (versions of Japan based on different political periods of medieval history). Shou Lung & T’u Lung were a similar approach to China, but less prominent in the rules (Samurai, Yakuza, Bushi, Ninja) than fantasy...

The original OA is the first thing I DM’d. Glad to see a version of it coming back and in Japan first with apparently Japanese authors. Really the only way it could return. Pet issue, but I like Kara-Tur as a standalone setting, not as it was latter force fitted into Forgotten Realms...

I suspect the same. That and assuming you’re “obligated” to run every splatbook, including those at the very end of 3.5e. I suspect the average might be 7, but the median and mode are likely lower. One campaign that goes to 20 pulls up the average for many that sputtered at lower levels...

100%, when playing in anyone’s game, roll with it, let it go, let them figure things out - and you will learn too. I noticed the complaints were about being “weaker” than the player wanted - fewer HP points, lower AC. And not knowing the rules - a new system with unknown house rules. My...

That information is on the website.

And then Paizo buys D&D from WotC.

Not sure if Shadowheart and Daggerdark will be a new generation…