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Do people not roleplay that their character is dumb when they have low intelligence? Plus, investigation alone is a crucial skill, not to mention the various lores. I would dump strength before I would dump intelligence.

Well, the first game was super fun. Keep in mind that these games are less than two hours, after school. The players formed a party together for safety in get to Bordelrands Keep. Once there, they met some folks, pursued some rumours, took part in the drinking competition at the tavern (and...

Here's my additional notes and modifications, designed to integrate the Heroes of the Borderlands adventure into my version of Exandria. I tried to make the Cult (now followers of Tharizdun, the Chained Oblivion) into more of a through line, added a few plot hooks to the wider world and history...

So, that's a challenging party composition for a DM, and it's about a lot more than secret doors. All kinds of lore-based plot hooks and puzzles are fairly inaccessible for the party. And, if players are roleplaying their characters with their attributes in mind, then it's going to feel kind of...

100% this. Also a teacher, and we know now that every single person is unique in their learning process. Unfortunately, education has traditionally favoured certain kinds of learners and certain kinds of assessments, so that tons of smart and talented people wind up feeling like they're dumb...

It's hard to say, as none of us have seen anything of Campaign 4 yet. But also, it is a big change to cast and Dungeon Master. If what you are interested in is the "Critical Role Experience," I recommend watching the first few episodes of Campaign 2, which offer a complete story arc and will...

I strongly agree that the name of ADHD contributes to it being very widely misunderstood, even (especially?) among teachers, who need to be better trained about it. Most of what I know about it, I learned as a parent, not a teacher, though in recent years we have finally received some good pro-d...

Especially since it was produced by a team whose brand identity was defined, by themselves, as D&D players. DH displacing D&D did not does not seem remotely likely to me - there is just so much inertia behind D&D, at this point. And I don't think its designers ever intended it that way, so I...

No. Not the same. I was very specific to give examples of what I see as lazy writing, or writing that overly relies on plot convenience, or whatever you want to call it. Lazy writing is a commonly used term of criticism. It’s a bit of a catch-all term, which is why I explained the context...

I watched the finale and mostly enjoyed it. I stand by my criticism that the story relying heavily on plot convenience is the major weakness of an otherwise very good show. One xenomorph taking out the poorly armed, poorly informed crew of the Nostromo was one thing, but one xenomorph taking...

The poster is fantastic! Don’t know if I’ll watch it, though. Season 3 was pretty dumb.

Keep an eye on the appetite thing. My son has ADHD medication and weight loss became a serious issue. The magic items and minions are amazing!

CR will not address the Orion situation, ever. However, he has discussed having his own personal issues to work through at that time that were making it difficult for him professionally. And there have been some unsavory allegations about aspects of his conduct that I don't want to go into but...

Agreed - for me, Tharizdun was the obvious choice to give the "Cult of Chaos" a little more context and meaning. It's also an opponent that pretty much everyone agrees is Bad News, which makes things simpler for beginners.

Here's my first draft of the modifications I am making to the Keep section: Borderlands Keep Location: About a half day’s travel northeast of Rockguard Garrison, the Borderlands Keep is the Dwendalian Empire’s farthest outpost in the disputed and largely lawless territory between the Empire...

I bought the digital version on DDB; beginning players are making their own characters with access to all the current rules, and our first game is on Thursday so I’ll report back on how it goes running it on DDB. So far I have 6 players so I will have to beef up the encounters. BTW it cost me...

Absolutely! And that's my hope! But then why this trailer? I was buzzing for this campaign and now the trailer has me all worried that it will feel more like Mulligan's last stint on CR (though to be fair, that story didn't come from him, and the ending was literally preordained). Edit: going...

Nobody’s denying that you can do serious story beats. It’s when they become the focus that improv acting becomes tedious - it’s the same conversation, over and over, as Campaign 3 richly demonstrated. It may have worked for some folks and that’s awesome, but there’s a pretty strong consensus...

I think there is plenty of acting talent. But there’s a reason no one goes to the improv for serious drama.

According to WotC they are.