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Heh, no worries. I never really got into 4e (never actually played it with a live group). I eventually adapted that story into a series of novels called The Colors of Fate, and I think it got better for having removed all of the D&D aspects. Question for the readers: I’ve already selected the...

Chapter 13 The first giant centipede staggered as it was blasted by one of Folgar’s magic missiles. It tried to evade the rest of them, but there was no escaping the arcane darts as they slammed into the monster, blasting it into pieces. The second bug kept on coming, its body undulating as it...

Bumping my most-read ENWorld story to let my thread subscribers know I'm writing a new 5e story based on the recently-released Heroes of the Borderlands starter set. It's a more modest effort than these ol' epic threads of yore, but I thought some of you might enjoy it. You can find the new...

I’m a few posts ahead in the story now, and I think I’ll go to an every-other-day schedule for posting chapters. I am not planning on having the party visit every single cave, but they’ll definitely need to get to third level before taking on the cult (assuming they survive that long). Chapter...

Chapter 11 They set off early the next morning. True to his word, Winvarle had a package delivered to the inn: a leather satchel containing a week’s worth of non-perishable foodstuffs, a quiver of extra arrows, and the potion. The warrior examined it curiously; he’d heard of such things, of...

I also have a lot of nostalgia for the Keep. It was the location for my first game of D&D, in the summer of 1982. I don't have a lot of specific recollections of that adventure, but I remember that my first character was an elf, and that he went into the kobold cave. From such humble origins is...

I am constantly amazed at the caliber of voice actors that they are able to get for their animated shows (the M9 guest list is just amazing).

Looking forward to it. From what they've shared so far it looks like Yasha might be a late addition; the actor was away for much of the start of the campaign, and she had a connection to an early villain that could allow her to come in as an antagonist. And it looks like might come at the end...

I had a similar reaction to the new lycanthropes at first. I really liked the idea of silver weapons bypassing their resistance, especially since I'd recently run a game where the party encountered one early in their careers, when they didn't have any magical weapons yet. In those situations...

Chapter 9 There were four of them, dressed in red robes with black hoods that came forward to completely conceal their faces. Their intentions were obvious even before two of them rushed to surround Ravani. The elf darted back, but couldn’t escape a gash that ripped along his side, cutting...

Overall, so far so good. I've even started using some 2024 monsters in one of my 2014 games. I like the slight increase in difficulty to mid-CR foes. I think they've fixed the action economy for some creatures in that range. For example, I have a cloaker encounter coming up, and it used to be...

Thanks, GuyBoy. Over the years I’ve published six other completed stories here: Travels through the Wild West (3e/Forgotten Realms), The Shackled City (3e/Dungeon Magazine Adventure Path), The Doomed Bastards (3e/Rappan Athuk), Keep on the Shadowfell (4e/Nentir Vale), X-COM (3e/Neverwinter...

Chapter 7 As the warrior finished his second bowl of soup, he settled back in his chair and let out a loud belch. “Charming,” Ravani said. “Hadn’t had a meal in a while?” Leana asked. The warrior shook his head sheepishly. “I just got in today,” he admitted. “There wasn’t… there haven’t been...

Chapter 6 The tavern was called the Drunken Dragon, and it was busy. Busier by far than the tavern back in Dunwillow, with soldiers, merchants, and weary travelers of all sorts filling out the dozen or so tables scattered around the taproom, or seated at one of the tall stools in front of the...

I watched about an hour of it last night. I thought that the announcements/ad piece at the beginning felt like they were trying too hard, but I enjoyed the funny self-referential dig in Sam's piece ("Why aren't we playing Daggerheart? That seems like a bad decision..."). The show itself is much...

Another vote for the 3e setting book. That volume pretty much turned me into a Realms fan (that and some of the novels). I downloaded a bunch of the 2e stuff that was posted for free on the WotC web site but I didn't like the design, art, I don't know, none of it really grabbed me. I can't...

Chapter 5 It didn’t take long for Rav to scout out the lower ward of the keep. The elf slipped through the crowd like a shadow, not doing anything to draw the eye or stick in someone’s memory. His clothes were plain, his sword and dagger strapped to his thighs and remaining almost hidden under...

Based on what I've seen of Brennan's DMing (both with Calamity and D20), I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I stopped watching C3 about halfway through, but I'll start with this one tonight and see how it goes. I think the new format adds some interesting possibilities.

Been looking forward to this. The preview images shared so far look great, and they have some great guest voice actors lined up. This was the first Critical Role campaign that I watched "live," and even though there's a lot of filler content over the course of the campaign, I really enjoyed it.

Chapter 4 Folgar stood in front of the smithy, listening to the sounds of activity coming from within. Heat poured out of the interior, and the dwarf could feel himself starting to sweat a bit under his layered robes. The frequency and intensity of the strikes picked up; whoever was working in...