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Chapter 3 Leana adjusted the shoulders of her robe, though the garment didn’t really need fixing. It was strange how even after just wearing her armor daily for two weeks, she felt almost naked without it. Her hand traveled to the sigil she wore on a thin chain around her neck, and she...

Chapter 2 “Mister? Hey, mister!” The voice jolted Grimdark out of his reverie. He looked around for the speaker, but didn’t see them at first. The inside of the barn was a bit dark with the keep’s outer wall cutting off the sunshine, but he could see a wagon half-loaded with hay a few feet...

It’s been about six years since I lasted posted a story here. This one is like most of my past entries in the Story Hour forum in that it is a fictional writeup of a playthrough through the adventure in the newly released 5e 2024 Starter Set. There are no players; however, for this one I am...

The final passage in the keep booklet says, "If you wish to advance these characters beyond level 3 and create new adventures for them, you need the core rulebooks... [lists them]"

The Keep section put me off a bit until I realized that this was the intent. The mini-quests there struck me as a bit simplistic but they are in line with what you might see in a video game like Baldur's Gate 3. I like the way that they fleshed out the NPCs on the cards with some quotes and...

It seems like it would be fairly easy to create a character card for another class. For a ranger, all you'd really need would be a few more spell cards. If WotC doesn't do it, someone else will.

I've gone from vaguely curious about this release to a definite purchase. I'm already running three 5.x games so I'm not looking for new players right now, but I'd like to have it in case any of my non-gaming friends ask about D&D. This also seems like a good box to bring to a (generic) gaming...

Darkness is a choice. A -5 to Passive Perception is a significant penalty, especially in an area where there are traps or monsters lurking. I have had all-Darkvision parties sometimes pull out a torch or carry the light cantrip just for that reason alone. On food I mostly agree, I don't...

According to Amazon, there are nine of the double-sided maps (so 18 maps total). The keep and wilderness exploration maps are on opposite sides of the same sheet. Several of the wilderness encounters do use the same map; I've seen at least 3 different examples of those in the preview vids, along...

I was one of those folks who didn't like the shift away from racial stat boosts, at first. I didn't like the optional flexibility rule when it came out in Tasha's, and had to be convinced by my players to allow it in my most recent 2014 game. I felt the same way that others have posted here...

Based on how many 5-room dungeons I've run as one-shots, I could easily see each one of the Caves of Chaos taking up a game session. I know they're using milestone leveling, and while I don't know where the thresholds are, I wouldn't be surprised if the first level up came in the keep, the...

The character cards go to 3rd level, with two choices for subclass (on the front and back of the L3 cards).

I wonder why each of the samples has 1 hp more in tokens then their max HP.

TheSword's list of valued improvements is very similar to mine, so I'll just endorse that. I support everyone's right to an opinion, but some people in this thread seem to be implying that it's ridiculous to consider the new ruleset an improvement over 2014. Folks can stick with 2014 or pick up...

The feats are integrated into the species and background cards. For example, the Human species card has the "Fortunate" trait, which uses the rules from the Lucky feat (I'm not sure why the changed the wording). The Acolyte background has the spells for the Magic Initiate feat preselected...

The books all appear to be relatively short, the Wilderness one is the shortest at 15 pages. The Keep booklet looks to be about the same length; it focuses on the NPCs in the keep and apparently the players can do minor quests for them. The wilderness book includes various encounters, including...

The unboxing video didn't show everything, but it looks like there are four species (elf, dwarf, human, and halfling), and about 7 background options provided in the set. So if you have more than four players, you can at least have some variability between the characters within the four class...

When I created my 5e adaptation of The Lost City I leaned heavily into the suggested content for expanding the adventure provided in the original Basic module. There are some decent maps of the underground city online, and I built out the three faction headquarters, the Temple of Zargon, the...

I gave it a 7. I am running two campaigns right now that are still using the 2014 rules and one that's 40 sessions into the 2024 ruleset. I really like the books; the highlights for me are the covers (alt versions) and the interior art, and the overall organization. I like the way they put the...

I have the digital version for my VTT of choice. The adventures are great, and classics for a reason. I don't really like the framing vehicle for using them together as a campaign but it's easy enough to drop them into an existing campaign. I just started running The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth...