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That was similar to the way it was originally going to work -- the first Death Curse primer noted that all Season 5, 6, and 7 adventures were going to be played under the effect of the Death Curse, but the admins changed their minds and restricted the Death Curse to just Season 7 and CCC...

Thanks for the clarification on dead characters and DM rewards. However, with respect to this: My understanding is that Lost Mine has a level range of 1-5, not 1-4. (This thread from reddit points this out, as do other online sources.) This would mean that a level 5 character could rejoin...

Since he's got 37 max hp normally (assuming that's not been reduced via the Death Curse as a result of playing a Season 7 module or in the Tomb of Annihilation hardcover), I'd assume he's 4th level, but depending on multi-classing and Con score he could actually be 5th -- that makes a difference...

My understanding is that Fai Chen doesn't advertise his wares as a way of trying to limit power-gaming -- "Oh, the Fai Chen's at HeavyDutyCon is going to have +3 rapiers? I know where I'm taking my swashbuckler rogue next month!" I think having a placard or other on-site list of the 'common'...

I get you -- in fact, this is even more of an issue now, because the lore for the Hexblade actually mentions the Raven Queen, despite XGE supposedly being a Realms resource, and based on the 'mentions are enough' rule, would imply that the Raven Queen is now also a legal AL deity. Lore-wise...

Magic missile was an extremely popular spell in 2nd and 3rd editions, so much so that many minor magic items in the Realms published during that time period had "and you're immune to magic missiles" as an additional ability. Now that 5e has buffed a number of alternate 1st level attack spells...

The entire survey is three pages, and the last page is very short if you don't have specific comments to make about AL. While this is good in the sense that it won't take much time to complete, I'm concerned that the data being gathered is more intended to confirm to the admins and the WotC team...

Thanks, Kalani -- Voort beat you to the punch, and I have edited the entry to show that monks cannot use kensai weapons that are not monk weapons for Martial Arts until they take the Path of the Kensai at 3rd level. -- Pauper

This is true, but being mentioned in the sidebar is not sufficient to allow the deity to be chosen as a cleric patron -- the deity must be "listed in the Deities of the Forgotten Realms and Nonhuman Deities tables in the PHB or any deity listed in the resources listed in Step 1&2, above". (ALPG...

It does -- I had missed this originally and will edit the entry appropriately to show that kensai don't have this issue, but monks who are not yet kensai do. (As an aside, this is one reason why I note these observations are not binding -- I'm as vulnerable to missing text or editing issues as...

With the release of Xanathar's Guide to Everything to WotC Premiere stores last week, as well as the pre-release availability of the book at GameHole Con, the AL admins have published their guidance for use of Xanathar's Guide in AL games. The guidance is succinct and to-the-point, but I...

Would love to see this at more cons -- not only does the extra half hour provide time for mustering issues, but for tables who don't have mustering issues, the DM has time to review characters for AL legality, which is something that really should be done at conventions* but seldom is. * -...

It's not AL-legal, but it's still a very cool adventure -- I know at least one local player who was hesitant about 5e that decided to give it a shot after playing through this adventure. If you've got a group that's not 100% certain about AL, but is curious about 5e, this makes a good adventure...

More importantly, if you have an early-season character that, to this point, hasn't taken anything outside of the PH, then you effectively haven't chosen a +1 and can select XGtE as the +1 if you choose. (And because it came up at our table last night -- if you've received a spell scroll or...

I'm not normally a proponent of 'dueling DMs', but in this case, if you've got complaints about your local DM, it's likely other players do too but keep mum at the table to avoid conflict. If you've got enough players at your venue to divide between the two of you, feel free to approach the...

Things that are non-mechanical (like the list of character names by race/ethnicity and the random backgrounds) are probably non-controversial to use as-written. Anything else has the potential to be modified for AL, though there's no guarantee that any of it will be. We'll just have to wait for...

I haven't been able to find an official reference to the 'must play all sessions to earn minimum XP' rule; if you know where it is, Kalani, a quote would be appreciated. Thanks, -- Pauper

Also, keep in mind that if you do this, both characters are considered to have played the adventure and cannot 'go back' and finish parts of the adventure they didn't play -- this is different from hardcover adventures where only specific encounters cannot be replayed with the same character. I...

I think there's an important distinction to be made here which makes the allegedly 'misleading' headline absolutely on-point. People with concerns about harassment, and who look for policies related to harassment, are primarily concerned with making sure harassment doesn't occur -- that's the...

Now that we have the table of contents from XGtE, we can confirm that there are subclasses in XGtE that are reprinted from earlier books. A reminder from p.5 of the current FAQ: So if you have a swashbuckler character, and thus have SCAG as your +1, you will need to follow the rules for...