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I doubt we'll see him again. I think the hotel owner who wants to be the American president was an unflattering caricature of the current American president who is a hotel owner. Nyssa, perhaps? The Master had stolen her father's body. But, it was a great performance. Too often, the companions...

A rather clumsy caricature of current politics. Not afraid of spiders, so the show was emotionally dull. Maybe the writer or director is? We didn't get the usual slow reveal that we usually get, delayed until one to three victims have met a sticky, screaming end. Puzzled by the Doctor's...

This is in the context of Adventurer's League, so not subject to DM discretion. There's a small chance of finding such a scroll in an adventure. Scribing scrolls looks to be prohibitive in terms of downtime and reduced gold cost. Just buy the scrolls, although even that option isn't extremely...

We need occasional Black Orchid-style historicals. This one was a bit heavy-handed on the sociology, but I expected that going in. I enjoyed seeing Krasko (who couldn't do violence against people) use essentially the Doctor's methods against her - clever little things that disrupt. Well...

As stated, Season 8 really changed the rules of the game, so no one is comfortable with how things work now. Let's see what I can answer: 1. That rules interpretation is probably wrong, but as a matter of culture, Detect Magic is not that useful for the cost of the slot. We don't keep magic...

No, the Eberron campaign is separate. You could create a new Eberron character just in case. That campaign isn't as widespread as the FR one yet, but you never know.

The AL Red War adventure is one of their epic modules, particularly dangerous, and you were a new 1st level character with no extra resources. Almost any AL adventure that you play hereafter will be easier. You can freely rebuild your character until 5th level, so you can try different things.

Oh, I agree it's not intuitive. It did require a clarification post by an Admin, and for all I know a new version of the ALDMG will change things tomorrow. (More likely, they'll put that reference in the ALDMG where it belongs.) Something that did change in the last few days is that TCP earned...

An Admin has said this specifically on FB, but it's also something you can deduce from the text in the ALPG - a character receives downtime and renown as a consequence of receiving ACP.

I see Seelah is a leftie in this version. (She has been portrayed both ways.)

Something else that comes up in my session zeroes: What are the ethics of the group? For a spy or pulp action game, do we kill or take prisoners? In D&D, do we allow evil PCs? The intra-group strife can be just awful if these things aren't settled beforehand.

Indeed; I missed that. The DC in 4E for Aid Another was just a bit easier than the "Moderate" DC for a task. By that philosophy, I amend my suggestion. Task DC-10 is probably too easy. -8 or -5 would be closer in style.

I have seen no mention of the 4E rule yet, which (after errata, I believe) had a penalty for failure. The target DC for Aid Another was 10+(character level)/2. Success gave +2, failure gave -1. A character good at the skill would hit that DC most or all of the time. 5E would require a different...

Distinctive and decent quality. Why octagon tokens? They are a lot harder to cut out than rectangles (though easier than circles).

Since this thread is live again, I've been running a bow druid for quite a while in Adventurer's League. The effectiveness definitely tapers off with level. I run a straight wood elf grassland druid, pumping Dex in light armor, which is a good approach anyway. The character does have stealth and...

It's a Part 1. At the end of any part 1, regardless of genre, the villain will have won or at least be in a really, really good strategic position.

Living FR had a handful of 4E adventures (really one story arc) set on Laerakond. I had fun emphasizing the cultural differences. "You say you are a 'cleric'? The gods are dead, man; the dragon lords ate them." "What is an 'elf'?"

I hope this isn't a big source of cherry-picking. In PF1, some domain powers were obvious favorites (e.g., Liberation). You had to take the whole package, though, including spells and deity. We'll see how this plays out. [/LIST]

I hope this isn't a big source of cherry-picking. In PF1, some domain powers were obvious favorites (e.g., Liberation). You had to take the whole package, though, including spells and deity. We'll see how this plays out. [/LIST]

And maybe I'm thinking about it too hard. I think it was thoughtless writing, but you're right, there are possible explanations. Certainly, there are bigger questions. The plot is becoming much more complex. One of those questions is, what deed do the followers of Cythonna hate the Els for? I...