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2 out of 5 rating for Out of the Abyss Too jokesy/odd in many ways for the Realms, not a good fit.

I'm curious why in the Underdark they'd have anything like a wedding, even a perverted wedding. Why bother? The drow don't have weddings, AFAIK, or any other Underdark creature. This just seems ridiculous. But then, I guess it is inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

In original Basic D&D and AD&D it was a significant challenge to roleplay a wizard from first level. You might have a grand total of two hit points, and a one-shot magic missile, and spend the rest of the time figuring out how not to get hit. You would benefit your party in ways that weren't...

Here's hoping they find new and better-paying positions quickly. And then there were eight...

There's a truism in teaching, whether it's elementary school or university: if you have a question, it's likely that other people have the same question. Some people don't like to point out they need clarification, because putting yourself out there may make other people look down on you...

I hate pointing to stereotypes too, but that is exactly what happened with us. In our teens, we sometimes played at the gaming store. But running into a couple of those stereotypical socially awkward gamers pushed us away and we never looked back. Even watching the occasional "let's play" on...

Yep, the "exclusivity" thing really kind of puzzles/irks me too. Back when they originally released Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle only as a GenCon exclusive, I kept wondering what was up with WotC such that they didn't want my money. Much later, now, it's available at d&dclassics, but it's...

Perhaps. I suppose it really comes down to whether or not it results in profit. I'm still not exactly convinced it wouldn't be better to just have your editors work on products that can sell widely, and be put into online stores like Paizo's and Amazon's. Being a niche community, advertising...

Interesting. I guess since I'm out of the organized play "loop" it never occurred to me that Paizo and others would offer free material, adventures and such, at gaming stores.

Do other gaming companies, like Paizo, do this? I don't often go to gaming stores, perhaps once a year, so I don't know.

Does it actually work, though? Bringing someone into a store is all well and good, but there's no guarantee that they'll buy WotC products while they're there. Does Paizo have their editors spend a lot of time making store event or tournament material? I honestly don't know. I mean, I can...

Something I have never really understood (perhaps someone can help clarify), why does WotC put so much emphasis on making products for tournament and gaming-store play rather than straight-up modules and sourcebooks? Does the tournament/store material actually bring in money? At gaming stores...

Paizo is in direct competition with WotC. I doubt they could sign any kind of traditional non-compete clause.

It's set in Mulmaster, at least partially. Which is on the Moonsea.

Seems to me that the game industry is still banking on MMOs for money. But people are even getting tired of Warcraft, which is the most involved and the most polished MMO. Other MMOs do still draw people, but they're much smaller and filled with micro-transactions that will bleed you dry if...

Factions and renown aren't exactly new. DMs have been doing these kinds of things forever, but perhaps not "tracked" in the same kinds of ways. In the past, if I had a PC who was a druid, their circle and the people in it were often woven into my story as DM. Wizards had either masters who...

I'm beyond tired of seeing everything firmly set in the Forgotten Realms. It's a solid ball of cheese with all the nukes, cataclysms, superheroes, and stupid god dramas. Does the Realms really need yet another possible apocalypse? Put things in Greyhawk, Mystara, or go with generic. And does...

I'm not really sure this is true. I think it's more than possible that if they publish a 5E FR book and it fails financially, they'd consider completely starting over. If that happened, a total reboot to 1E might indeed happen. Updating the OGB edition with new artwork and more detailed newer...

By "logical" and "restoration" though, do you mean no more cheese? Generally, both people and companies tend to keep doing the same thing. And WotC in particular is mainly known for re-publishing and putting material in a new outside package with a little bit of added material. That post in...

At this point, I'd argue that the cheese IS the Realms. There was a time when the cheese was sprinkled on top, but including all the bizarre WTF cheese involved with the Spellplague and the Sundering, the Realms is defined by cheese. If you took one of those giant holiday cheezballs from...