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August 15 2017.

Intersting that nearly all the posts I see in this thread are talking about it being a 5 or below, and yet in the poll 60%+ rate it 7 or higher and a full 33% rate it an 8 or 9. Seems to give credence to the idea that the '24 detractors are a vocal minority. For me, the system is a 9. I feel...

1. I’m pretty sure there is another way up, but adding another clue or removing the skill check for an intelligent character to read the runes wouldn’t be a bad idea for that anyhow. My players figured it out instantly. 2. I stayed super zoomed in. But once they found the first room leading...

1. Not sure. My party took the flame portal. 2. I used DdB maps and kept where they were under fog of war, describing intersections to them and changing cardinal directions at each bend. They freaked out when they crossed their own rope line at one point. Super fun. 3. I used a d6 and anytime...

Sorcery incarnate is the big piece. Chaos bolt to a lesser extent.

The most popular settings in 5e I would put as renaissance rather than medieval. But not yet industrial. I think most of the OPs reasoning ties to Renaissance just as well.

One of my favorite things about the 2024 class updates is they worked to separate these three classes more then in 2014. The stories were always separated well, but now the mechanics help more with the fiction. Sorcerers especially now feel like the powerful innate specialists of the arcane.

Been running this for my group with the 24 rules for about the last year and having a blast. Used the campaign frame, but occasionally head off on adventures from other anthologies. Works perfectly with Nafas as the patron. Party is level 10 now and next adventure will be a home brew BG3...

The best way to compete is to stake your ie. Unique space. For example, aiming to be the worlds greats space fantasy RPG is a better goal because WotC doesn’t already own the brand. It’s pretty consistent in business that once a brand is as established as D&D, it won’t ever give up its lead...

Exactly. D&D adventures are the biggest driving force to acquire new players. Over a decade of 5e, you could watch PHB sales bump up every time there was a new adventure released. It’s also the biggest reason WotC stayed with 5th. So that DMs have a wide range of stories to entice players with.

Ha, yeah they had to figure out something since BM and BLM were taken for very differ t concepts. as for the 13/3. Yeah it’s ambitious, and I give everyone props for even attempting it. It’s either gonna be a masterpiece or explode from within.

If you haven't, check out BLeeMs Worlds Beyond Number podcast. It's longer format, has a ton of world building and is IMO, the best thing he's done. As for table composition, as someone else said brilliantly upthread, this campaign CR will discover if they are the cast of Friends...

I'm wondering if you think they sold-out? LIke, I don't know Metallica or The Red Hot Chilli Peppers or something. I think they're just a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors who play dungeons and dragons on the internet, made it big and want to keep the dream going as long as they can while also...

Started the final book today! Thought Towers of Midnight was very solid, but suffered a bit from not having Jordan writing it (Gathering Storm I felt was spot on to Jordan's style/tone). As a side note given today's news, can't help thinking that BLeeM is going to attempt something on the...

You know, this isn't really that crazy. Is it complete coincidence that the UA came out on the same day that the C4 announcement was made? Everyone is assuming Dark Sun, but what if it's BLeeMs home brew world that we're going to see starting in October.

It came from people who have an anti WotC agenda. They were trying to manifest the end of WotC via Daggerheart/CR by making the presumptive argument that CR playing anything but DH for C4 would be an admission that the system wasn't good.

I think this is really showing to be true right now as half the DH reddit is losing it's mind, while the other half is trying to calm the waters. DH is a cool system with a lot of potential (emphasis on potential), but it's gonna get strangled by those who's only interest in it was as a D&D...

It's like this. Lexus exists because no matter how nice you make a Toyota, people won't accept it as a luxury car. Critical Role is a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors who play Dungeons and Dragons. Change either of those two elements, and you have to rebrand. When the cast switches to...

The gameplay loop was already becoming stale after 8 episodes of Age of Umbra. I can't imagine it after 50 or 100 episodes. There just isn't enough substance (monsters, spells, abilities, magic items, lore) to easily hang a long form campaign on the system yet. I also strongly believe some of...

In the end, it was really as simple as the opening line of every one of their 400 or so main campaign episodes. That's what CR is.