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There's plenty to unpack here. First, I like what Treantmonk is doing. I mean, I just like Treantmonk overall and believe he's a boon to the community. I view his changes as mostly quality of life improvements. He's not reinventing anything from the ground up. That's a perfectly valid approach...

6th Edition confirmed!

A campaign about Nether invading the present to avoid their own doom in the past sounds really cool. I might steal that!

I agree with everything you said. However, that's what I liked about these books! The mashup of campaign setting and adventure path was smart from both a business and creative perspective. To me, at least. I tend to habitually pull apart adventures and put them back together, even if they're...

Bummer.

Have you checked out Knave? It's an inspiration for Crows. Knave has no classes. No skills. No feats. Not even species. Nothing but attributes. Attributes and gear. So all character growth is through gear. That creates a motivation to go adventuring that's heightened even more than the default...

Thanks for sharing! I am running it basically as written for my kids, who are 6 and 9, but simplifying when needed. I am planning to run it for my regular group of grown ups. For them, I'm going to modify the adventure more-or-less the same as you did. I think it's a great framework that can...

For a monthly game, I would give serious thought to if you want to run a megadungeon, a really big dungeon, or just a series of dungeon adventures. A true megadungeon like Arden Vul or Undermountain will never ever be completed by any group, especially one that meets monthly. Would knowing that...

I've read but not played a LOT of Paizo adventure paths. (Which is to say, only a small fraction of what they've published!) And while I think they all have some amazing chapters, most of them fail to hang together from front to back.

I don't think it's particularly weird that we don't yet know the 2026 slate. In fact, I thought it was always kind of weird that they would announce they were publishing a book in 9 months, but then not reveal the name of the book. The marketer in me believes it's better to wait until you have a...

My post didn't suggest such a move would make no sense. That would be a far more thoughtful post than what I wrote. I was just making fun of the internet.

I don't think anyone here has the receipts, so I'm incredibly reluctant to engage on the topic of 5.5E's performance. But the personnel turnover we (appear) to be seeing can be interpreted in many ways. For example, it's equally valid to interpret it this way: Hasbro, like every toy company in...

Congratulations to Shawn!

Wizards lays off a bunch of people. Internet: "5.5E is doomed!" Wizards hires a bunch of people. Internet: "5.5E is doomed!"

Scimitar of Speed is a great buff to rogues.

Buff the rogue.

I completely agree on both counts!

I don't think new players care.

I think the original point was somehow lost in this discussion. I dig skill challenges, clocks, etc. Any system that ads some depth and meaningful choice to the game outside of combat is welcome. What was being discussed is if a d20 should be rolled at some point during, say, a skill...

Ha, ha, you're right!