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Bail out and head for that forest camp. The narrative desire to push on and defeat the villain while running on fumes is a great trope, but directly opposed to having a long and successful adventuring career. A dead adventurer conquers no future foes! :geek:

I'm talking about how long the survey is open to responses. The window is so small, the majority of people are barely getting a single game in to playtest. Maaaybe two.

The surveys for UA were so short I don't know how they got any meaningful playtest data back. It was useful to point out any immediate and glaring issues, but not actual play data.

You CAN transfer from Curse of the Azure Bonds onward to the Savage Frontier games, with only a little corruption! The grand campaign is: Pool of Radiance > Gateway to the Savage Frontier > Curse of the Azure Bonds > Treasures of the Savage Frontier > Secret of the Silver Blades > Pools of...

Crescent Hawk's Inception?

Just to expand, there's a fascinating read on it over here! The Effect of Spoiler Types on Enjoyment Sussana Oad, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

I, too, would hire a dragon.

I always remember from the novel that Strahd keeps a coffin in the mountains within misting distance of his castle. It sticks in my mind whenever Curse of Strahd talks about him retreating to the coffin in his basement. "Oh, but he has another one!"

Sense Branding - You can tell whenever an iconic intellectual property monster is within 60' of you. If they have a specific name, you know it.

I... I regret asking him about Kwalish last night. :oops: :cry:

I wonder if we can just ask Tim, for historical purposes? :geek:

Yes. You get the fun and randomness of actual dice, and the fairness of everyone being able to pick whichever set they want, but it does tend to result in slightly stronger characters if one or more players rolls high. So I buff (or nerf) the encounters based on my evaluation of the power of the...

4d6 drop lowest. Record each "set" of stats. Players can choose ANY of the sets. I adjust monsters to suit.

I've never used this method in D&D, but I've used it in games like Chronicles of Darkness, Exalted, and Scion where you have some amount of XP set aside and the players can spend them mid-session. I think it's a really fun idea that had mostly positive results in the games where I allowed it...

By the gods, an undead patron warlock that wanders around in a white sheet like a ghost costume!

I do love the idea that animals are secretly just 20% less intelligent than your average human. Animal Farm, Charlotte's Web, Secret of NIMH, the Great Mouse Detective... all true! :geek:

"Why are you adventuring when you're so sickly?" "A malicious wizard swore to pay my family 1gp for every day I do this..."

Amazing! Unless you put it in Strength, then I will cry.

Since we've drifted from 5E specifically... I've run homebrew versions of Pool of Radiance several times now. The names are changed, but there's a keep across the river, a library, a textile district, a graveyard, a well, a great castle where a dragon roosts. It's a classic now, near and dear...