D&D General Concerns with returning to D&D in 2026

[jayoungr]

I've played Princes of the Apocalypse almost all the way through (it got put on hiatus as we started to play online when Covid hit, and by the time we started playing in person again we had moved on to other games), and I can't recommend it. The early part when you explore the Dessarin Valley trying to find some missing dignitaries was pretty fun, but once you go underground to hit the actual Temples, it quickly loses its charm and turns into a large, rather boring dungeon.

I have heard of groups that really got into faction politics, playing the various cults off against each other. It's probably a case of being fun for the right group, especially one that is very self-starting in terms of instigating events.

 

[AlViking]

I have heard of groups that really got into faction politics, playing the various cults off against each other. It's probably a case of being fun for the right group, especially one that is very self-starting in terms of instigating events.

There are many mods that will work for some people and not others. Dragon Heist for example seems to me to be more of a setting book, it doesn't really provide a linear structure for DMs which some people really struggle with. All you can really do is look for reviews of the products or ask here for descriptions of the structure of the mod (and expect wildly differing opinions of course ). Some people prefer linear campaigns, others want more open structure.

 

[ART!]

There's so much 5E content out there that you can return to "D&D" without returning to D&D (TM).

For instance: Free5E!