D&D 5E (2014) Justin Alexander's review of Shattered Obelisk is pretty scathing

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's remarkable to see people making dozens of posts arguing against making an adventure slightly easier for some DMs to use by slapping the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on a map.

This is an exceptionally strange hill to choose to die on.

 

[FallenRX]

It's remarkable to see people making dozens of posts arguing against making an adventure slightly easier for some DMs to use by slapping the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on a map.

Im glad im not alone in how weird it is people are just going out of their way for argue for worse.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

It's remarkable to see people making dozens of posts arguing against making an adventure slightly easier for some DMs to use by slapping the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on a map.

This is an exceptionally strange hill to choose to die on.

It’s only one room.

 

[darjr]

It’s only one room.

They got lost.

 

[Parmandur]

It's remarkable to see people making dozens of posts arguing against making an adventure slightly easier for some DMs to use by slapping the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on a map.

This is an exceptionally strange hill to choose to die on.

Not quite as strange as dying on the hill of keying a single room battle map as a dungeon.

 

[darjr]

To me the big loss is that this book could have been a celebration of that adventure. The rest of it could have included the other box set and ways to tie it into the other 5e adventures.

New and old. Maybe include new NPCs and a bit about the place may have changed after the other 5e adventures.

Especially if it leaned in hard as a tutorial book. The thing you get after the new starter set.

Would have went well with the end of 2014 run.

 

[darjr]

But I know what this thread would have been instead “cheap cash grab” or “lazy rehash” or “I have them already, what’s in it for me?”

It almost doesn’t matter .

 

[Parmandur]

To me the big loss is that this book could have been a celebration of that adventure. The rest of it could have included the other box set and ways to tie it into the other 5e adventures.

New and old. Maybe include new NPCs and a bit about the place may have changed after the other 5e adventures.

Especially if it leaned in hard as a tutorial book. The thing you get after the new starter set.

Would have went well with the end of 2014 run.

Yeah, that's the crazy thing: there is plenty of actual issues to critique in this book, and it is fairly pedestrian, which given the prenise us a shame. But "OMG, people will get lost in this room," "why are there Hydra's in underground water systems"...?

 

[Parmandur]

But I know what this thread would have been instead “cheap cash grab” or “lazy rehash” or “I have them already, what’s in it for me?”

It almost doesn’t matter .

The blogger has a book to sell, gotta hit those metrics.

 

[Scribe]

But I know what this thread would have been instead “cheap cash grab” or “lazy rehash” or “I have them already, what’s in it for me?”

To a degree you are right. I think your concept is valid however.

Those same words were thrown around with MotM, because, well the hyper engaged do have the content already, just the way it goes.