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

[hawkeyefan]

It’ll be interesting to see how reviews of Alexander’s book go.

 

[Mistwell]

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that is almost as hyperbolic as the "all WotC adventures suck" brigade. Some WotC adventures are quite good, but the only one that approaches excellent (that isn't a reprint) is Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel.

Tales from the Yawning Portal is excellent. Tomb of Annihilation is excellent. Wild Beyond the Witchlight is excellent.

You might disagree but what I said wasn't hyperbolic it was my honest opinion of a subjective matter. And don't even try doing the "Then you have not read or played enough adventures" since I've been reading and playing published adventures since the 1970s, much like I believe you have? My opinion is as valid and based on experience as yours on this topic.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Tales from the Yawning Portal is excellent. Tomb of Annihilation is excellent. Wild Beyond the Witchlight is excellent.

You might disagree but what I said wasn't hyperbolic it was my honest opinion of a subjective matter. And don't even try doing the "Then you have not read or played enough adventures" since I've been reading and playing published adventures since the 1970s, much like I believe you have? My opinion is as valid and based on experience as yours on this topic.

Witchlight was excellent? WITCHLIGHT?

But yeah I generally like a lot of the adventures that have been put out.

Longer term adventures are hard. While they often have some issues that need to be addressed (NEED in some cases) they are still some of the best quality campaign length adventures you can get.

 

[Charlaquin]

Witchlight was excellent? WITCHLIGHT?

What I’ve played of it so far has certainly been. That could be more a testament to the person DMing it than to the adventure path itself, but knowing her, I doubt she’s making any big sweeping changes.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

What I’ve played of it so far has certainly been. That could be more a testament to the person DMing it than to the adventure path itself, but knowing her, I doubt she’s making any big sweeping changes.

I have a bone to pick with that one but I was being hyperbolic. It’s a fine adventure with a lot to love.

 

[Mistwell]

Witchlight was excellent? WITCHLIGHT?

Yes, ran it for my kid and her cousins, it was excellent. Even got the supplementary materials like handouts. Worked very well and made my job easier.

 

[Mistwell]

What I’ve played of it so far has certainly been. That could be more a testament to the person DMing it than to the adventure path itself, but knowing her, I doubt she’s making any big sweeping changes.

If I a a her in that sentence, just heads up I am a he

I did make some changes but all minor. I think I posted them here once. Things like adding names for all the NPCs and such.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Yes, ran it for my kid and her cousins, it was excellent. Even got the supplementary materials like handouts. Worked very well and made my job easier.

Awesome! I bet that was a hoot

 

[Charlaquin]

If I a a her in that sentence, just heads up I am a he

I did make some changes but all minor. I think I posted them here once. Things like adding names for all the NPCs and such.

Nah, her is my friend who’s DMing Witchlight for me and my partners. I’ll always check someone’s title for pronouns before referring to them here, and if none are listed use they/them, unless I happen to know from other conversion that they prefer something else.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

I agree with this, and it can be quite distressing However,...

...I don't put as much merit in this. Some very successful blogs are incredibly vapid or ill informed or just trash. Being a successful blog means almost nothing to me in terms of an appeal to authority.

Sure, but that doesn't mean someone else should listen to him. His conclusions and opinions can be very different from others on the same product or game design ideas and most importantly they need to align with your opinions to make it worth listening to him. Game design is not a science with verifiable authority after all.

I think what is happening in this thread is what is supposed to happen. People react to a take and agree with it, disagree with it or discredit it.

Expert opinion matters but it is often contested which is fine. I think here we decide who is expert—-

There are a few character design or optimization sites I actually think are so far off…and yet they seem to get tons on traffic…and I read it ant think “so much nope”