D&D 5E Kobold Press (and are they the new Paizo?)

[Swarmkeeper]

Their monster books are tops with me. They monsters are almost all interesting mechanically, visually, and conceptually. Even though I've put in place a "no more monster book kickstarters" rule, I still made an exception for Tome of Beasts 2.

Ha - similar rule, similar result over here. Can't wait!

 

[Anthro78]

I would back their Kickstarter in a heartbeat if I could get the Pocket Edition on day one. I love their pocket editions.

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

I have a fair amount of the Midgard setting materials, and I’m a big fan of that world. (Side note: does anyone know if the Midgard Asia-analog book, Brilliant East, is REALLY getting released in October as I’ve seen documented in a few places? They’ve been very quiet about it if so, but they did reveal the cover art a few weeks back, so it must be getting closer)

It would be a pleasant surprise, but given they haven't had a Kickstarter for it yet, just released the Deep Magic hardback, have the ToB II coming out shortly and just launched the Scarlet Citadel kickstarter, I'm going to say "probably not".

But I wouldn't be surprised if they launch a Kickstarter for it a month or two after Scarlet Citadel closes.

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

Just bought Deep Magic yesterday. I run Midgard - and pretty much only Midgard. Kobold Press can do virtually no wrong in my eyes.

(Though there are other designers who I like to borrow from for my own games - Sandy Petersen, Monte Cook and Matt Colville are the peanut butter to Baur's chocolate!)

 

[Zaukrie]

Probably my favorite publisher. I buy their monster books, and support their Patreon (at the lowest PDF level, since I'm currently looking for work). I have a ton of their adventures (humble bundles, maybe?) and they are usually quite good. The biggest issue I have is the lack of generic VTT support in the newest KS (give me the tokens and maps).

 

[terraleon]

I own everything from them, but, I'm definitely biased.

 

[Nitrosaur]

I always hope that history will be kinder to HotDQ because it never deserved nearly as much hate as it got. It was definitely rough around the edges (and in some of the details) but there was some good stuff in there, especially for new players.

What would that good stuff be? I'm genuinely curious, this is a rare take on the adventure, so I would like to know your thoughts.

 

[Wrathamon]

It's only a rare take on the internet otherwise why reprint it in a compilation if it is so hated. I do know lots of people who enjoyed it. I personally loved playing the first part. I thought it was awesome right into the action with big set pieces that really worked for me. The DM ran it very well and it felt very active and alive. If we didnt act things were still going on which put pressure on us to get involved to save our town. I unfortunately had to drop out for personal reasons :\

 

[Nitrosaur]

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It's only a rare take on the internet otherwise why reprint it in a compilation if it is so hated. I do know lots of people who enjoyed it. I personally loved playing the first part. I thought it was awesome right into the action with big set pieces that really worked for me. The DM ran it very well and it felt very active and alive. If we didnt act things were still going on which put pressure on us to get involved to save our town. I unfortunately had to drop out for personal reasons :\

I see, thanks! I have only read the adventure, and it seemed pretty OK to me, so I was puzzled in the light of so many negative opinions online. I guess my players like that style too, that's why it would seem good enough for me.

 

[Wrathamon]

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I see, thanks! I have only read the adventure, and it seemed pretty OK to me, so I was puzzled in the light of so many negative opinions online. I guess my players like that style too, that's why it would seem good enough for me.

I think it suffers from bandwagon hate. 3 people hate it so I need to hate it to. Yes it had issues with balance and magic item distribution but it was made before the monster manual and dmg were done. The other is DMs running it poorly. The first town invasion is a sandbox with a timeline but I see people running it linear and forcing all the interactions, then complaining. But, I can see meta players not liking some of the scenes where you are fighting something more powerful but in a boss round puzzle way instead of a straight fight or your setup to loose. Steve Winters had a great post somewhere about some of the changes he would have made in hindsight or bad edits on wotc part.