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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 7777588" data-attributes="member: 30438">Picked up my copy at my FLGS on Friday. I have to say, I love the Stranger Things photos used for the chapter headings. The choice for the Combat chapter is perfect. As for The Hunt for the Thessalhydra, while it’s not as good as Phandelver, it is shorter and probably easier to run. It’s one part an introduction to 5e, one part homage to early 80s adventure design, and one part Stranger Things tie-in. It mostly gets things right, but stumbles a bit in a few places. The one section is only resolved by the DM rolling the right number on a d6 – that reminds me a whole lot of some fan-made adventures back in the day, but in practice could be frustrating or a let-down. And it references the Upside Down in the adventure, and includes the show’s Demogorgon. Since it purports to be the adventure written by the Mike Wheeler, wouldn’t it instead have the Vale of Shadows? I think they also reference Will the Wise being a cleric, which doesn't match his casting of fireball in the show. It seems like it'd be fun enough, and I think it's pretty cool (though it is weird to see the Netflix logo on a D&D product). The Lost Knight (a show reference that works) reminds me of Dark Souls’ Solaire. The Thessalhydra itself is a nasty piece of work, and one I will gladly use at some point.</blockquote>