D&D 5E (2024) No 5.5 AP Yet?

[FitzTheRuke]

Splitting information about specific NPCs and their role in the story, and where they might be encountered is an issue with many WotC adventures. It's a big problem in Vecna. That information should all be together in one place.

I find it odd that they won't take the space to do a dramatis personae - with art, and NPCS profiles. It would work great for that idea of the "thieving DM", where you could ignore the adventure if you wanted but steal some of your favorite NPCs.

 

[TheSword]

I find it odd that they won't take the space to do a dramatis personae - with art, and NPCS profiles. It would work great for that idea of the "thieving DM", where you could ignore the adventure if you wanted but steal some of your favorite NPCs.

They literally do that in every adventure campaign book I’ve read?

They’re usually 25-35 pages of NPC details, with art, profiles and backgrounds…

 

[Reynard]

They literally do that in every adventure campaign book I’ve read?

They’re usually 25-35 pages of NPC details, with art, profiles and backgrounds…

I think you are conflating the Pathfinder Adventure Paths and the D&D Campaign Adventures. The latter have monster sections, but they don't really do what you are talking about. But the Pathfinder ones do. I just looked at Avernus as a reference and its info on important characters is disjointed and split between sections. I don't expect that is an anomoly.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

They literally do that in every adventure campaign book I’ve read? They’re usually 25-35 pages of NPC details, with art, profiles and backgrounds…

I was speaking of WotC, which the thread has been about (as they usually are) even when using the term "AP".

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I was speaking of WotC, which the thread has been about (as they usually are) even when using the term "AP".

It’s basically Paizo’s fault, since they are responsible for selling these things in a serialised magazine format, giving them a reason to hold back critical information on NPCs. WotC copied the format (and hired former Paizo writers), even though everything was being published in a single volume.

 

[Zardnaar]

It’s basically Paizo’s fault, since they are responsible for selling these things in a serialised magazine format, giving them a reason to hold back critical information on NPCs. WotC copied the format (and hired former Paizo writers), even though everything was being published in a single volume.

Interesting take.