D&D 5E (2014) POTA: designed to work with Basic?

[JeffB]

Meaning, is the plan to offer a monster stat/items supplement pdf online like was done with HOTD/ROT? So one can use the basic rules, or will you need the three core rulebooks to utilize the adventure?

 

[MerricB]

Meaning, is the plan to offer a monster stat/items supplement pdf online like was done with HOTD/ROT? So one can use the basic rules, or will you need the three core rulebooks to utilize the adventure?

AFAIK, that's the plan: it should be able to be run with just the Basic Rules + supplement.

Cheers!

 

[JeffB]

Thank you for the prompt reply Merric!

 

[MerricB]

The supplement will probably go up at the same time the book goes on sale... if jury duty doesn't interfere.

Cheers!

 

[Remathilis]

The supplement will probably go up at the same time the book goes on sale... if jury duty doesn't interfere.

Cheers!

That is going to be the running joke for this edition, isn't?

 

[MerricB]

That is going to be the running joke for this edition, isn't?

I can only imagine that Mike and the other Wizards staff are even more frustrated with the situation than we are. Mike wanted to tell us about a lot of stuff (in particular licensing), but they've been mostly silent - and I'm pretty sure that this jury duty is the reason.

Cheers!

 

[Morrus]

The supplement will probably go up at the same time the book goes on sale... if jury duty doesn't interfere.

I don't think the jury duty was announced.

 

[aramis erak]

At present, no, you'll need at least the MM.
If/when they release the supplement, then maybe.

In the Encounters Version, the new monster entries in the back are exactly that: new. Anything in the PHB or MM isn't reprinted.

And you will definitely need the ebook Player's Companion (or willingness to heavily modify) to use the new monsters, and they're a key element.

In the first 3/4 of the first chapter of the encounters version, you'll need the MM for at least 2 entries. (The rest are in the DMBR).
In the wilderness encounter tables of same, there are 5 in the MM but not the DMBR.

One can fake around it...

 

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