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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GX.Sigma" data-source="post: 7695762" data-attributes="member: 6690511">I merely meant that the information didn't need to be in text form, because it could be included on the map (poor information design, especially embarrassing next to the 33-year-old Ravenloft map which does all that and more). In the post you quoted just now, I went on to say that that information doesn't even need to be there at all (poor writing/editing standards, explaining things the DM doesn't need to know). It's a double-dip of corporate mediocrity, and it shows they just didn't care about good information design.I understand Perkins wanting to write down every single tiny detail. It helps the author get a more complete picture of the content. But when you print it in a book for other people to read, every word has a cost: the reader's time and patience (which are severely limited resources for a DM in the middle of running an adventure). Surely Perkins is a good enough writer to understand this, and surely he doesn't get paid per word, so how does this keep happening? Did they just not have enough content to fit a 250-page book, and they had to stretch it out? Is that what happened to all the other 5e adventures?Yeah. They're in the business of publishing giant hardback books, which is definitely not the ideal format for an adventure module. It has become crystal clear that "DMs who actually want stuff for their game" is not WotC's target audience anymore. So I'm not going to give them my money anymore. I feel like a fool for having bought all the 5e books so far.From my initial reading, the logical explanation is "the house decides to reveal the secret doors based on completely arbitrary conditions that make no sense in-world, and somehow that means you level up." The real reason is that they'd used up all their XP budget, and needed to get the PCs to be level 2 before they went underground. But I'll revisit it when I'm making my review.</blockquote>

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