Recent content by Reynard

Emphasis mine. I have run a lot of 4 hour convention games of 5E. There is no way you would get through 8 encounters plus exploration in that time. Literally impossible.

Are we sure that poster isn't engaged in an Andy Kaufman style long game performance art practical joke?

Was it gone?

As an aside: I just tried to generate a high CR treasure for my regular game (the PCs have found a treasure hoard meant as part of a ritual to draw Tiamat into the Prime) and boy is that a massive PITA. As usual, the weird organization decisions in the DMG makes it harder than it should be, and...

We wou8ld need to see a year by year (or better, quarter by quarter) sales history overlaid against the Beyond subscriber base to glean any real information.

What level party was this for?

So, just for fun, let's look at what 4 medium, Let's see what that look like just for fun: (encounters generated with Kobold Fight Club, for 4 4th-level PCs) Easy: 1 goblin boss, 1 quadrone Easy: 1 dryan, 1 grung wildling, 1 spy Medium: giant crocodile Medium: 1harpy, 1 specter Medium: 1...

One thing with "Power Lunch" is that the PCs will be presumed to be modern earth humans. Is there a reason in Shadowdark to reconsider that? Does Shadowdark lose anything in play by limited species to human?

Even if I grant that the encounter math works out in a fun way, I don't think 5E supports dungeon play in a way I like otherwise. But I am glad it works so well for you!

Isn't 12 kobolds in the 2014 calculator a double deadly encounter for 1st level characters?

I am of the persuasion that you can only know by playing. And Shadowdark ruined me for undercooked introductory products.

I would LOVE to see someone run a 20 room (8 filled) engaging, fast, furious dungeon romp that can be completed in a session.

(Partially) Eliminating the financial barrier to running games via FG is a good start, but the real key to making FG ubiquitous would be to get it on tablets and/or in a browser. Installing software beyond an app seems to be quite the barrier for folks. I think they would do well to figure out...

I would argue that 8 medium encounters does not "sing" in 5E. It is likely to be tedious. I suppose there may be some specific combination of 8 medium encounters that one could make "sing" but it would have to be highly curated, which means it is a lot of work. This is to say that whatever the...

I'm not sure I see how 5E is especially dungeon focused. It is certainly heroic fantasy focused, and you can do that in a dungeon, but what rules in 5E make it hardcoded for dungeon play?