I'm selling Rappan Athuk if you're interested in a mega dungeon. We never got around to it. I also have Tales of the Margrave and The Runewild, which both take place in old forests. I have the PDF of those, so no longer need the books. I like both of these settings quite a bit
A summary of what I'll put on line.....they went to Thundertree, found the druid quickly, and negotiated with the dragon on the druid's behalf. With some insanely lucky rolls, they convinced the dragon not to eat the druid in the future, and left. They did not confront the cultists or most of...
I'll be shocked if I ever play the game, but I like the way it reads, like what the owners have done for the hobby, and I'm just buying the PDFs.......I steal the escalation die for some 5e fights, and am likely to steal more things (and I've brought in a few monsters over the years from 1e).
Looks like backers get a playtest version of the game, and it is the whole thing (other than the ranger, which they are rebuilding...I assume we'll get an updated version at different points in the process).
I share your surprise, and don't at the same time. I would have preferred to see all the stuff there, but I am not shocked we don't.
Hopefully at some point this thread is about what is there....
Looks like what I expected, some good changes, some ok changes, better (IMO) monsters than WotC......
I'm glad I backed it, don't know how much it will get used (I mean, I'm busy, and don't have time for a lot of NEW games). I'm sure some of these monsters will make it into my 5e games. Sure of...
I share your feelings, but I'm sure the current intent is not to make you game more modular,alas.
I think things like maneuvers are the answer. Abilities you get access to, that slow you to define the type of character you want to play.
somewhat related.....sort of....
The ToV test / beta version is on Foundry VTT right now! It took me zero minutes of thinking to create a character, which was great (other than one part, but hey, didn't read the rules at all.....). You can see a few monsters there also!