Recent content by Vael

Generally I want, assuming a level 1 start, to level up at the end of that first session. From there on, 2-5 sessions per level, depending on progress and party vibe.

Yeah, and Heavy and Hand Crossbows.

I really enjoyed the book, interested to see the movie and what changes

Sure, but I'd argue that an adventure should sell itself as a standalone first, as a "here's a high-level module that a prospective GM can buy and run" is a wider audience than "This module might help you continue your ongoing campaign"

That was more my 3.5 and 4e experience, it has not been my 5e experience. A GM ran Curse of Strahd, we made PCs for it, retired them at the end of the module, then switched GMs and game systems. When the pandemic started, I made an online group, and I ran Dragonheist. PCs were made for the...

Sorry, but I love the whacky Mos Eisley cantina, circus troupe vibe, it's what I like about DnD. My two current campaigns don't have a single human ... the closest is a Half-Elf in my Daggerheart campaign, and an Orc (with two Dragonborn and a Tabaxi) in the Rime of the Frostmaiden adventure I'm in.

IME, modules are generally run stand alone ... ie, unless we're talking a series of adventures designed to link together in a campaign, players make a PC for the module. Conceptually, I liked Eye of Vecna's idea of having a multiplanar adventure, I feel like a high-tier adventure should feel...

3.5 ... 3rd, maybe 5th level? 4e ... This is an odd one, we had a rotating DMing group and after a TPK we created new PCs at the next level and continued playing, but it was one campaign and we got up to level 13 - 15. 5e ... 11th level. Curse of Strahd.

Since we don't track XP, only milestones notable enough to cause a level up are noted. I generally don't care to track XP granularly, so I'm in the 1983 camp. It's fun for a CRPG to watch the bar fill up, but not worth the math and leads to XP farming at the table. Ironically, when I've...

Rime of the Frostmaiden: Reconnected Mountain Guides, Killed Yeti

Onto book 7 of Dungeon Crawler Carl ... This Inevitable Ruin.

There's a skill to reading. That recipe for engineers scrambled my brain, and while I got it after a moment, I'm used to reading more conventional recipes, and that grid was not noticeably easier for me to understand. I used to navigate via those map books, but I also once nearly gave a friend a...

I don't see why not, we've had a fistful of Datas.

Which ... I call BS on Mal. But also primarily on Joss, because this was just ickily done. I'll admit it's been a minute, but what I remember of Mal's jibes at Inara is that that is splitting a hair and still calling it a gross word for a sex worker. Also, the episodes themselves never sold the...

Since this got bumped ... Andor really synched up nicely into Rogue One, and served as a solid ending to itself. Would I love to see more from the characters that survived? Yes. But I am ... satisfied with what I got.