We ran Confrontation at Candlekeep as a “Goodbye to 2015” special event at Guf Ballarat on December 19, 2015. The adventure is a multi-table event, where all the players are working together to stop Candlekeep from falling to the forces of Asmodeus. We had 4 tables participating: 23 players, 4 DMs and 1 co-ordinator. It isn’t a D&D Adventurers League event, but rather one that you can … Continue reading Confrontation at Candlekeep
The track of Varram, the white wyrmspeaker, takes the characters into the Serpent Hills. The Rise of Tiamat basically glosses over a lot of what can be found in this area – the random encounter table has a few entries for ruins or relatively minor encounters. Once upon a time, TSR released a product that gave a large number of encounter tables for the Serpent … Continue reading The Rise of Tiamat revisited: The Tomb of Diderius
One of the better aspects of the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons is how it handles backgrounds. Very similar to the kits of AD&D 2E, backgrounds manage to avoid a lot of the mechanical flaws of the original approach while providing a lot of good role-playing material. What Came Before, from Lupus Rex Games, provides 25 new backgrounds for use with the game. There … Continue reading 5E Supplement Review: What Came Before – 25 Fantasy Backgrounds
Every so often, a product description actually manages to undersell the product in question. Such is the case with Iconic Encounters: Kobold Lair, which insists it isn’t an adventure. It could have fooled me! You’ve got a map stocked with monsters, traps and NPCs. You have a few suggested hooks for adventurers entering the location. All of which make it an adventure in my eyes. … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review – Iconic Encounters: Kobold Lair
I’ve had a few questions about treasure in adventures of late, so it’s worth going over a few points about how to handle treasure in the D&D Adventurers League. Many of these questions have been previously answered in the AL Player’s Guide or FAQ, but it’s worth the reminder! (Check those links just confirm what I say; I may have misinterpreted something. If I have, … Continue reading D&D Adventurers League Q&A – Treasure and Modifying Adventures
I’m delighted to see that the 5th edition version of Primeval Thule is now widely available as a pdf. I backed the original Kickstarter (for the 13th Age version), but I’m currently playing in a 5th edition Primeval Thule campaign, the one D&D 5E game I play in rather than run. (Meanwhile, I’m running Rise of Tiamat on Wednesdays, my homebrew Onnwal/Greyhawk campaign on alternating … Continue reading Primeval Thule 5E
Several months ago, we expanded our D&D program here in Ballarat to two nights a week. With Out of the Abyss not yet available, I decided to replay the Tyranny of Dragons adventures. Along the way, we had a TPK in Castle Naerytar, requiring the use of Lost Mine of Phandelver to get a new bunch of PCs to the proper levels. And then we … Continue reading The Rise of Tiamat, revisited
I’m a Local Coordinator with the D&D Adventures League. I’m not the ultimate arbiter of What Is Legal in the League, but I have been paying attention. So, if you have a question or two, I’m happy to answer them. However, you might want to initially check the Official FAQ and see if your question is already answered. I might get something wrong in my … Continue reading More D&D Adventurers League Q&A
Ninety-six pages, beautiful artwork, good layout, and an epic plot. The Shadowed Eye of Halagar is an ambitious adventure from the Alea Publishing Group. It is designed to take a party from level 13 to 16, and with the plot revolving around a dwarven king who has become an evil dragon, it manages to do a good job of providing something worth playing. Is it, … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Shadowed Eye of Halagar
Huh! Kobold Press’s latest 5E adventure, Cat and Mouse – which I reviewed recently – is now available on Amazon. It also shows just how expensive printed adventures can be – at $17.99 for a 24-page adventure, it’s one of the more expensive adventures I’ve seen in printed form. Here’s the advertising text: Who Do You Trust? In the cool streets and blazing bazaars, the … Continue reading Cat and Mouse adventure on Amazon
