What Do I Know About Reviews? Fables: Agents of the Empire Part 4, The Smoking Coils (5e SRD)

Let’s turn our attention back to Ghostfire Gaming’s current Fables campaign, Agents of the Empire. This is going to be our fourth installment looking at the campaign, although we’re only up to the third adventure in the series, since we looked at the setting guide as it’s own entry. The Smoking Coils is an adventure for 5th-level characters. Disclaimer I

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What Do I Know About First Impressions? Project Black Flag Playtest Packet #2, Part One

There is a lot of playtesting going on these days. Not only is there a lot of playtesting, across multiple games, doing similar things in different ways, but a lot of this design has my head spinning and wanting to do a deeper dive into why some of this design is trending. That means it takes me a little bit

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What Do I Know About First Impressions? Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin, Part Two

Okay, let’s tackle the next part of the recent Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin. We touched on Druids in the last post, so I swear a sacred Oath that I will now cover the Paladin! Let’s smite this thing. Dead Levels and the Commentators Who Reference Them I received a few comments about the terminology of “dead

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What Do I Know About First Impressions? Unearthed Arcana 2023 Player’s Handbook: Druid & Paladin, Part One

Yes, I’m lagging behind with this First Impression of the most recent Unearthed Arcana in the One D&D Playtest. Not only did I get busy breaking down the individual chapters in Keys from the Golden Vault, but it was also a bit of a challenge getting back in the swing of One D&D after the January of Broken Dreams. Plus,

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What Do I Know About Books? Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves-The Druid’s Call

Hey, remember way back when we were talking about D&D novels and how there is a new one being released to tie into the Honor Among Thieves movie that’s coming out? Well, turns out there is more than one. While the Road to Neverwinter explains how Holga, Edgin, Simon, and Forge met, The Druid’s Call is a story that delves

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What Do I Know About Books? Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves-The Road to Neverwinter

If you are in the United States, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a live-action D&D movie, is set to arrive in theaters March 31st, 2023. Thank goodness this is the first live-action D&D movie we’ve ever gotten. Yeah, I know. I don’t want to erase one of Jeremy Irons most over-the-top performances (although if you want to see Jeremy

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Conclusion (D&D 5e)

We’ve reached the end of the book, so it’s time to look back over everything inside and make some broader observations. One of the things that I wanted to address right up front is that I noticed a lot of skepticism about this book online. Much of it was criticizing the concept without actually addressing the execution. There are other

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Part Thirteen (D&D 5e)

We’ve finally come to the end, the final adventure in this anthology, Fire and Darkness. Suitably, the PCs get to attempt to steal something famous. In this case, they will be sneaking into an efreeti warlord’s fortress, past fiends and dragons, to steal the Book of Vile Darkness. This final adventure in the anthology is for 11th-level characters. Spoiler Warning

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What Do I Know About Reviews, Keys from the Golden Vault, Part Twelve, (D&D 5e)

The Feywild is the next stop on our tour of the adventures features in the Keys from the Golden Vault anthology series, Party at Paliset Hall. This time around, the PCs get to steal a potentially very dangerous necklace from a retired elf adventurer during a Winter Solstice event. This adventure is for 10th-level adventurers. Spoiler Warning Of the 100%

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