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Sharn I, The Missing Schema
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kari W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/18/2019 10:56:18

Overall, this adventure is a solid, well-plotted introduction to Eberron as a whole and Sharn in particular. The maps were lovely, and I really liked how the differences between Eberron & mainstream D&D settings were core to the story.

I do have one major issue with the adventure: the read-aloud text was far too long. Because I've never DM'd in Sharn before, and my players had never played there, I read the first several blocks as-written, wanting to get them all the information about the setting that their players would have. It was obviously very quickly, however, that I was boring both them and myself. I ended up paraphrasing what seemed like the most important parts, which improved play immensly. I believe condensing the read-alouds and adding the additional information afterward, for the DM to dole out at their discretion, would make for a better game.

My other issue is minor and may be a "me thing:" the italicisation of "they" for the Warforged was unncessary and distracting. It is absolutley the correct pronoun to use for inherently genderless characters, and I liked the little explanation at the beginning, which was both informative and sensitive. However, each time I ran across "they" in the text, my brain got hung up trying to emphasize the word, which pulled me out of the story I was trying to tell. As far as I know, no style-book or writing standards demand this formatting, and it definitely detracted from my enjoyment of this adventure.

As I said up top, this is a good adventure. I will definitely be following Elven Tower's work, and when my group heads back to Sharn, I have every intention of picking up Council of Roaches to guide us.



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Sharn I, The Missing Schema
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Creator Reply:
Thank you for your solid review of this title. I appreciate the feedback. Know that your comment about the lengthy read-aloud boxes was taken into consideration in the writing of the sequel adventures.
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Volo's Bag Of Holding: 1,000 Trinkets, Baubles, and Curios Found In The Forgotten Realms and Beyond
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kari W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/21/2017 09:10:40

Lots of very neat trinkets and random items in this list. Well worth the price!



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Potions 11
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kari W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/21/2017 09:01:27

My group finally leveled up high enough to run this adventure, and I was very pleased with it! I used an existing background NPC who gave them the quest, and created a new map, which did change some things, but overall I ran it as-is. Since my map allowed them to go to the basement before encountering the cloaker or the statue, and they'd made friends with the guard while casing the joint, combat went much faster than I anticipated. (AKA my group slaughtered Rugo in two and a half rounds.) If you have a cleric, the zombies are much less of a threat, even with saving throw advantage, so giving Rugo another non-undead minion in the torture room might be advisable.

My only real issue with the writing is that the villains' motivations are really lacking. An orphanage director who just hates children and wants them dead? Meh. I ended up dropping the letter from the orphanage director, and instead decided to segue into The Night Below. (Rugo is Dominated, and the titular 11 potions are the Potions of Domination.)

4/5 stars--really fun heist adventure that is a welcome break from serious dungeon delving. I would love to see more like it!



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Party Tracker
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kari W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/16/2017 09:00:09

This tool is an absolute lifesaver. Having all my players' proficiencies and passive perception and hit points right in front of me makes the game go so much faster (especially with a large group).



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Lost Mines of Phandelver Monster Cards
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kari W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/30/2017 08:48:05

Fantastic little resource. I love it and can't wait to use them.



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Character Sheet - MPMB's fully-automated Printer Friendly character generator
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Kari W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/24/2017 09:43:36

This is an incredible and invaluable resource for anyone playing D&D 5E. It takes all the guess-work and page-flipping out of creating a new character, and makes it simple to update them when you gain a level. With this, I've been able to easily and quickly create several characters of varying races, classes, and backgrounds, ready for any game.



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