PJ Coffey
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Podcast Appearances
Right. Yeah. Which is, I mean, you can calculate it, but I wouldn't like to have to keep on having to do that on the fly.
Right. Yeah. Which is, I mean, you can calculate it, but I wouldn't like to have to keep on having to do that on the fly.
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No.
alternate covers i like them a lot yeah oh yeah yeah like the one of the dragon and drawing tea with adventurers is is i would say an attractive piece of art exactly the i noticed the monster manual minefield has appeared to be holding a tadpole would you agree jessica yes in a very boulders gate 3-esque fashion and it's even got its hand outstretched offering it to us
alternate covers i like them a lot yeah oh yeah yeah like the one of the dragon and drawing tea with adventurers is is i would say an attractive piece of art exactly the i noticed the monster manual minefield has appeared to be holding a tadpole would you agree jessica yes in a very boulders gate 3-esque fashion and it's even got its hand outstretched offering it to us
Oh, would you care for a tadpole?
Oh, would you care for a tadpole?
Yeah, I mean, the art upgrade is definitely significant. Yeah. I mean, but yeah, I'm looking at it and thinking, well, that Tomb of Beasts from Cobalt Press.
Yeah, I mean, the art upgrade is definitely significant. Yeah. I mean, but yeah, I'm looking at it and thinking, well, that Tomb of Beasts from Cobalt Press.
Yeah. um uh it's like you know yeah i mean yeah sure it's got 85 new monsters but then if i've already got all the old monsters has it has it changed that much i mean um i guess yeah i suppose 50 50 quid for 85 new monsters it's quite an ask yeah I mean, that's not the scale of things we're after. And again, it's like those value ads I'm after, which is, does it have themed tables?
Yeah. um uh it's like you know yeah i mean yeah sure it's got 85 new monsters but then if i've already got all the old monsters has it has it changed that much i mean um i guess yeah i suppose 50 50 quid for 85 new monsters it's quite an ask yeah I mean, that's not the scale of things we're after. And again, it's like those value ads I'm after, which is, does it have themed tables?
So you can see how all the various monsters exist in an ecosystem because they have removed that. which is, I would generally say, a good idea. Like you were saying with the devils, there's no introduction of devils. These are all the devils you find. That was actually quite solid.
So you can see how all the various monsters exist in an ecosystem because they have removed that. which is, I would generally say, a good idea. Like you were saying with the devils, there's no introduction of devils. These are all the devils you find. That was actually quite solid.
It feels like we're losing world building power there, which puts more work onto the DM in a game which puts a lot of work onto the DM. As someone who is a hobbyist, I do not look kindly upon having extra work being assigned homework. I guess what it needs to do, have the index list both.
It feels like we're losing world building power there, which puts more work onto the DM in a game which puts a lot of work onto the DM. As someone who is a hobbyist, I do not look kindly upon having extra work being assigned homework. I guess what it needs to do, have the index list both.
Certainly moving away from the Player's Handbook style of 2014, where it had out of air, C, lack of breathing, C, low oxygen, C, suffocation, and then finally give you a page reference. that moving away from that would be good. That was bad. Everyone agrees that was terrible. Well, I mean, indexing is done by hand. It is a skill profession. I found out more about it.
Certainly moving away from the Player's Handbook style of 2014, where it had out of air, C, lack of breathing, C, low oxygen, C, suffocation, and then finally give you a page reference. that moving away from that would be good. That was bad. Everyone agrees that was terrible. Well, I mean, indexing is done by hand. It is a skill profession. I found out more about it.
I'm like, wow, that is a lot of work.
I'm like, wow, that is a lot of work.