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Sean Merwin

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Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Yeah, there's been over the years, as you know, Taylor, there's been a lot of

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Yeah, there's been over the years, as you know, Taylor, there's been a lot of

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

introspection on what's the best pace for a campaign of of this nature and so we've seen from you need to play four or five adventures to go up a level you know way back third edition fourth edition days to level after each adventure if you want in in others campaigns so this seems to as you said follow that dungeon master's guide advice of let's get the third level quick

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

introspection on what's the best pace for a campaign of of this nature and so we've seen from you need to play four or five adventures to go up a level you know way back third edition fourth edition days to level after each adventure if you want in in others campaigns so this seems to as you said follow that dungeon master's guide advice of let's get the third level quick

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

then we'll slow down the pace a little bit and then maybe at the end we'll speed it up more yeah yeah they do say that higher level character advancement additional features unlocked with play will be covered in a future update so either they're still working on it or they're saving that for later what about treasure and rewards because that's another huge part of creating an organized play campaign they say that you select one of three options and what are those options so

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

then we'll slow down the pace a little bit and then maybe at the end we'll speed it up more yeah yeah they do say that higher level character advancement additional features unlocked with play will be covered in a future update so either they're still working on it or they're saving that for later what about treasure and rewards because that's another huge part of creating an organized play campaign they say that you select one of three options and what are those options so

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

And there will be some conventions that will have convention-exclusive magic item certificates that can be traded. So we've seen this before. The first thing I go to when starting a new campaign is how do they handle magic items? Because I've seen the effects of two...

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

And there will be some conventions that will have convention-exclusive magic item certificates that can be traded. So we've seen this before. The first thing I go to when starting a new campaign is how do they handle magic items? Because I've seen the effects of two...

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

hate to use the term liberal because it means something politically but you know too liberal uh magic item giving generally takes a toll on the campaign a couple years later and so it will be interesting to see what magic is given at what points when when you get characters or players

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

hate to use the term liberal because it means something politically but you know too liberal uh magic item giving generally takes a toll on the campaign a couple years later and so it will be interesting to see what magic is given at what points when when you get characters or players

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Taking magic items in this campaign so they can trade it to a different character and you start to get into some weird territory. So we'll see how this goes. If you want to look at some of the upcoming Legends of Greyhawk adventures, Bald Man Games will be bringing you a special event at MagicCon that will give you a glimpse into convention play for D&D in the near future.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Taking magic items in this campaign so they can trade it to a different character and you start to get into some weird territory. So we'll see how this goes. If you want to look at some of the upcoming Legends of Greyhawk adventures, Bald Man Games will be bringing you a special event at MagicCon that will give you a glimpse into convention play for D&D in the near future.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

There will be three adventures that will be running at MagicCon for level 20 VIP badge holders. They can get other exclusive events, including three epic campaigns, but the adventures for this particular campaign will be a village called Hamlet, Darkness and Nold, and Ruins of the Moat House.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

There will be three adventures that will be running at MagicCon for level 20 VIP badge holders. They can get other exclusive events, including three epic campaigns, but the adventures for this particular campaign will be a village called Hamlet, Darkness and Nold, and Ruins of the Moat House.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

So if you are a Greyhawk fan, an old-school gamer, you will recognize all of those things from the Temple of Elemental Evil campaign. Still a beating heart. I think I can say that I wrote Darkness and Null and some of the other designers. If you said, like, name me your top 10 convention organized play designers, these people would be on that list. So a great list of designers to kick us off here.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

So if you are a Greyhawk fan, an old-school gamer, you will recognize all of those things from the Temple of Elemental Evil campaign. Still a beating heart. I think I can say that I wrote Darkness and Null and some of the other designers. If you said, like, name me your top 10 convention organized play designers, these people would be on that list. So a great list of designers to kick us off here.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Eric Menge wrote A Village Called Hamlet, some Marx guy, of course, maybe some Doyle gentleman.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Eric Menge wrote A Village Called Hamlet, some Marx guy, of course, maybe some Doyle gentleman.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Yeah, never heard of them. So all of that is there. There are two D&D Beyond posts, and then the MagicCon website will have further information on when all of this runs. So tell me about the grad student who's using critical role transcripts to train a dungeon mastering AI.

Mastering Dungeons
Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)

Yeah, never heard of them. So all of that is there. There are two D&D Beyond posts, and then the MagicCon website will have further information on when all of this runs. So tell me about the grad student who's using critical role transcripts to train a dungeon mastering AI.