Sean Merwin

sort of fly by the seat of my pants game, then I would definitely probably pick up at least a couple of these, like the settlement trackers to keep track of the towns and, and, uh, the campaign journal to remember what I've covered.

sort of fly by the seat of my pants game, then I would definitely probably pick up at least a couple of these, like the settlement trackers to keep track of the towns and, and, uh, the campaign journal to remember what I've covered.

Yeah. And in the Oracle of War campaign that Will and I started and oversaw, every adventure had the tracking sheet at the end. that kept track of all the, not only the experience and the gold and the treasure and the magic items, but important story elements. Did you rescue so-and-so? Check.

Yeah. And in the Oracle of War campaign that Will and I started and oversaw, every adventure had the tracking sheet at the end. that kept track of all the, not only the experience and the gold and the treasure and the magic items, but important story elements. Did you rescue so-and-so? Check.

And it's just, that's something that, especially in an organized play campaign, but even works with your home group. If there's somebody that's not going to, if no one is gonna take notes, Let us make the notes for you. And I think that is very helpful. The second part of Kurt's question was about prep time.

And it's just, that's something that, especially in an organized play campaign, but even works with your home group. If there's somebody that's not going to, if no one is gonna take notes, Let us make the notes for you. And I think that is very helpful. The second part of Kurt's question was about prep time.

Kurt says, my prep time meter is that I love to make documents and PDFs of NPCs and location art as a picture says a thousand words. I find this practice inspiring and my players respond strongly to this added enthusiasm and imagery. Do other DMs out there prep like this? What kind of extra prep do you find satisfying? I don't.

Kurt says, my prep time meter is that I love to make documents and PDFs of NPCs and location art as a picture says a thousand words. I find this practice inspiring and my players respond strongly to this added enthusiasm and imagery. Do other DMs out there prep like this? What kind of extra prep do you find satisfying? I don't.

And again, it's because if I have the book, I'm just holding up the pictures in the book. Handouts are great. I'm not going to make them. I'm going to take them out of the book. And I don't respond to visuals, so I don't think to make visuals, even if they would be appreciated, it's just not something that triggers for me.

And again, it's because if I have the book, I'm just holding up the pictures in the book. Handouts are great. I'm not going to make them. I'm going to take them out of the book. And I don't respond to visuals, so I don't think to make visuals, even if they would be appreciated, it's just not something that triggers for me.

Now onto the question from Andrew B. via Blue Sky.

Now onto the question from Andrew B. via Blue Sky.

Crossing the alpha streams, question inspired by Teos' awesome D&D video on monster math changes. What, if anything, should we as customers expect from third-party publishers when they advertise monster books as 2024 compatible? is it fair to expect the new math CR calculations to be acknowledged? I will say this. Yeah, what do you think?

Crossing the alpha streams, question inspired by Teos' awesome D&D video on monster math changes. What, if anything, should we as customers expect from third-party publishers when they advertise monster books as 2024 compatible? is it fair to expect the new math CR calculations to be acknowledged? I will say this. Yeah, what do you think?

I think that if a publisher says this is 2024 compatible, they should have it in the new format and have it be an attempt to update to the new math.

I think that if a publisher says this is 2024 compatible, they should have it in the new format and have it be an attempt to update to the new math.

With the understanding that There is no perfect formula.

With the understanding that There is no perfect formula.

As much as we praised Tom Dunn in our first segment for the work that they do, there is no perfect formula. So should the new format, should the new math, should the new structure be in place? Yes. Will there still be problems? Absolutely. There will still be monsters that are too strong. There will still be monsters that are too weak.

As much as we praised Tom Dunn in our first segment for the work that they do, there is no perfect formula. So should the new format, should the new math, should the new structure be in place? Yes. Will there still be problems? Absolutely. There will still be monsters that are too strong. There will still be monsters that are too weak.