I'm truly in love with this campaign.
There is a ton of room in this campaign for a creative DM to really spice things up. I'm pulling in all sorts of fun ideas that keep my players engaged and interested.
It seems that the creators of D&D have gone back to a style that empowers DMs to be as creative as they want. I like this. It means that my Hoard of the Dragon Queen will not be at all like yours.
My biggest nitpick is not having all the monsters in the back. I found the supplemental material by accident. But, now that the monster manual is out, this isn't an issue.
For those that read this and read the negative reviews - the negative reviews are wrong.
The short of it: this is a great adventure for creative DMs. Read on if you want specifics on how the negative reviews are wrong.
My suggestions to DMs that are complaining about this campaign:
1) Read the book and think of creative methods for filling in details.
2) Using milestone advancement is the easiest way of taking care of XP. And it is presented as an option at the end of each scenario. At the end of each scenario (or the beginning of the next) it lists what level your PCs should be at. Pretty simple.
3) If you find the encounters too tough for your PCs, then you as DM can reduce the difficulty. You are the DM. You control the game. The book just presents an option or a general guideline. DC 15 to pick a lock for a 1st level character too tough? Make it 10 ... or 12... or 5... or automatic success. It is your call as DM.
4) If you find that there is too much combat, then mix it up. Not every situation has to be solved with combat. I've yet to see an encounter in this book that HAS to be solved by combat. Let PCs get creative to solve problems and find ways out of difficult situations. I've run two sessions that were 90% role playing. Only one real combat in those two sessions. I tend to shoot for 50/50 combat/role play. And not all combat has to be combat.
5) If you think the NPCs presented in the book are generic and boring - then SPICE THEM UP! Add interesting physical descriptions. Give them personalities. it is YOUR world. The book is just a guide.
6) If you think the magical items presented are mechanical and boring - add details! Sure, it is just a +1 longbow. But I made it a +1 shortbow made from an exotic wood with carvings of woodland creatures and inlaid with platinum and gold. Why do I need the author of this book to tell me how shiny the magical weapon is? I can add that detail on my own thanks.
7) For those that nitpick grammar and spelling errors in the book (or maps without keys, references to rules that didn't make it through playtest). No help for you. Any published text will have errors. Either get over it or move on.
8) For those comparing this to a Pathfinder Adventure Path - Don't. 5e isn't Pathfinder. Pathfinder Adventure Paths are so detailed that DMs have very little creative flexibility (so detailed that each NPC has set actions taken at set times.... why? Let the DM decide already).
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Slight damage
Content of the book is fine and The Rise of Tiamat book the arrived with it in same package was perfectly fine. Looks like someone snagged it on a sharp shelf lip or something. The damage is livable with but slightly disappointing.
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ouvrage en Vo mais de bon facture
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Reviewed in Brazil on December 2, 2017
Há anos queria algo do tipo e finalmente a wizards of coast entregou-nos o que a gente mais queria.
Embora o suplemente inteiro seja sua aventura para impedir que um culto do mal liberte Tiamat, se você falhar ela é libertada e ai caba uma grande nova aventura, caso você vença então o mundo mais uma vez estará a salvo.
Eu estou esperando (e talvez eu morra antes que isso aconteça) mas quero muito que no futuro tenha um suplemento para derrotar Tiamat (imaginando que quem jogou esse, tenha falhado)
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