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Oh, that's absolutely true - I just meant that I can empathize with the concern about getting the game to its conclusion. That's the part that is similar. It is very different when it comes to talking to NPCs and RPing your character's thoughts and words, which PBP is very good at. Exploration...

In fact, I have a good example of a situation in which I ABSOLUTELY experience the same sort of thing that you've been talking about - here on ENWorld, when I run or play Play By Post games! PBP games take forever to get anywhere. We are lucky to complete a single round of combat once a WEEK...

Absolutely. I don't quite get why it always seems that some really important information is always missing, yet there's also always stuff that seems to be repeated. But what you say is exactly the sort of thing that I mean. Give each part more space (not necessarily more words, though in some...

:mad::p PPPppbbpbpbpthhhhhhhtt.

I think that happens to every 5e adventure. They seem to suffer a bit in editing (not to bash the editors). Again, I think that they should try to do less with each adventure and use the space to make them better.

I'm glad that I don't foresee your doomsday scenario coming to pass. Otherwise I might be worried! I am concerned that WotCs business practices have been short sighted (to say the least) and desperate lately, but I don't think that it's quite as dire as you predict. Yet. We'll have to see.

On the subject of the 5e Adventures being retreads of older ones: It's definitely a stretch to say most of them are retreads, but that was true at the beginning of 5e. The designers specifically said that they were. Princes of the Apocalypse is even called "Elemental Evil" in its branding...

The things that make it a capstone are: 1) It's the last "AP"-style Adventure book before the new books drop. (Timing) 2) They created a plot that is a "review of what came before" (Plot) 3) It's the first/only 5e adventure to "finish" the campaign at Level 20. (End) It IS a capstone, IMO, but...

That might be a bit harsh of an implied judgement, but I have to admit: IMO it takes patience sometimes to Play Nice With Others. I'm glad that I generally play with a pretty laid-back group. Not everybody gets exactly what they want all the time, and that fact doesn't bother anyone. For...

I think that's exactly it, you nailed it - they can work well in some games and at some tables, when there's a lot of buy-in by both the DMs and the Players involved, in that they've found a way to make them work for their table and game. However, they don't suit all tables or all campaigns. In...

Let me think: If you're from Icewind Dale in Rhime of the Frostmaiden, you'd stay close to home most of the Adventure. Close enough, anyhow. Almost all of Storm King's Thunder sticks to the north part of the Sword Coast. Princes of the Apocalypse is in an even smaller part. Aside from the...

You gonna get the new Vecna book? It's already out at FLGSs! I'm probably going to run it when the new core books arrive. We have a campaign to finish first - I hope we'll get it done in time. I mean, obviously it can wait for us, but I don't want to wait too long after the new books are out to...

That's true! Fair enough! I liked 4e as well, and there are a number of things that I think it did better than 5e does. Other games can be great, too. I think the Rick & Morty thing was supposed to be funny (more along the lines of saying that Rick is one of "those" hater/gamers), but I can...

This isn't the right part of the forum for that sort of question, but we'll see if we can get it done for you: @Morrus?

I think they're meant to be as "useful as you(r table) can find use in them". As vague as that is, I think it was intentional that different tables would use them to different extents. It seems that they have now learned that it was a step of vagueness too far, and that most tables just don't...

Out of curiosity, what made you come to this place? (I think it was the OGL debacle, but I don't want to presume). As a follow-up: If you, like many others, have "lost faith in WotC", I would like to ask: Why did you have that sort of faith in them before? Note: I honestly am interested in...

I honestly think that I have sufficient real-life charisma. What I don't have is "communicate solely by text" charisma. I'm not sure that very many people do.

I feel like I DO include a lot of caveating and don't make a lot of firm declarative statements. Sometimes the more "meek" I get, the more pushback I get. I assume that I must not be coming across as sincere. I think I might start a thread on it, in order to leave this one so that it doesn't...

After screwing up and ruffling feathers in this very thread a did two posts that I ended with a little sign-off along those lines, but it was responded to as if I was somehow insulting other players by pointing out that I wasn't trying to insult other players. Sometimes you just can't get ahead...

To be fair to those that are seeming to argue with your premise (and might wind up looking like they're telling you how to play), you HAVE given the impression that you don't like Exploration at all or Social Interaction at all. I understand that it's not what you mean to be saying, and I...