I thought it was really good!
It captured the TONE of DnD really well. A team of well meaning scoundrels lurched from problem to problem but kicked some ass and cobbled together victories when it really mattered.
It was fun and funny, which I really value. The questioning the dead scene was very fun. The shenanigans exploiting the portal were very fun.
The stakes of getting out of prison, Edgin reuniting with his daughter, rescuing Neverwinter etc felt serious, but approached in a fun way.
It captured the feel of a DnD setting with things like, magic users using specific spells they could use, and warriors beating up a parade of guards, but without trying to reflect the way those are represented by mechanics, eg no unnecessary infodump about spell slots per day.
I appreciated some callbacks to specific things like the Owlbear!
I remember a few other people reviewed it but I can't remember where. Someone talked about the amount of peril eg with the kitten-folk baby rescued from the giant fish. Some people enjoyed it but were less positive then me?
It captured the TONE of DnD really well. A team of well meaning scoundrels lurched from problem to problem but kicked some ass and cobbled together victories when it really mattered.
It was fun and funny, which I really value. The questioning the dead scene was very fun. The shenanigans exploiting the portal were very fun.
The stakes of getting out of prison, Edgin reuniting with his daughter, rescuing Neverwinter etc felt serious, but approached in a fun way.
It captured the feel of a DnD setting with things like, magic users using specific spells they could use, and warriors beating up a parade of guards, but without trying to reflect the way those are represented by mechanics, eg no unnecessary infodump about spell slots per day.
I appreciated some callbacks to specific things like the Owlbear!
I remember a few other people reviewed it but I can't remember where. Someone talked about the amount of peril eg with the kitten-folk baby rescued from the giant fish. Some people enjoyed it but were less positive then me?