From the press release by: Explore the Chaos Scar in D&D Encounters: Keep on the Borderlands The next season of D&D Encounters begins on September 22 with a classic-feel campaign: the Keep on the Borderlands! The adventure, A Season of Serpents, highlights the new D&D Essentials books as the characters explore the dangerous lands of the Chaos Scar near Restwell Keep. A traditional D&D play experience coupled with an amazingly fun story arc written by Chris Sims, this season is sure to be an exciting return to the days of D&D yore. I've been barraged with questions about this season, and now’s the time to give answers!

'The Keep on the Borderlands' has been revisited many times, most notably in Wizards of the Coast's Return to the Keep on the Borderlands (1999) for AD&D. In more recent years, the setting made a thematic return as the Chaos Scar, which was spotlighted in D&D Encounters Season 3: Keep on the Borderlands - Season of Serpents (2010-2011) and in.

How long is this season? D&D Encounters: Keep on the Borderlands is broken up into five chapters of four sessions each, for a total of 20 sessions of D&D play. The season starts on September 22 and lasts through February 2, 2011. At the beginning of Chapter 3, characters will bump up to 2nd level. When Chapter 5 starts, characters will become 3rd level. How will character creation work with D&D Encounters: Keep on the Borderlands? Players can create characters using the D&D boxed set (A.K.A., the 'Red Box') or the book.

The second book will have more options for players, but both are viable. Both will be available prior to the first session of the season. Once Chapter 3 starts, players can use the book to make a new character or update their existing character if they want. We're proceeding with a limited set of rules for character creation to make it easier for new players to jump in, and we think that existing players will love the new character builds in the Essentials series of books. The slayer, knight, thief, mage, and warpriest are 'classic' character builds that fit very well into the feel of the season. In addition, DMs know exactly what rules material will be brought to the table, which should help them provide a better play experience for their group. Pre-generated characters will be provided if you don't want to 'roll your own.'

All of these characters are also built with the new Essentials character options. What kinds of rewards can we expect? We'll be giving out two D&D Encounters Reward Cards this season ( Heroic Aid and Enchanted Heirloom), earnable with Renown Points as with previous seasons. We’re going to be including more cards in each kit as a response to requests from organizers to accommodate more players. You’ll need to play a little longer to earn the first reward (it requires 20 Renown Points), but the length of the season should ensure that you have many opportunities to do so over the fall and winter.

B1 In Search of the Unknown was 32 pages and B2 The Keep on the Borderlands was 28 pages. Making a total of 60 pages between the two.

Goodman's version is 384 pages. What makes up the other 324 pages? 5e mechanics and art? They are printing the original first published adventures of each using original rules. Then they are doing a version of each.

They are fleshing out the undeveloped territories and adding in some new encounters. There is 30+ pages of new items, spells, henchmen, etc. But yes, based on their statement and the Table of Contents the 5E conversion is mostly to play. What makes up the other 324 pages? I too miss the good old days of modest length filled with summarized content.

I was annoyed with almost every 5e product I've seen so far; I don't need hundreds of pages for adventure prep. And what I did need was inline stat blocks for monsters to prevent me having to flip through books constantly. But clearly the market wants tomes of content.

In defiance of my experience with modern adventures, I recently bought a D&D Next/5E adventure (the Legacy of the Crystal Shard) and immediately had buyer's remorse. Walls of text full of content the PCs will never interact with - history, NPC backgrounds, etc. Important game content buried in these walls of text, requiring me to either memorize 100 pages of content, or create my own notes summarizing the content for practical use at the table. I want adventure and setting content to be 80 per cent stuff that the PCs will see and touch, and 20 per cent background and plot of interest only to the DM. Download maze lock for nokia 5233 free.