A review by apostrophen
Tomb of Annihilation by Richard Witthers, Adam Lee, Steve Winter, Will Doyle, Pendleton Ward, Christopher Perkins, James Lowder
3.0
I've been making my way through some 5e books since last summer when I got to play with [a:Brandon Crilly|8442285|Brandon Crilly|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], [a:Evan May|5887146|Evan May|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png], [a:Marie Bilodeau|2967960|Marie Bilodeau|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1305224728p2/2967960.jpg] and [a:Kevin Hearne|4414255|Kevin Hearne|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1493661647p2/4414255.jpg] as the party sailor/cleric in a Saltmarsh campaign, and I'm hoping to return the favour to DM so the wonderful Brandon can play a character.
I'm really liking the flow of 5e, and the simplifications from 3.5e (I skipped 4e after one session); as a player, it felt way more streamlined toward role-playing, but without turning the crunch into feeling like a tabletop version of a video game (ahem, 4e).
I'm definitely going to stick with something pre-published, rather than home-brewing, but this one, which is aimed at middle-to-higher-level characters, has a lot going on, and I think I'll tuck it aside for when I'm more comfortable with the mechanics. It didn't read as accessibly as [b:Waterdeep: Dragon Heist|40366280|Waterdeep Dragon Heist (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)|Wizards RPG Team|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1532458805l/40366280._SX50_.jpg|62649304].
I'm really liking the flow of 5e, and the simplifications from 3.5e (I skipped 4e after one session); as a player, it felt way more streamlined toward role-playing, but without turning the crunch into feeling like a tabletop version of a video game (ahem, 4e).
I'm definitely going to stick with something pre-published, rather than home-brewing, but this one, which is aimed at middle-to-higher-level characters, has a lot going on, and I think I'll tuck it aside for when I'm more comfortable with the mechanics. It didn't read as accessibly as [b:Waterdeep: Dragon Heist|40366280|Waterdeep Dragon Heist (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)|Wizards RPG Team|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1532458805l/40366280._SX50_.jpg|62649304].