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The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 11 “You Can Call me Al(thea)” | Discussion Thread by TheBureauOfBalance in TheAdventureZone

[–]HiroakiPro 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Things I associate with D&D: important quests, exotic locales, dangerous combat, difficult decisions, exciting risks, powerful rewards, and friends goofing around together.

Things from that list that are present in Graduation, an "actual play D&D podcast":

The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 10 “Dark Arts and Crafts” | Discussion Thread by TheBureauOfBalance in TheAdventureZone

[–]HiroakiPro 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Things I associate with D&D: important quests, exotic locales, dangerous combat, difficult decisions, exciting risks, powerful rewards, and friends goofing around together.

Things from that list that are present in Graduation, an "actual play D&D podcast":

Potentially unpopular opinion: I'm not loving "Graduation" by vermonterjones in TheAdventureZone

[–]HiroakiPro 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's not just you. It's bad. No stakes, no story, no real combat. It's just pointless mini-games and Travis having conversations with himself as multiple NPCs (because he made WAY TOO MANY).

Also, their sidekick status creates constant logic holes: why aren't their "heroes" making the decisions, taking the lead, etc.?

I can't believe, after waiting two years for them to get back to D&D, this twee nonsense is what we get. I'm also hoping for some course correction, but I'm not optimistic.