the frostmarch expansion says to draw the top card off the quest deck, the reaper expansion says to choose freely when you land on the cave. weve been drawing random and thats how it is in the base game. anybody know why reaper says differently?

darthmax said:

From the historical point of view (gosh!), The Reaper expansion was released short after 4ER and put things that way. Frostmarch came later, after almost every Talisman fan declared that he was dealing quests randomly.

You might also notice that in Dungeon Rulebook the Treasure Cards can be chosen, but the game designer decided to put an official variant where you draw Treasures randomly.

Considering how Frostmarch expands the concept of Warlock quests, it's not appropriate to choose the quests anymore. Cards like Lake of Visions or Spells like Path of Destiny would have no sense if you could choose your quest freely. Why choose a quest out of 4 when you can choose among a lot of different options at the Warlock's Cave? Why cast the Spell if the other Character can choose a quest that suits his current condition?