Recent content by Echohawk

Rokugan and Kara-Tur are completely different settings. Kara-Tur is the setting of the 1st Edition Oriental Adventures hardcover (1985), later expanded into the Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms boxed set (1988), which was also branded as a Forgotten Realms product. The 3rd Edition Oriental...

That particular product is infuriating. The latter release is a much, much cleaner scan with the booklet and the maps as separate files. But the earlier scrappier, single-file version has the advantage of being OCRed.

I think it is at least possible that WotC's market reach suggests that toolkit books sell better if they are disguised as adventures.

I second that. Also, even when people have views I disagree with* they are generally pretty polite about expressing them here. I sincerely appreciate that, as well as the diligent moderation that makes that possible. * I disagree with Vecna's general approach to life, said while wildly grasping...

Heck that's been true for the adventures of all editions. I've only even run one adventure as published (Red Hand of Doom); the rest of the time it's been ingredients all the way. The adventures for 5e feel more designed that way than before though. Even Eve of Ruin is mostly a selection of item...

I'm mostly a fan of WotC's overall custodianship of D&D, but honest enough to acknowledge that there have been plenty of missteps warranting criticism, so I'm totally okay with criticism of WotC. I prefer honest criticism that doesn't rely on "facts" which are entirely made up or which are from...

Do you have any evidence at all that WotC pays for either reviews or social media bots or are you just making wild accusations for the sake of it?

This exactly. There was a filter in the marketplace that hid things you'd already bought (by default). It was never present in the sourcebooks view, so you were definitely using the marketplace to check. I did the same thing and I'm also irritated that they haven't implemented that filter for...

You aren't imagining that, and I don't recall it being specifically addressed. My assumption has been that the decision to stagger the releases of the core books across five months probably freed up enough printing capacity to be able to do the special covers.

They are also mentioned in X10: Red Arrow, Black Shield.

Chapter 1 of Ghosts is a 29-page setting guide for Saltmarsh. To be clear, I still think Greyhawk will be added to the DMsGuild, but Ghosts is an unusual exception to the general pattern of adding settings once published.

Well, except the precedent that Greyhawk wasn't opened up after Ghosts of Saltmarsh...

Indeed. I think it is fair to say, no matter how you do the comparison, the 2024 core books are excellent value for money compared to all of their ancestors!

Personally, I think it's fair to compare list prices at launch. After all, we don't know that $49.99 is necessarily the price that the book will be selling at a year from now.