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  1. Echohawk

    D&D General Greyhawk to Faerun and Beyond: A Multiversal D&D Lore Book Is Coming This Fall

    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...
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    D&D 2E A bunch of 2e PDFs seem to have bumped up in price

    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.
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    Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin

    I think it is at least possible that WotC's market reach suggests that toolkit books sell better if they are disguised as adventures.
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    Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin

    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...
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    Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin

    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...
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    Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin

    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...
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    Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin

    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?
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    D&D General D&D Beyond change - can't see list of books you've bought

    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...
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    D&D (2024) New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Alternate Art Cover Reveal

    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.
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    D&D (2024) New D&D Edition's Player’s Handbook Cover Reveal

    They are also mentioned in X10: Red Arrow, Black Shield.
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    D&D (2024) How Does Greyhawk Fit In To The New Edition?

    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.
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    D&D (2024) How Does Greyhawk Fit In To The New Edition?

    Well, except the precedent that Greyhawk wasn't opened up after Ghosts of Saltmarsh...
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    Cost of D&D Editions, then and now

    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!
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    Cost of D&D Editions, then and now

    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.
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    Cost of D&D Editions, then and now

    At that price, it's almost the cheapest PHB per page ever, beaten only by the 2000 version. Players Handbook (June 1978, 128p): $9.95 --> $47.66 (37c/page) Players Handbook (October 1983, 128p): $15.00 --> $46.39 (36c/page) Player's Handbook (April 1989, 256p): $20.00 --> $50.74 (20c/page)...
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    D&D General The thread where I review a ton of Ravenloft modules

    You are correct. The version available for free download from the WotC archive (still available here) does indeed include the back cover of the second printing.
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    D&D General The thread where I review a ton of Ravenloft modules

    Aha! You must have a second printing of that module, to which the level range was added. It isn't there on mine, and I definitely bought a first print. Presumably the PDF scan was also of a first print. I wasn't aware that it had been reprinted, but since it was the first adventure for the...
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    D&D General The thread where I review a ton of Ravenloft modules

    I've now spent far too much time investigating this and there really doesn't seem be any official indication of the level range for Feast of Goblyns anywhere. There are several places online which agree that it is for level 4-7, but I can't find an authoritative source for that level range. I...
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    D&D General Monster ENCyclopedia: Aarakocra

    This article has been updated to include recent aarakocra appearances in the Spelljammer and Planescape sets, as well as—of course!—cover Councillor Jarnathan from the D&D movie.
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