Recent content by FitzTheRuke

... What? Why would anyone have a DDB account if they don't play D&D?

That's fine if you're trying to sell a single sword, but if you're a sword-seller and you want to keep selling swords regularly into the future, you don't do things that make the sword worthless as soon as the buyer walks away. Or then, not only will that buyer never buy a sword from you again...

I'm happy to share. I think that WotC had to face a thing that had little to do with sales, when it came to those slipcases. I think we can all agree that Spelljammer was poorly reviewed overall, and that Planescape was considered "better", but wasn't exactly raved about either. Now, there's...

I'm at home and would have to go to the store (I will later today) to give you actual numbers, but from what I gather, they sold "fine". Which is to say - we would expect the format to sell less, so we ordered less, and we were right. We move through them here-and-there, but not at the rate of...

You're missing a level of how nostalgia works. You're missing that those that weren't born have heard those that were there wax nostalgically for it, and assume based on hearsay that it must have been interesting, and are curious to find out. You're right that it doesn't have to actually...

I think that after the relatively poor reception on the previous slipcases, they are MUCH more likely to go for the FR two-book style release.

I want to joke: "Look at that tame art for the kids these days! So cheery with its purples and neck frills! And teddy bears! Where's my gritty art!?" But I worry that it will be taken the wrong way.

The B&G Silver thing says Preorders March, which makes a D&D product likely for May/June, and a May/June Preorder for a Platinum makes the thing likely for Aug/Sep. All of this suggests that WotC will announce something in the next three to six weeks.

I was speaking of WotC, which the thread has been about (as they usually are) even when using the term "AP".

I don't expect to change your mind. But also, I'm not quite sure what you mean re: the shift. You mean the shift toward what? Or away from what? I don't think anyone would argue against the idea it continues to evolve to reflect whatever "modern sensibilities" that seem prudent, so yeah...

That's part of the point, though. Some of the art in new books is still straightforward gritty - just not ALL of it. You seem to be asking for a book where NONE of it (or very nearly so) is anything but dark. I get the desire. What I don't get is the idea that a darker tone is excluded because...

I don't mean to call you out here, as your perspective is certainly as valid as mine, but your post makes me think - I struggle to understand folks who feel like they are being left out of "modern" D&D when it moves to be more inclusive (this extends to other aspects of life that we can't...

I find it odd that they won't take the space to do a dramatis personae - with art, and NPCS profiles. It would work great for that idea of the "thieving DM", where you could ignore the adventure if you wanted but steal some of your favorite NPCs.

I consider all revisions of D&D to be upgrades, though never without areas that were changed that should not have been touched, and parts that could have been changed, but were disappointingly left the same. Still, I would call it a gradual progress, if we take into account that it tends to wind...

The only fault I have with what you're saying here is that the designers have specifically stated that they mean to design them that way. I'd agree with you if you want to say that they didn't do a great job of it, but I can't get on board with you when you say that they didn't do it at all...