Bruce Cordell leaves WotC

[Scrivener of Doom]

I'd like to attribute Bruce's 4e adventures' qualities to the godawful constraints of the format.

Nahhh, he lost his mojo after Sunless Citadel. Seriously, check out his 3E work: it deteriorated rapidly from about the time of his first Malhavoc Press adventure.

 

[Riley]

Nahhh, he lost his mojo after Sunless Citadel. Seriously, check out his 3E work: it deteriorated rapidly from about the time of his first Malhavoc Press adventure.

Huh. I liked The Sinister Spire as mentioned above, I thought Bastion of Broken Souls was a good read, and I thought the same of Return to Catle Ravenloft - including some of its more controversial additions.

 

[Gundark]

OK, so two major game designers have quit Next.

Time to be concerned?

I got the sense it was more of a career move than discontent with the progress of dndnext. Also adding a different set of eyes to the game (dndnext) may make it better overall.

 

[Gundark]

I might be mistaken, but I was under the impression that the WotC severance package was relatively good? In which case, it would seem wiser to hold on, collect the money, and then go work for your friend.

Honestly, I wouldn't read anything into this. People leave companies all the time, and for all sorts of reasons. Maybe Bruce just wanted a change of scenery. Maybe he felt "my work here is done".

Yeah I think you're right about this. With no information it would be a mistake to assume anything other than people make career changes in their lives.

 

[Pour]

Is this the end of the Warlock and Sorcerer being their own classes? Or, at least the Warlock?

 

[delericho]

Huh. I liked The Sinister Spire as mentioned above...

Yeah. I consider that 3e's "Shattered Circle" - an adventure published late in the edition that therefore never quite gets the recognition it deserves.

And, of course, both were at least part-authored by BC.

 

[Alzrius]

Yeah. I consider that 2e's "Shattered Circle"

Fixed it for you.

 

[delericho]

Fixed it for you.

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"Shattered Circle" is a 2e adventure; "The Sinister Spire" is the 3e equivalent. Hence, I consider "The Sinister Spire" to be 3e's "Shattered Circle".

 

[JeffB]

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"Shattered Circle" is a 2e adventure; "The Sinister Spire" is the 3e equivalent. Hence, I consider "The Sinister Spire" to be 3e's "Shattered Circle".

I know what you meant,but at casual glance it reads like an error. Prolly why Al "corrected it" for you.

On topic, I liked The Sunless Citadel. Some.nice homage to B1 in there. Shattered Circle was good too, but his 2e Return To's, and 4e FR work along with other 3/4e modules really were a snoozefest ( I liked the idea of the FR re-set, it was just done horribly).

 

[Alzrius]

I know what you meant,but at casual glance it reads like an error. Prolly why Al "corrected it" for you.

What JeffB said. My mistake there.