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[Goodman/Dancey on 4E] RPGs in the 21st Century - towards another "generational peak"
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<blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 4836780" data-attributes="member: 11300"><p>Hello Everyone,</p><p></p><p>If WotC wanted to do something different and interesting for 5E, and that built upon the digital ground they are currently breaking they could do the following somewhat radical suggestion:</p><p></p><p>- The PHB 5E is not a book. It is not even a digital document. It is a flat portable touchscreen colour display that connects not only to the internet but to other PHBs. In fact, it is not even really called a PHB. It is simply Dungeons and Dragons.</p><p>- When you purchase the unit, you also pay for a subscription - be it a Player's subscription or a Dungeon Master's Subscription (which incorporates the Player's). This gives you all the basic material you need to get started as well as access to all the new material that comes out (so long as your subscription is in date and valid).</p><p>- With your D&D unit, you can:</p><p>**Peruse the various chapters of the "PHB"</p><p>**Display your character sheet, have it automatically calculate and update any conditions as well as present and manage the various options available.</p><p>**Have it communicate with other D&D units in your group, in particular the DM's unit which can communicate and adjust damage and conditions. Of course, this can be an option for full play mode. An alternative is still to have pen and paper and have the unit act in assist mode.</p><p>**Provide and build upon the current utilities available in terms of character builders etc. All of which can either be updated per subscription or alternatively, special units may come out for an additional one off charge.</p><p></p><p>In terms of the rules, this allows for more complexity and an enriched set of rules. While simplicity and elegance are kinda nice, I personally think they are over-rated. I'd love a bit of complexity back in the game.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, a digital platform such as the above would certainly create enough buzz around it that the game could be introduced to a new generation. Maybe in 5 years, such D&D units would be cheap enough to produce or be somewhat subsidised as to make such an approach economically valid.</p><p></p><p>Just my weird thought for the day.</p><p></p><p>Best Regards</p><p>Herremann the Wise</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herremann the Wise, post: 4836780, member: 11300"] Hello Everyone, If WotC wanted to do something different and interesting for 5E, and that built upon the digital ground they are currently breaking they could do the following somewhat radical suggestion: - The PHB 5E is not a book. It is not even a digital document. It is a flat portable touchscreen colour display that connects not only to the internet but to other PHBs. In fact, it is not even really called a PHB. It is simply Dungeons and Dragons. - When you purchase the unit, you also pay for a subscription - be it a Player's subscription or a Dungeon Master's Subscription (which incorporates the Player's). This gives you all the basic material you need to get started as well as access to all the new material that comes out (so long as your subscription is in date and valid). - With your D&D unit, you can: **Peruse the various chapters of the "PHB" **Display your character sheet, have it automatically calculate and update any conditions as well as present and manage the various options available. **Have it communicate with other D&D units in your group, in particular the DM's unit which can communicate and adjust damage and conditions. Of course, this can be an option for full play mode. An alternative is still to have pen and paper and have the unit act in assist mode. **Provide and build upon the current utilities available in terms of character builders etc. All of which can either be updated per subscription or alternatively, special units may come out for an additional one off charge. In terms of the rules, this allows for more complexity and an enriched set of rules. While simplicity and elegance are kinda nice, I personally think they are over-rated. I'd love a bit of complexity back in the game. Anyway, a digital platform such as the above would certainly create enough buzz around it that the game could be introduced to a new generation. Maybe in 5 years, such D&D units would be cheap enough to produce or be somewhat subsidised as to make such an approach economically valid. Just my weird thought for the day. Best Regards Herremann the Wise [/QUOTE]
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