D&D 5E Announcement coming February 6th

darjr · Jan 30, 2018

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lkj · Jan 30, 2018

Probably worth noting that the description of "livestreaming some game design work every week" could mean anything from showing peeks at actual design work for potential future products to just showing how the process works by brainstorming ideas he pulls off the twitch feed.

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Parmandur · Jan 30, 2018

lkj said:
Kind of on this topic, Mearls has a new twitch show which airs today, called 'HAPPY FUN HOUR! with Mike Mearls', where he'll "be livestreaming some game design work every week"

Doubt he'll outright give spoilers and probably nothing for something in the near future. But there's always the possibility there'll be hints for products down the road.

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lkj · Jan 30, 2018

Yeah. Going to be sort of a 'design seminar' not sneak peaks. Which should have been obvious in retrospect.

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hawkeyefan · Jan 30, 2018

So far, the livestream is a review of the design elements of the Warlock class, using the Kraken as an example patron.....

vecna00 · Jan 30, 2018

hawkeyefan said:
So far, the livestream is a review of the design elements of the Warlock class, using the Kraken as an example patron.....

One thing he'll supposedly be doing is designing the subclasses from Extra Life as a part of the show. The Kraken Pact seems pretty cool so far!

Also, they just keep teasing... https://twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/958389892995674114

Parmandur · Jan 30, 2018

vecna00 said:
One thing he'll supposedly be doing is designing the subclasses from Extra Life as a part of the show. The Kraken Pact seems pretty cool so far!

Also, they just keep teasing... https://twitter.com/NathanBStewart/status/958389892995674114

We'll get a little bit of something, that seems clear enough. Teased, mostly, seems likely.

lkj · Jan 31, 2018

Parmandur said:
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hawkeyefan said:
So far, the livestream is a review of the design elements of the Warlock class, using the Kraken as an example patron.....

Yeah. Mike has said he likes to drop oblique hints. Krakens have come up a few times. Maybe there's something to it.

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Lidgar · Jan 31, 2018

lkj said:
Yeah. Mike has said he likes to drop oblique hints. Krakens have come up a few times. Maybe there's something to it.

Krakens and NPC-kin are also highlighted in Volo's Guide...

vecna00 · Jan 31, 2018

Parmandur said:
We'll get a little bit of something, that seems clear enough. Teased, mostly, seems likely.

There a few things in this picture that I didn't notice before. First, the little beholder icon in the corner of it. Is it Xanathar? Could it be something related to the the old "Eye of the Beholder" games? Maybe going into the sewers of Waterdeep to start a big dungeon crawl? Some things to think about.

Second, the date of June 1...maybe 2018...in the background. Hard to read with Stewart's head in the way, but most likely. Probably the date of the big livestream announcement of the big fall releases. Could also be a release date.

Third, also in the background are the words "Follow the Dragons." Could be Dragonlance related, or hint at the dragons of the Chamber, or the dragons in dungeons. Could be anything.

Of course, this could just be an elaborate trolling. But Friday can't come fast enough!