D&D 5E What do you think of this Kickstarter page?

dave2008 · Apr 23, 2019

One more thing, if you have any reviews of the first book it might be helpful to have them on the KS page as well.

Myzzrym · Apr 23, 2019

Hmmmm... I feel like the style isn't really fitting with the regular 5e books. I don't mean the content, but the presentation (background image, font and the like).

Morrus · Apr 23, 2019

Myzzrym said:
Hmmmm... I feel like the style isn't really fitting with the regular 5e books. I don't mean the content, but the presentation (background image, font and the like).

No, we don't copy WotC's trade dress.

Maxperson · Apr 23, 2019

The book says 9 new classes, but the page says 16.

Edit: I saw later that you are adding both books together. It's a tad confusing initially, though. Might want to list 9 at the top and then total it to 16 below.

Myzzrym · Apr 23, 2019

Morrus said:
No, we don't copy WotC's trade dress.

I understand about straight up copying, and that's not what I mean. I prefer when the style remains relatively close to the other books I already own (or marries well together), so there is a certain continuity. Here I really feel like it's completely different and it clashes with the existing official material.

Morrus · Apr 23, 2019

Myzzrym said:
I understand about straight up copying, and that's not what I mean. I prefer when the style remains relatively close to the other books I already own (or marries well together), so there is a certain continuity. Here I really feel like it's completely different and it clashes with the existing official material.

Well, the books are already made, using the established EN5ider trade dress (and one of them was released in 2017!) It's the Kickstarter page itself I'm really after thoughts on, rather than the actual books.

Myzzrym · Apr 23, 2019

Morrus said:
Well, the books are already made, using the established EN5ider trade dress (and one of them was released in 2017!) It's the Kickstarter page itself I'm really after thoughts on, rather than the actual books.

Ooops, my apologies. In that case it's fairly straightforward, I think it's pretty clear and the page displays what the book is about, so no complaints here!

dave2008 · Apr 23, 2019

Myzzrym said:
Hmmmm... I feel like the style isn't really fitting with the regular 5e books. I don't mean the content, but the presentation (background image, font and the like).

Technically I think you would have to publish through the DM's guild to use the WotC trade dress. They could make it look more similar; however, this is the trade dress the EnWorld publishing has already established for their products.

Morrus · Apr 23, 2019

dave2008 said:
Technically I think you would have to publish through the DM's guild to use the WotC trade dress.

Yep, the OGL specifically excludes trade dress. Though as you point out, that’s by the by, as we’ve had our own in EN5ider for years.

merwins · Apr 23, 2019

I'm laughing my class off over here. Sorry. Just didn't notice what dropping the "CL" would do until now for the original book and this one.

Anyway, the classes look pretty cool.