D&D 5E How will the playtest of D&D next go at XP?

enrious · Jan 22, 2012

As long as the information gets out, I guess it ultimately doesn't matter to me.

Mark CMG · Jan 23, 2012

If [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION] signs an NDA so he can playtest, will he be bound to suppress any leaked information that is posted to EN World?

enrious · Jan 23, 2012

Beats me. I sorta think of it like the NYT publishing the Pentagon Papers.

Gundark · Jan 23, 2012

Mark CMG said:
If [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION] signs an NDA so he can playtest, will he be bound to suppress any leaked information that is posted to EN World?

I really don't know. This website exists as a place for news and rumours ,so I would think they would let leaks go. There is always Twitter and other sources.

enrious · Jan 23, 2012

Gundark said:
I really don't know. This website exists as a place for news and rumours ,so I would think they would let leaks go. There is always Twitter and other sources.

And it has since its inception, so I doubt there's any worry on that score. If something gets leaked these days, it essentially becomes fair game.

Nylanfs · Jan 23, 2012

Mark CMG said:
If [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION] signs an NDA so he can playtest, will he be bound to suppress any leaked information that is posted to EN World?

Depends on who has more lawyers (my money would be on WotC)

Dausuul · Jan 23, 2012

Gah! And here I thought we were going to get to see the rules as of next week... feh. If I'd known it was going to be NDA-ed (which I agree seems utterly silly), I'd have scheduled time off to attend the con. Bit late now.

keterys · Jan 23, 2012

Mark CMG said:
If [MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION] signs an NDA so he can playtest, will he be bound to suppress any leaked information that is posted to EN World?

Morrus is specifically not signing an NDA, so he's not limited in his ability to report

enrious · Jan 23, 2012

I thought as much and since ENWorld as an entity wouldn't be bound to one at any rate, all it would have taken would be for another member of the ENWorld staff to post news and whatnot.

Besides, this all assumes that WotC wouldn't appreciate the free publicity anyway. I again reiterate that NDA'ing the playtest is merely a marketing gimmick - make the players think this is all superseekret stuff and they're sure to blab to everyone they can.