WayOfTheFourElements
Hero
I don't think anyone is saying that.
D&D 5E Am I no longer WoTC's target audience?
LuisCarlos17f
Legend
If I think a quote is nice, I don't mind who said it. Do you know what is fallacy ad hominen?
How to explain it better with an example? Lot of people like beer, but other would rather wine, or whisky. If most of clients buy beef, the company will produce and sell more beef. But this doesn't mean it will not sell wine, or whiky, any more. There are wine in their cellar. They are still producing, but if you want good wine, you will have to await.
I guess some lines will return after media projects, and theses need a lot of time more.
* How many D&D gama-live show podcasts have been set in a neither Forgotten Realms nor homebred one?
How to explain it better with an example? Lot of people like beer, but other would rather wine, or whisky. If most of clients buy beef, the company will produce and sell more beef. But this doesn't mean it will not sell wine, or whiky, any more. There are wine in their cellar. They are still producing, but if you want good wine, you will have to await.
I guess some lines will return after media projects, and theses need a lot of time more.
* How many D&D gama-live show podcasts have been set in a neither Forgotten Realms nor homebred one?
Oofta
Legend
What, exactly would convince people that they are the target audience? I admit I may have skimmed some of the stuff, but it seems like DarkSun, Dragonlance, GreyHawk, SpellJammer top the list. Other than a brief appearance of DarkSun in 4E, the settings have been out of print for a long, long time.
A few people have mentioned a handful of interesting but limited appeal products from apocalyptic campaigns to support for home campaigns. There's actually quite a bit of support for the latter IMHO.
Am I missing something?
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WayOfTheFourElements
Hero
If I trust Hasbro to do anything, it's follow money trail. They will go where the market and the money is and I'm sure they have the data to tell them which rivers to fish in.
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oreofox
Explorer
I think mostly, people want something official and up to date for their favorite setting. Sure, we could convert Dark Sun to 5e, but so much of that would be doing more than some people are willing (or able) to do. So, let's look at a more traditional looking D&D setting: Dragonlance. There's quite a bit in there that is different. Some races (dark elf isn't just drow, kender are different from halflings, gully dwarves, dimernesti/dargonesti elves with their shapechanging, irda), a few of the classes, or at least subclasses (the 3 wizards, solamnics). Sure, a DM could do the conversions themselves, but the thing with homebrew conversions is that not everyone does it the same. How many different warforged or kalashtar have been made before Ride from the Last War?
WotC could make easy money publishing a Dark Sun, Planescape, Dragonlance, etc setting book, including all the things that are unique to that setting, and then forgetting about it until the inevitable 6th edition and the whole thing gets regurgitated. Maybe throw in a bit of lore since the last time something for the setting was published. Or leave that part completely alone.
I still don't understand WotC's aversion to lower page count, B&W soft cover books (or even full color) since 3.5 first became a thing. Something like that would be perfect for these things.
WotC could make easy money publishing a Dark Sun, Planescape, Dragonlance, etc setting book, including all the things that are unique to that setting, and then forgetting about it until the inevitable 6th edition and the whole thing gets regurgitated. Maybe throw in a bit of lore since the last time something for the setting was published. Or leave that part completely alone.
I still don't understand WotC's aversion to lower page count, B&W soft cover books (or even full color) since 3.5 first became a thing. Something like that would be perfect for these things.
JeffB
Legend
I'm all for fresh and new**, but I don't think it would be a good idea to do it with established settings- 4E Forgotten Realms was soundly rejected by the fanbase, not only for the 4E- rules stuff, but the entire fiction of the Spellplague was horribly executed and greatly disliked. The people who did like the massive changes of 4E FR were the ones who wanted the Realms to get a re-boot and are an even smaller minority than fans of the 4E rules system
**And why I will wait for the Critical Role to setting to surface before making a final judgement.
JeffB
Legend
I for one prefer such books- and the less art the better. But I know most fans like pretty.
Oofta
Legend
Settings that have not been published for decades (with the exception of DarkSun 4E) are niche products with only limited appeal. I get that some old grognards (myself included) would like a new version of old settings but a significant portion of the people buying the product weren't born the last time these products were current.
Which is all I was pointing out. They are following the money trail and branching out. Publishing content related to currently pop culture makes a lot of sense. Even if I would never be interested in some of the new settings.
At the same time companies aren't omniscient, and neither are posters to this forum. Just because you might buy a "My Little Pony" D&D conversion, doesn't mean it would be a hit.
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