D&D 5E WotC to increase releases per year?

[Oofta]

On topic: give me a 5E equivalent of Pathfinder's Complete Campaign, please: lots of DM facing rules for everything from domain management and mass combat, to environmental hazards, planar travel, etc... I don't expect a whole line of books a la 3.5 era guides, but one big DM expansion would be lovely.

Yeah, I think there's a whole grab bag of things that could be added. We have a little bit here and there like with Tasha's but I want a supplement that just focuses on world building.

Problem is the main target of that is DMs and they're only a tiny subset of players.

 

[Morrus]

Do we really need another thread shut down because the same people are arguing the same thing? I'm counting myself in that - I don't think calling a group "bandits", "terrorists" or any other label is inherently better than having a race of evil creatures as cannon fodder. I actually think it's kind of worse.

But ... I don't see a point discussing it, it's been made pretty clear that this topic is effectively verboten.

Agreed. Folks, this thread is not about orc/racism topic. It's the same conversation over and over, often by the same people, saying the exact same things, and always resulting in the thread being closed, whereupon the topic crops up in a new thread the next day. Please drop the subject.

 

[Reynard]

Yeah, I think there's a whole grab bag of things that could be added. We have a little bit here and there like with Tasha's but I want a supplement that just focuses on world building.

Problem is the main target of that is DMs and they're only a tiny subset of players.

Do players actually buy the adventures? "Only DMs will buy DM books" seems like a strange argument when half or more of all 5E books are DM only books i.e. adventures.

 

[Oofta]

Do players actually buy the adventures? "Only DMs will buy DM books" seems like a strange argument when half or more of all 5E books are DM only books i.e. adventures.

True, and I'm not a marketing guy. I have no idea what percentage runs a home game vs mods. If you're running a mod you'd be less likely to buy a "general" book

In any case, I agree. A supplement focused more on world building, mass combat rules, guides on creating organizations or building strongholds. It's a long list of things I'd find awesome.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I really hope so. Ever since the sapphire dragon tease and the draconic subclasses, it seems like a book like this will be released sooner or later, and hopefully sooner rather than later.

Agreed. I'm surprised it is taking as long as it has (I think they initially promised Sapphire Dragons were coming in a book sometime in 2020) but it should be getting a release sometime.

 

[darjr]

I'm surprised they mentioned they'd get released at all. I think there are things that get varying degrees of development and then for one reason or another they either get delayed or not carried through to shipping.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I'm surprised they mentioned they'd get released at all. I think there are things that get varying degrees of development and then for one reason or another they either get delayed or not carried through to shipping.

Yeah true. I think it was on Spoilers & Swag, which they no longer do (too bad, I liked it) where they have occasionally teased things like Kate Welch's adventure compilation book that never happen.

That said, I'm pretty sure Welch's adventure books actually is Candlekeep Mysteries, but that it went through some redesigning. In the process Marisha Ray's and DAW's adventures just got cut in favor of other contributors, and the project was handed off to other folks to lead (hence Welch is not credited).

 

[Faolyn]

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[darjr]

Well if they were cut I hope they show up elsewhere. Especially if content releases go up.

 

[JEB]

Yeah true. I think it was on Spoilers & Swag, which they no longer do (too bad, I liked it) where they have occasionally teased things like Kate Welch's adventure compilation book that never happen.

That said, I'm pretty sure Welch's adventure books actually is Candlekeep Mysteries, but that it went through some redesigning. In the process Marisha Ray's and DAW's adventures just got cut in favor of other contributors, and the project was handed off to other folks to lead (hence Welch is not credited).

Hmm. Hopefully this is "we salvaged a concept that would have otherwise died on the vine", and not that the project was connected in some way with Welch's departure last summer. Especially when one considers the absence of Ray and Woll's work.