D&D (2024) New leak looks real bad

[Steampunkette]

Exactly this. Let's not even talk about what eggs cost right now...

Right? A good egg can cost somewhere between a new Thrift Shop wardrobe all the way up to $150,000 of surgeries...

 

[Minigiant]

I find that my mental ability to judge relative prices is really anchored in the past.

How much is it to go bowling now? Mini-putt?

What is a burger, fries, and drink at a fast food place? Decent burger place?

How much is the pizza and soft drinks while playing?

Edit: Have you seen how much comic books are!?!?

Going to the movies once a month for 2 is crazy now.

 

[Reynard]

Free range or standard?

Either. the bird flu apocalypse is destroying my breakfast.

 

[Reynard]

Going to the movies once a month for 2 is crazy now.

We have a local smallish theater with reclining seats that's a decent price ($11 for an evening first run movie). Just don't get food or drinks there!

 

[DarkCrisis]

Cool. Now do streaming music and TV services next.

Can’t get get those for free. If I want to watch Game of ThronesI have to sub HBO.

A better equivalent is I own the Blu-ray’s of GoT yet still pay HBO to watch it on their service.

 

[Remathilis]

I'm still confused how "deauthorize 1.0a" figures into this leak about D&D Beyond. How does that even work? The first person who signs up for a subscription agrees to end OGL for everyone? You personally agree to never buy or sell anything using 1.0a ever again? How would they even track that? Maybe no 1.0a homebrew, but again that's a lot of work to have algorithms search every piece of homebrew and match it to billions of OGL products.

I know Haptos will remind us of the sources impeccable track record, but I still feel they are either mixing rumors, conflating different leaks, and trying to pass this all off as the next controversy. WotC has backed down from 1.1 and are working on its replacement. Most 3pps have signaled their intentions already. But those blogs and YouTubers made some sweet ad money last week, and who says the party has to end? Let's toss a bunch of things that get people riled up (no OGL, no homebrew, price increase, AI) into one tweet and say "details soon!"

I'm not going to argue about this being smoke with no fire, but I am thinking this is intentionally curated to generate more smoke.

 

[Remathilis]

I wasn't minding my $5.99 Master Tier for D&D Beyond until I canceled over this mess, but $30 seems a line to far to me. YMMV.

I'm with you. A 15-20 dollar "all content" per month subscription might be better, but I can't think of anything they can offer to make 30 worth it to me.

 

[Steampunkette]

I'm still confused how "deauthorize 1.0a" figures into this leak about D&D Beyond. How does that even work? The first person who signs up for a subscription agrees to end OGL for everyone? You personally agree to never buy or sell anything using 1.0a ever again? How would they even track that? Maybe no 1.0a homebrew, but again that's a lot of work to have algorithms search every piece of homebrew and match it to billions of OGL products.

I know Haptos will remind us of the sources impeccable track record, but I still feel they are either mixing rumors, conflating different leaks, and trying to pass this all off as the next controversy. WotC has backed down from 1.1 and are working on its replacement. Most 3pps have signaled their intentions already. But those blogs and YouTubers made some sweet ad money last week, and who says the party has to end? Let's toss a bunch of things that get people riled up (no OGL, no homebrew, price increase, AI) into one tweet and say "details soon!"

I'm not going to argue about this being smoke with no fire, but I am thinking this is intentionally curated to generate more smoke.

D&D Beyond releases this update alongside the OGL 1.1/2/2.5/One OGL/Etc. Whether you sign up for DDB or not, OGL 1.0 gets de-authorized by Wizards.

 

[Reynard]

Can’t get get those for free. If I want to watch Game of ThronesI have to sub HBO.

A better equivalent is I own the Blu-ray’s of GoT yet still pay HBO to watch it on their service.

And in that case you are paying for something: convenience. If you have a HBO sub, you don't have to dig out the bluerays and you can watch it anywhere. Those thinks are valueless.

 

[DarkCrisis]

That is a fair assessment to have and I might have had it at one point too.
I think it comes down to the individual and what are they willing to pay for to make their life easier, what can they afford or not afford.

I mean one probably shouldn't be paying for a $30 monthly subscription if one is trying get out from the trappings of debt. To be honest, I'm not seriously considering it but I'm imagining if I did, what would I want for such a price.

My point is, you can play D&D online for free. A per month fee is crazy IMO.

I’d rather buy whatever virtual assets I need and play for free instead of paying per month.

As a DM maybe, but as a player? Never.