D&D (2024) Kobold Press posts 2024 DMG Hit Piece

[Parmandur]

A Statement on Comparisons from Kobold Press

We’ve been tuned into our fans and supporters’ discussions regarding comparisons we've made, and we hear you.

koboldpress.com

Thank you, I appreciate it.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Yes but then there wouldn't have been an example setting for beginning DM's and no Greyhawk for those DM's (beginning and experienced) looking to pilfer ideas or run D&D without creating a world.

Those things would be, as I suggested, in a different book. Having a book about worldbuilding and using Greyhawk as an example would actually be an awesome supplement IMO, like 2e's Worldbuilder's Guidebook (one of my favorites).

 

[Micah Sweet]

Just a lot more people paying attention to / aware of WotC in general too

Something of a double-edged sword. They've got to take the bitter with the sweet.

 

[Micah Sweet]

On the flipside I have bought the WotC versions of the PHB and DMG and I don't think the article was problematic in any way.

I think reactions to the Kobold Press article are much more based on one's propensity to be offended than on one's support/hatred for WotC

I stand corrected. The two appear to be orthogonal.

 

[Imaro]

Those things would be, as I suggested, in a different book. Having a book about worldbuilding and using Greyhawk as an example would actually be an awesome supplement IMO, like 2e's Worldbuilder's Guidebook (one of my favorites).

So without that how do you show as opposed to tell a DM how to build a campaign setting... or are we expecting the DM to buy another book for something that should be considered a fundamental pillar of DM'ing?

 

[mamba]

Something of a double-edged sword. They've got to take the bitter with the sweet.

it generally works in their favor, pretty sure other TTRPG publishers would not mind being in WotC’s position

 

[Imaro]

A Statement on Comparisons from Kobold Press

We’ve been tuned into our fans and supporters’ discussions regarding comparisons we've made, and we hear you.

koboldpress.com

All around much classier move.

 

[mamba]

So without that how do you show as opposed to tell a DM how to build a campaign setting... or are we expecting the DM to buy another book for something that should be considered a fundamental pillar of DM'ing?

You could shrink the example to a much smaller region, the rest is not really there just to have an example but to showcase GH

 

[Imaro]

You could shrink the example to a much smaller region and 5 pages or so, the rest is not really there just to have an example but to showcase GH

Is that showing how to build out an entire campaign world? I don't think 5 pages and an under-developed region would really benefit new DM's all that much.

EDIT: I'm curious... can you recommend a beginner friendly campaign world that's available and only takes up 5 pages?

 

[Parmandur]

You could shrink the example to a much smaller region, the rest is not really there just to have an example but to showcase GH

No, the whole thing is a showcase for the advice earlier in the book: the pantheon shows what they recommend doing in Chapter 3, etc.