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

[Parmandur]

as if including all of GH is the only possible option

Just to zoom in om this, of course it is not the only possible option: in fact nobody else had thought to try it for the entire 50 year hiatory of the game. In retrospect, not doing so was a mistake for each prior DMG, because this is a stroke of genius.

 

[mamba]

Screw up publicly and put your employee in a bad spot?

Clean it up publicly or carry that bad mojo.

still waiting for the OGL culprit to be publicly outed and apologize then…

Let’s face it, that basically never happens

 

[mamba]

So the answer is... see other sources and do research

no, the answer is I do not need that spelled out for 10+ regions to have an understanding of it, and the DMG can do so without that just as well

 

[Parmandur]

still waiting for the OGL culprit to be publicly outed and apologize then…

Let’s face it, that basically never happens

That was a corporate business thing, a different animal than this issue.

 

[Scribe]

still waiting for the OGL culprit to be publicly outed and apologize then…

Let’s face it, that basically never happens

I thought we had confirmation that it was all the way at the top in that one?

 

[mamba]

It is enough thar a new DM can run a full campaign using just the Adventures and Setting materialis in there

which is not what would be needed for teaching worldbuilding, but is needed to showcase GH as a setting to use

 

[mamba]

That was a corporate business thing, a different animal than this issue.

yeah, making it even more relevant since it did not just affect one employee

 

[mamba]

I thought we had confirmation that it was all the way at the top in that one?

not sure it was confirmation, certainly not anything official from WotC / Hasbro, and most definitely not a public apology from Chris Cocks for it

 

[Parmandur]

which is not what would be needed for teaching worldbuilding, but is needed to showcase GH as a setting to use

It does both: shows a feature-complete minimal Setting, after several chapters describing how to do it piece by piece. A DM can use it ad a template for building a Setting, or use it, or remix it. It's a tool, amd a great one for the DMG.

 

[mamba]

Just to zoom in om this, of course it is not the only possible option

ultimately it is a matter of preferences / priorities as the page count is limited.

If you have the space, go for it. If you need to decide what to cut to fit in all of GH, then that very much depends on what gets left behind.

Personally I could do with a shorter example setting if I got monster building guidelines instead. If these show up in the MM, that is moot. Others might want more alternative rules or more fleshed out travel / exploration rules, and so forth. As long as space is a consideration there is not one correct answer for everyone