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

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

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

What are you talking about? This 'review' is a clown way to advertise your product. I have zero 'propensity to be offended' and I still find this to be amateur hour running your business at its finest. In any scenario, putting someone or something else down to make yourself look better? If you're trying to make yourself look inept and pathetic, that is the straightest road to your goal.

 

[Gradine]

 

[Mistwell]

he is from the industry afaik, what makes you say he is not? He just went back and forth between TTRPGs and computer games

I think he was mostly video games, though I vaguely recall he worked on some indie TTRPGs in the early 2000s?

 

[Morrus]

I think he was mostly video games, though I vaguely recall he worked on some indie TTRPGs in the early 2000s?

He had a sizeable YouTube following offering DM advice. This is common in big Kickstarters--YouTubers do very well on the platform. While they can be very siloed (I'm often told who the current biggest YouTuber in the world is, and find I have never heard of them--there's one having a fight with Mike Tyson tonight!), their followings are loyal and targeted.

 

[mamba]

I think he was mostly video games, though I vaguely recall he worked on some indie TTRPGs in the early 2000s?

I updated the post in the meantime with the following

EDIT: this is what his bio has to say
“Prior to creating MCDM, Matthew Colville had worked as a writer on various TTRPGs, such as Dune (2000), The Lord of the Rings (2005), Star Trek (2002) and Liber Bestarius: The Book of Beasts (2002).[1]

In 2011 he was a lead writer at Turtle Rock Studios and worked on the video game Evolve. ”

Matthew Colville

Matthew Colville is one of the authors of the Vox Machina Origins Volume 1 comic series, along with Matthew Mercer. He also contributed to the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting and is thanked in the credits of the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount. Matthew Colville is the founder and Head of Writing and...

criticalrole.fandom.com

That, and his Youtube channel since 2016, there is no way he would have had the reach for his 2018 KS without that. Just look at who has the largest KS now, frequently ‘youtubers’ outraise professionals like Kobold Press or Rob Schwalb

 

[Imaro]

What are you talking about? This 'review' is a clown way to advertise your product. I have zero 'propensity to be offended' and I still find this to be amateur hour running your business at its finest. In any scenario, putting someone or something else down to make yourself look better? If you're trying to make yourself look inept and pathetic, that is the straightest road to your goal.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

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Bless your heart!

 

[Staffan]

I think he was mostly video games, though I vaguely recall he worked on some indie TTRPGs in the early 2000s?

Technically, he was an employee of Wizards of the Coast for a hot minute. He worked at Last Unicorn Games when they were bought by Wizards of the Coast. Wizards shuttered LUG fairly shortly thereafter though, because they had bought it for the Star Trek license which Paramount pulled because they didn't want the same company to have licenses to Star Trek and Star Wars RPGs.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I never thought the 5e DMG should be aimed at new players. That's what starter sets are for.

Step back for a moment and think about what you just said. Who else would a guide be designed for?

I get it, you're an experienced DM. You want a new book to appeal to that. What exactly would a DM's book for an experienced DM contain?

 

[Hexmage-EN]

Step back for a moment and think about what you just said. Who else would a guide be designed for?

I get it, you're an experienced DM. You want a new book to appeal to that. What exactly would a DM's book for an experienced DM contain?

4E tried that with the Dungeon Master's Guide 2, which had:

• Advice for storytelling techniques, such as failing forward, the "yes, and" technique, and vignettes.
• A section on collaborative homebrew setting creation ("yes, and" applied to letting players establish details about the world during a session).
• Sets of themed bolt-on abilities to help make different creatures feel like part of the same faction.
• New environmental effects to make combat more challenging.
• A set of interactive terrain rules (like rope swings and crumbling pillars that can be pushed over).
• Sidekick NPC rules.

That's what comes to mind immediately.