Remathilis
Legend
I haven't totally been following this thread: Has Wizards apologized for publishing the DMG yet?
D&D (2024) Kobold Press posts 2024 DMG Hit Piece
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diversosjspsmia
Villager
They are simply following the path established by Paizo: first, you create a derivative product that's similar enough to the original to remain recognizable.
Then, you build your entire market around the narrative of being "the same, but not evil." Occasionally, it shifts to "our game is better and more original" — even while borrowing heavily from another company's work.
Then, you build your entire market around the narrative of being "the same, but not evil." Occasionally, it shifts to "our game is better and more original" — even while borrowing heavily from another company's work.
Swarmkeeper
Hero
Hot take: a lot of us “veteran” or “experienced” DMs could actually benefit from a guide targeted towards “new” DMs.
Remathilis
Legend
Oh for sure. Every once and a while, I look at the DMG for more than the tables and magic items and find some new tidbit I haven't considered.
Gradine
🏳️⚧️ (she/her) 🇵🇸
I think some here are still waiting for their personalized apology notes
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
It was on the to do list of one of the people that they just fired.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I mean, "the same, but not evil" is a viable path and with WotC allergic to anything but generic kitchen sink stuff for the past 10 years, it's also not hard to be "our game is better and more original," while borrowing heavily from WotC's work.
TheSword
Legend
I have a few Kobald Press products. Tale of the Old Margrave is in my top 10 RPG products ever and in the top 5 for 5e products. Also just finished Scarlet Citadel which was excellent. Really good quality and lots of fun. I’ve always been very complimentary about Kobald Press just as I have about Paizo products.
This article isn’t a very classy and is a bit beneath KP to be honest. I wouldn’t even call it a review… it’s really just a list of things they don’t like about the DMG. But it just goes to show that we have to stop thinking of organizations like this as good or bad. Paragons of Virtue or Sinks of Iniquity. Heroes have feet of clay and it’s time we stopped gunning for them because of it. There’s nothing people (and the media/social media) seem to like more than building something up to be the next new hotness only to revel in the fall when it turns out they aren’t quite the thing they were originally built up to be.
D&D, Paizo, KP, Cubicle 7, Games Workshop, Modiphius (even EN World) all make mistakes given time. The bigger the business and the more there is at stake the greater the likelihood that mistakes will be noticed. It’s about time we de-escalated the rhetoric about this. Let’s keep some perspective in all discussions about the folks that make our products.
This article isn’t a very classy and is a bit beneath KP to be honest. I wouldn’t even call it a review… it’s really just a list of things they don’t like about the DMG. But it just goes to show that we have to stop thinking of organizations like this as good or bad. Paragons of Virtue or Sinks of Iniquity. Heroes have feet of clay and it’s time we stopped gunning for them because of it. There’s nothing people (and the media/social media) seem to like more than building something up to be the next new hotness only to revel in the fall when it turns out they aren’t quite the thing they were originally built up to be.
D&D, Paizo, KP, Cubicle 7, Games Workshop, Modiphius (even EN World) all make mistakes given time. The bigger the business and the more there is at stake the greater the likelihood that mistakes will be noticed. It’s about time we de-escalated the rhetoric about this. Let’s keep some perspective in all discussions about the folks that make our products.
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Michael Blackett
Explorer
What I am thinking, regarding the 2024 books, is that what was suggested in both Xanathar & Tashas should have been fully integrated regarding puzzles, traps (etc.).
Saying that, some of the rules from A5E I would use over 5.5e because death save is more clear cut, bastion rules needs clarification.
Saying that, some of the rules from A5E I would use over 5.5e because death save is more clear cut, bastion rules needs clarification.
Vaalingrade
Legend
I think I'm going to hold people (and organizations pretending to be people) responsible for the things they do instead, actually.
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