Recent content by Afroconan

I think you're confusing the index with the monster lists, which group monsters by different categories yet it doesn't point to a page number which feels kinda lazy to me.

I've never used Beyond and, to me, everything but stealth, and how nick interacts with two weapon fighting is easier to reference and understand. After 10 years of running the game with a set of core books it was a matter of getting used to the new ones. Guess I'll just agree to disagree.

This is nonsense. 2014 was wordy and they got a lot of criticism for its use of natural language for describing rules. Natural language is great to read but harder to reference or distill into "gameable" mechanics. 2024 just optimized the language, dialed back on natural language and codified...

There's a nice post pre(?)mortem at Arkenforge: https://arkenforge.com/project-sigil-a-presumptive-farewell/ And it kinda aligns perfectly with my thoughts. If WotC's still betting on the digital future of the hobby (and I don't see why not?) then they'll pivot their resources to Beyond and...

If they don't have anything to pivot that team to, then it makes sense they'd fire them. If I had to guess they'll be relying on the Maps team and expanding it. I'm not a developer but maybe the skills for one type of product (3D VTT running on a videogame engine) do not translate to a 2D VTT...

It's evident with how many third party products they've been integrating on Beyond. Just this month they've announced two more. And Maps is being developed into a pretty competent VTT. Books are not going anywhere for the time beign. But a digital walled garden is where they're smelling the money.

People being driven to DDB doesn't necessarily corelate to people using Sigil. Especially when the implementation is half assed and, as Christian Hoffner put it "a solution looking for a problem". 3D VTTs are beyond niche. It's something that TTRPG players have dreamed of or thought it would be...

Have you seen Maps? It's actually a 2D VTT integrated in Beyond. I'm a Foundry guy myself and I've only touched Beyond to claim freebies that I'll never used but the Maps implementation looks solid.

It is definitely more than that, at least the marketing of it. Our hobby has a high population of "collectors" who almost by necessity have above average disposable income and I'm sure they'll be selling a ton of copies just from that population. I don't think this is some evil greedy plot by...

Just to be clear, you're attributing an intentionality that no one critical of the product in this thread has alluded to. No one here is saying the author "should" change the lore. We are mostly being critical of it because it's kinda lazy and, in the broader context of the author's social...

I thought so, but I already got the standard covers for the rulebooks xD

More like the guy who publicly does a fascist salute in front of a crowd and is actively financing bigotry around the world. I'd personally avoid associating my brand with him and his supporters if that didn't align with my values. But hey that's just me. What do I know about business? In...

But now the spines on my bookshelf won't look the same which was the reason I never got the alt covers! Why do they pander to you and not me!?

Mmmmh... The standard cover spine is not in the same style as the core rulebooks (red spine, black flame). Why?

I seriously doubt they ran it but it's important to clarify that this is just a slice of the content and, as I've admitted before, once I finished the chapter on religion I knew this wasn't for me so I didn't read further. Presentation is top notch and I've seen it get a lot of praise. I'm...