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Burnside reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story? with
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I think folks saying WotC can do a BG3 with minimal.effort are missing a major point: Larian is not a publicly traded company. They can... -
Burnside replied to the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story?.Larian went to WotC to get the license - repeatedly, actually, as WotC initially didn’t think Larian was ready.
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Burnside reacted to Sorcerers Apprentice's post in the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story? with Like.
Larian didn't work for WotC though. I doubt that WotC gained any automatic rights to all the IP in BG3, game engines are far too...
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Burnside replied to the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story?.I mean there are graphics assets for inventory items in BG3 - food, tools, weapons, torches, etc - that are literally re-used from...
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Burnside reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book with Like.
Right, they did announce the more or less full release schedules in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for the following year...but prior to that, and...
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Burnside replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book.Last year, FWIW, we did have a full roadmap of the 2025 official book publications before the end of 2024. I know this because I was on...
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Burnside replied to the thread D&D General Should BG4 be a new story or continue on from BG3's story?.One of BG3’s major strengths was how player choice could radically change the fates of the origin characters and the ending of the game...
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Burnside reacted to Henadic Theologian's post in the thread D&D General Baldur's Gate 3 Sells Over 20 Million Copies with Like.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/baldurs-gate-3-has-sold-over-20-million-copies-to-date That around 1.4 billion in revenue. Folks who...
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Burnside replied to the thread D&D General Any Dungeons/Adventures Recommendations (Netheril).The new Netheril's Fall supplement released on DNDBeyond last month with the two new Faerun books has 5 short Netherese-themed...
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Burnside replied to the thread D&D General Eberron: What Existing Studio Would You Want To Make A Game (+).Very solid level-building tools. Adventure-building tools not so much (in that the engine has no real way to track narrative choices)...
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Burnside reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle) with Like.
Yes, either the Regenerate spell, or Wish. But the construction of prosthetic (magitech) wings is also possible. An artificer is the...
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Burnside reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Rewarding player empathy: restoring an NPC’s wings in a starter adventure (Stormwreck Isle) with Like.
Side question: are the kobolds in this adventure special in that they have wings, or did you add that aspect? It isn't really relevant...
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Burnside replied to the thread D&D General Eberron: What Existing Studio Would You Want To Make A Game (+).I’d want it to be a party-based CRPG with turn-based combat, great encounter design, great atmosphere, environmental storytelling, and...
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Burnside reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) So, what does the Artificer "replace"? with Like.
Rogue imho. Skill/tool monkey similar damage on 3/5 subclasses. Other two less damage skill/tool monkey secondary healer/support.
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Burnside reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) What is your favorite encounter site or dungeon from an official module? with Like.
Yes! I put together the list for Tales from the Yawning Portal. I used sales numbers, both print and PDFs, as a starting point. I also...