The only part about that that I agree with is the idea that they will look at how 4e did it, if only to attempt to use what worked there, and to avoid what did not. Whether they will come up with a successful take or not, I have no idea. But I'm pretty sure that it's coming.
I think doing more of THAT sort of thing (Remaking and Remixing Pre-5e Adventures) would make more sense than going back to 5e-ones. The best idea would be to do a little of all of it - including writing entirely new adventures. It's juggling act.
I mean, it works for that as well, but they've managed to get away with that problem every edition change in history. The thing that makes this one different from all of those is that they still have the 5e Adventures in print and intend to keep selling them. That never happened before.
I don't...
@Whizbang Dustyboots, I can't imagine that they'd spend time updating classic 5e books when the point of "backwards compatibility" was done to avoid that. And if they did, I would expect it to come in the form of remixes, like replacing Lost Mines with Phandelver & Below (though I hope they...
I can and will but I am not back at work until Tuesday! (With one caveat: I will have to check when we last replaced copies of Strahd. They might not be the latest printing).
This is how I feel, too - I'm not saying that I'm okay with the use of AI in the world - that is a BIG problem that is mostly, IMO, tech investment scams. I think all the negative descriptions posted above are right about all of it.
In my earlier post where I downplayed it as not a big deal, I...
I think it's fine. Larian has shown to be more than willing to pay humans for the work that they do, which is my only reservation about AI when it comes to art, other than some quality concerns.
There's no such thing in 2024 as "Magic" Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing Damage. It's BPS or it's one of the energy types (Force being the "best"). I suspect that this fact is what Steve meant.
I have a low opinion of the surveys and don't trust their results are particularly meaningful, but that's because I filled them out and most of the time, I had no idea what I was saying. I don't know if I ever got my opinion across.
If everyone had the same problem (or worse, were sure they...