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Mmearls replied to the thread D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D..I think it's a bigger issue with people having a hard time making friends or committing to social events. It's a real thing.
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Mmearls replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.It's a particularly acute problem for casters. So much of their power is locked away in spell slots. Teasing it out to build a subclass...
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Mmearls replied to the thread New D&D Unearthed Arcana Reveals Two New Subclasses for Monk and Sorcerer, Plus Revamps For Seven More.I think we've hit the limit of what you can do with the subclass approach. Subclasses are simply too narrow to provide enough design...
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Mmearls replied to the thread WizKids to Release Adult Blue Dragon Figure Based on Dragon Delves.I wasn't crazy about the new art, but this mini really nails it for me. Love the wings and the tail blade.
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Mmearls reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with
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I think there's a subtlty easily missed in these conversations which is what is released under an open license and what we wouldn't... -
Mmearls replied to the thread D&D General Best D&D product of any edition (non-core book).Complete Fighter's Handbook. I really liked how it presented a new approach to weapon proficiencies. It put fighters on par with rangers...
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Mmearls reacted to mamba's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
Agreed, and people are free to express their opinion about the license used or even the lack of a license, just like Monty did D&D...
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Mmearls replied to the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive.I think the collective D&D community still does not quite grasp how much of a win the OGL issue ended up being. Everyone has crazy open...
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Mmearls reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
A license is more close when you use it and it cannot be ported to other licenses. It is more open when you use it and it can be used in...
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Mmearls reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
The people declaring "everything should be open" did not do that with their own material built off of more open licenses There's a...
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Mmearls reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
It's notable that the two largest publishers that use the ORC took someone else's design and then locked it away in the ORC, rather than...
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Mmearls reacted to darjr's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
I agree. Put your SRDs into CC!
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Mmearls reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
WOTC isn't the only one to release their material in the CC. Evil Hat, EN World Publishing, Jonathan Harper, Shawn Tompkin – lots of...
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Mmearls reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
Monty Martin of Dungeon Dundes: "Whether or not we do conversions for other systems depends on a lot of variables. Audience size, cost...
