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The last time WotC substantially changed some D&D mechanics was 4e. That worked out well for Paizo. How did it work out for WotC... -
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OK, but when their internal documents state the target audience is teens and twenty-somethings, that makes ans their target audience is... -
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The internal document saying they were primarily marketing to older teens and early twenty somethings is more specific. And WotC does...
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OB1 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Announces Arcana Unleashed, New Magic-Themed Sourcebook at $49.99 Price Point with
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Right, thst image is part of the evidence for the point, that teens and 20 somethings are who they aim the game at. They have been open... -
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There is massive and continuous evidence from 1973 on that the game is aimed at 12 year olds: Gygax said so in the early drafts of the...
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OB1 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Announces Arcana Unleashed, New Magic-Themed Sourcebook at $49.99 Price Point with Like.
The target audience for new books are not people who own the 2014 books, they are people who were wearing diapers 12 years ago.
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This is exactly the disaster that WotC is trying to avoid at all costs. I don't think you can make reasonable predictions while...
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OB1 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Hasbro CEO Reiterates That AI Isn't Used to Make D&D Because of the Game's Audience and Creators with Like.
A product like this, which covers government meetings, is running on increasingly cheap and accurate transcription software. I can...
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OB1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Popular death/dying house rules in 2026?.Yes, that’s what makes it so nail bitingly fun for my group. Being at 0 isn’t just an inconvenience to be wiped out by Healing Word, it...
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OB1 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Popular death/dying house rules in 2026?.Been running this house rule for 3 years now. Players love it and so do I. When you drop to 0 HP you become Dazed instead of...
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But that won't ever happen. They're the behemoth; as soon as they do something, it isn't novelty, and the same folks who complain about...
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I'm also curious why anyone would want radical change to the current system. It's obviously working well for a huge number of people, if...
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I should have been clearer: I am not talking about what DDB can handle mechanically, I'm talking about DDB in its primary function (from...
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I would've agreed with you a few months ago. But I don't know how far they want to stretch the notion that 14 to 24 only constitutes a...
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I don't think current trends matter, because the next edition I expect to see will be in 2034, for the 60th anniversary of D&D. If 5E...