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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article).Honestly, I doubt it has had as much of an impact on what is getting made, as much as messaging and talking about it in advance. -
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I'm not sure why competence would be an issue. Changes of corporate leadership are almost always accompanied by some changes of... -
Parmandur replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.Part of it is that I have a pretty high patience for large meandering narratives, but I loved book 4 and 5: Sanderson went out of his...
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Well, too bad I'll never get to see that lol because the digressions in book 3 were just a step too far (but I did finish the book, I'll...
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article).More than Perkins or Crawford, the changeover on the marketing side of WotC probably play a role, and the overall restructuring from a...
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Parmandur reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article) with Like.
I'm not so sure about that. The "evidence" is true but we have no idea what impact it's had. Supposedly the dynamic duo worked on a...
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.I have occasionally thought about changing my keyboard App, but that feels like a rabbit hole into madness.
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Total aside but wife switched from Motorola to Google Pixel and has had way more issues with autocorrect since. Maybe Motorola has the...
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To be fair, while a lot of the more obvious clickbait is "sensationalistic or controversial," it's far from the only standard of...
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.Thing about the Stormlight Archives, itnis Sanderson’s experiment to try and push the envelope of long form storytelling. It is only...
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Parmandur reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book with Like.
Yeah that tracks honestly. Every time I've rewatched it's been more and more noticeable how messed-up the pacing is. And I will credit...
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Parmandur replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article).Well, since I was summoned... From 2014 all the way until October 2021, no 5E product was announced outside of the calendar year that...
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Parmandur reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article) with Like.
Sure, I did. I wasn't speaking to the contents of the article. I was speaking of the reason it exists - the impatience we all feel...
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The speculation here is based on evidence. Evidence: Chris Perkins, Jeremy Crawford, and Jess Lanzio have all left WotC recently, and...
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Parmandur reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Where Are All The New Books In 2026 (D&Dfans article) with Like.
That is a pretty broadly damping definition of clickbait. It suggests that all speculation is ultimately crass and cynical and only...