Recent content by Parmandur

Right, and that makes sense, since CC is a superior option for third parties.

The articles in the 3E era were also ads...though as they often seemed to be co tent cut from books for space, they could be pretty excellent much of the time.

The "lack of wiggle room" severely undersells what is basically a complete dealbreaker. It basically kills it as a license that a rational actor would sign on for as a third party IMO...and the presence of the predominant system om the market being under the "more wiggle room" Creative Commons...

He is a South African film director: District 9, etc.

Yup, because Neil Blomkamp bought the rights from Gamestop and rehired everyone.

The ORC license is a lot less attractive than the OG OGL, IMO. I wouldn't see the point to spending the energy publishing something under it as a third party.

I mean, I think the terms of ORC cut it's own legs out from under it.

The Essentials Kit being in print hasn't felt quite the same since it can't be paired with the Lost Mines Starter Set. I have not seen any of these three in Target recently: as far as mainstream retailers, I think this new vox is going to be the hard launch of 2024 rules.

Yup, in print too. And with the old staff reunited.

Yeah, it is pretty expensive to go to the theater now...particularly when I have a 4K TV and high quality internet at home.

I think it is meant to replace the base Human Heroic Inspiration bonus...which can be very erratic in application, possibly.

The PHB is not in the toy aisle at Target.

It really only makes sense. The ORC license, though born out of good intentions, is just not going to get third parties to use an SRD, IMO. Creative Commons is the way to get movement and momentum.

The module the 2014 Star Set came with, Lost Mines of Phandelver, is rock solid and a stone cold classic thst is very replayable. The dice are also actually quite nice (the latter Essentials Kot dice are my wife'sgo to set of choice). The rest is pretty basic. So, for #19.99, it was quite a...

D&D is in a very different place in terms of cultural penetration and hipness compared to a decade ago: not my job to worry about it, either, but I can see this doing pretty well in stores.