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What's wrong with the tech that it can't handle new classes? Does that mean you can't create an Artificer on Beyond? Or is WotC just gatong 3pp classes?

This Does not square with this. I mean, you admitted the difference in Agency. THAT is the difference. A fighting fantasy book is more akin to.a CRPG.

There are people advocating for it in this very thread.

I don't think this can be overstated. If 4E had gotten just Paizo on board, the entire history of D&D over the last nearly 20 years would look different.

That presupposes that WotC picks the "good ones." Since we know things are coming to Beyond as part of their crowd funding, it is clear they aren't weighing quality. More to the point: something being "good" is not what gets it on the list. Some arcane process within WotC does that.

Nothing says such differences can't be negative. Bring back some actual downsides in addition to the cool powers. Dwarves suffer from Gold Fever and can be consumed by greed. Elves cannot be ressurected AT ALL, ever. Halflings need twice the rations of a non-halfling. Like that.

Hence the "picking winners" thing that feels weird for WotC to do.

The example wasn't about the GM deciding a Thing must Happen. It was about a player deciding A Thing Must Happen, which is an act of agency but it trades later agency not just once, but continuously until The Thing Happens. By way of example, let's say you want to play The Princess Bride as an...

My contention is that during the process of play, something like "experience" fits better than "story."

Ironically, I think bigger cons tend to cater more to the D&D only crowd. In my experience with the three mid sized regional cons I do, there are always LOTS of choices. Not to say that there is not D&D, but it is hardly dominant.

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I am curious why you think Beyond might have such a dramatic effect on the size of the playerbase. Does anyone come to Beyond and THEN discover D&D?

I am not sure Beyond lifts any boats besides WotC's. It isn't going to draw new people into the hobby. It will probably help those 3rd parties who are allowed in (how much depending on the specifics of the license) but it is a closed system.

I need to get my events in for a convention coming up in April, and I am having a heck of a time settling on a thing. So I thought I would ask the hivemind and see if inspiration boils up from the depths. For anyone interested, the con is Rising Phoenix Game Con in Marlborough MA, April 23-26...

Wasn't the cartoon first, made specifically to sell the toys?