Could Wizards want to create a rules-lite game that is geared towards OSR play? They could but I doubt they would. It would have to be based upon overall reaction to this product if any rules towards grittiness prove incredibly popular. It’s basically asking Wizards to create a second D&D game -...
I’m just pointing out what was said in the video, and my own take on it. I didn’t hear any reference to Weis and Hickman, just the Gygax family. Professor DM is a third party to these affairs so I’m not sure what he has to do with it other than his opinion as a YouTuber.
I don’t think it’s the best work but Easley’s done some phenomenal stuff for TSR. This painting for the cover of The Magister is probably my favorite:
The thing that draws me to his paintings are often the cloud, fire and aura effects, such as the magical aura coming off this necromancer’s...
So in the video, around the 5:15 mark, Ayoub says that he felt like they had lost touch with the gamers who came before us and he wanted meet with Luke Gygax to mend whatever rift had come between the family and the franchise business. Joe Manganiello was key to getting the two of them together...
Wouldn’t it be kind of cool if some of the lore or maybe some of the new rules come directly from what Luke remembers from the old campaign? I know he was really young at the time but still, maybe there’s a little something that has never really seen the light of day that left an impression on...
Greyhawk was one of my first campaign settings back in the day, and we played pretty much every classic adventure we could at the time, using 2e rules.
I’d love to see some throwback rules for 5th edition and maybe some more Greyhawk content - the old folio was the first of its kind but it was...