D&D 5E State of D&D

aramis erak · Dec 23, 2015

lobo316 said:
Well that's good to hear Kahl, I don't visit the FLGS often enough to get a feel for that (and last time I was in there, the DM running a D&D game was running 3rd edition!!, lol).

I do understand my they have chosen the release approach they have, but I still think it's a bit slow. But then...has it really only been a year? Wow. I'll keep my hope high then ;o)

More like 16 months...

And it's been 1 big adventure product per 6 months, 1 small to medium sourcebook per 6 months except the first, but that had the core rules. And 15+ short adventures per 6 months, released through the adventurer's league.

That's actually quite a lot of content. Just much of it is funneled to retailer support programs that get people to the store.

Jester David · Dec 23, 2015

Corpsetaker said:
1: You assume everyone likes all the options that are available. Look at it this way. Let's say a movie site only releases certain types of movies at a slow release because hey, you have enough movies to last you a long while. So what happens when you don't like 99% of those movies? Isn't it great to have a variety because different people have different tastes in movies? Same goes with D&D. I think their AP's are awful and since they aren't putting out much else, that leaves me with little to choose from. Not a very strategy to have in a game of options and selection.

That's why they released the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, because that appealed to the broadest audience. They're releasing other books, just slowly.

Corpsetaker said:
2: Why do you assume anyone wanting more than what Wizards is putting out automatically wants the Pathfinder release schedule? You aren't comparing schedules that are close, you are comparing extremes. That's kind of like saying you can only be a sober person or a drunk with no where in between.

They released three hardcover books last year and five the year before. They're not releasing hardcovers much slower than Paizo. Any faster and, yes, it will be the same rate as Paizo.

hawknsparrow · Dec 23, 2015

As for beasts... look for the Tome of Beasts by Kobold Press coming out in the Spring or thereabouts... you can go to thier site to get updates. It's going to be great! The key to the success of 5e is how they listened to us and continue to push out surveys then actually make adjustments based on the feedback. May that never stop. Go to the Gaming and BS Web page where you can listen to a great interview with Chris Perkins from WotC who is in charge of the 5e storyline. With that said, it's cool that they are so focused on story. Simplified ruleset... great stories... use concern as motivation to go teach our game to young folks who will carry on for years to come.

Hussar · Dec 23, 2015

Shasarak said:
I dont like all this Chicken, any chance of doing Steak instead?

Why would you ask for steak at KFC?

Shasarak · Dec 23, 2015

Hussar said:
Why would you ask for steak at KFC?

Or more accurately, why would the all you can eat buffet start to serve only Fried Chicken when KFC does it better?

Uchawi · Dec 23, 2015

I think the problem with the food analogies is not the food itself, but the insistence of the certain customers about preferred patrons. So there are a group of chicken eaters that can not stand having steak eaters in the same restaurant. And the restaurant owners decided to take sides. What you eat is a choice and everyone likes the restaurant, but not the limited selections of food. So the problem is the menu.

AaronOfBarbaria · Dec 23, 2015

Uchawi said:
I think the problem with the food analogies is not the food itself, but the insistence of the certain customers about preferred patrons. So there are a group of chicken eaters that can not stand having steak eaters in the same restaurant. And the restaurant owners decided to take sides. What you eat is a choice and everyone likes the restaurant, but not the limited selections of food. So the problem is the menu.

Actually, the problem with analogies is that someone with a different opinion can simply disagree that your analogy works in the first place - as is evidenced in this thread.

As to your analogy... I don't think it is the menu that is the problem when the owner of the restaurant wants one kind of restaurant, and some amount of people that "like the restaurant" want a different kind of restaurant - and I think the issue is really the analogy itself, in this case, as you are painting a picture of (as an example) people that really like the newly remodeled lounge atmosphere of a particular McDonald's, but they would rather be eating pizza, and are suggesting not that these pizza lovers who refuse to have a burger at this McDonald's find a pizzeria they enjoy, but that this McDonald's just go ahead and add pizza to the menu despite however logistically ridiculous that task might be.

hawknsparrow · Dec 23, 2015

Highjackers.

lowkey13 · Dec 23, 2015

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ChrisCarlson · Dec 23, 2015

AaronOfBarbaria said:
As to your analogy... I don't think it is the menu that is the problem when the owner of the restaurant wants one kind of restaurant, and some amount of people that "like the restaurant" want a different kind of restaurant - and I think the issue is really the analogy itself, in this case, as you are painting a picture of (as an example) people that really like the newly remodeled lounge atmosphere of a particular McDonald's, but they would rather be eating pizza, and are suggesting not that these pizza lovers who refuse to have a burger at this McDonald's find a pizzeria they enjoy, but that this McDonald's just go ahead and add pizza to the menu despite however logistically ridiculous that task might be.

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