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  1. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    He did an interview with Todd Kendrick a year ago, and casually dropped that he had official rules for draconians like 8 months before anyone knew anything about the Fizban's book: YouTube link. That being said, I think you hit the nail on the head - I reread a few of the novels during the...
  2. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    While I in no way mean to diminish the Spelljammer fandom, I suspect this is what everyone feels their favorite old setting needs to "do it justice". I could say the same about Planescape - minus the ship figures, of course. I don't think you're wrong, I just think you're describing the...
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    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    It’s nothing but wild-eyed speculation on my part, but my theory is the Dragonlance is going to get its own slipcase of campaign setting + a ‘War of the Lance’ adventure book for the holiday shopping season. It’d be a new format, at least. Joe Mangianello keeps referring to Dragonlance as ‘the...
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    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    I suppose so. I would have thought of a ‘summer adventure’ as “here’s a new book for you and your friends to play through while you’re home from school on break”, is all - not “here’s a new book when the fall semester is getting under way”.
  5. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    Oh hey, our own @Parmandur quoted them here on enworld back in March: edit: I still don't fully understand why they always refer to Aug/Sept releases as their 'Summer' release.
  6. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    Alright, I did find one cache of their comments:
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  8. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    As I recall, the reddit user CriminalNegligee confirmed that the new Radiant Citadel wasn't Spelljammer before it was announced, but that Spelljammer and Dragonlance were coming this year. The mods confirmed that they were actually in the industry in some capacity, and gave them a 'verified...
  9. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    Agreed - I really don't know what year MotM should 'count' for. Last year was a "winter / spring / sept / oct / nov" cadence for releases; I assume the 'expanded rules' slipcase was aiming for December and the holiday buying period, which would have meant 6 new 'products' in 2021. There used to...
  10. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    The confirmed leaker on reddit scorched earth their account, but I recall them saying that WotC was working on a shocking amount of new material. Unfortunately removeddit and ceddit don't seem to be working any more, but I think it was in this thread. Of course, Winninger has mentioned how much...
  11. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    …wait, was Descent into Avernus really the first alt-art adventure book?
  12. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    For better or (imho) worse, I could see both / either Spelljammer or Planescape getting the Strixhaven treatment.
  13. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    You know, you're right - some thread around here somewhere had a nice gantt-style chart listing every 5e release, but I can't seem to find it: 2014: Hoard of the Dragon Queen + Rise of Tiamat 2015: Princes of the Apocalypse + Out of the Abyss 2016: Curse of Strahd + Storm King's Thunder 2017...
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    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    I've been beating this drum for a bit: This point I suspect I was incorrect on - he was probably talking about Call of the Netherdeep.
  15. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    I don't disagree with you, but I do suspect WotC would view watermarked PDFs as too easy to clean and pirate. If you kept them inside an .ipa and / or .apk file, it'd at least be harder to get to, and would keep the more casual pirates away at least. Most high school nerds don't know how to...
  16. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    Truly, this is the darkest timeline.
  17. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    I just glanced through the TSR release schedule for 1984: True, Dragonlance does stand out, but... emphasis mine. edit: for the uninitiated: Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published
  18. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    Oh, of course - if media is being displayed on a device, there's a way to pirate it. Just because you or I know how to do that, though, doesn't mean the average gent around town does. As Gabe Newell articulated it - the trick isn't to provide a product cheaper than the pirated one, it's to...
  19. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    If they did it inside the D&DBeyond mobile app, it could be a way to give a pdf-like experience in a not-as-easily-pirated way. edit: Come to think of it, I wonder if they'll roll D&DB and Dragon+ into one app.
  20. ersatzphil

    WotC D&D Direct--Learn About Upcoming D&D On April 21st!

    While I had a momentary flash of, "Against the Giants! Ooo!" - closer examination reveals it to be "UNTITLED D&D MOVIE":
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