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It's not weird, in history or fantasy, to have a chivalric order named after a patron creature and not actually have one as a pet. It's not weird to create a character option for a campaign setting that pulls from the lore. Or "bad work". The purple dragon knight in the UA is a neat concept...

Hyperbole much? Clearly, we don't have the same experiences or opinions. But mocking others who disagree with your wisdom . . . well, it really doesn't move the conversation forward in a positive way.

Core D&D is not a horror game, but certainly has horror elements in it, including classic horror monsters and a heavy dose of Cthulhu mythos inspiration. I see it as trivially easy to shift from a more standard heroic mode of play to a horror mode. I don't really feel modifying the rules is...

1st level and tone, atmosphere . . . I had my players running scared with twig blights when I ran the Sunless Citadel back in the early days of 3E. Granted, we weren't playing a horror campaign, but that adventure had plenty of horror scenes. Fun times. I can't remember the sequel, but the one...

Sometimes I think if WotC had held a parade with floats and giant balloons we'd still have folks going, "That's it?" Could it have been more? Sure. Should it have been more? I would have liked that. Was it a "failure"? Nah. And you're criticizing WotC on "failing" to get tv shows and...

Are you me? I LOVED those short animated promos for 4E that gently poked fun at D&D tropes 4E was leaving behind. And I was surprised by the anger from the fan community here. Still kinda am. But yeah, I think the WotC team felt like they could gently poke at D&D, because they were the D&D...

Magic has multiple formats, literally different ways to play the game. Similar to how you can use a traditional deck of playing cards to play many different games. Warhammer has . . . Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Warhammer Old World, Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Horus Heresy, Kill Team, Necromunda, War...

Heh. I just had a dad donate TEN copies of the 2014 PHB . . . my afterschool group isn't switching up anytime soon! :)

Both Warhammer and Magic certainly make a lot of money, but . . . I know a lot of folks who got tired of riding those trains, including myself, and are looking to offload our collections. That's purely anecdotal, of course. I'm paring my Magic collection down to decks that can fit into one or...

Personally, I'm team D&D 2024. I'm loving the refresh so far. However, I'm also on Team WotC in the sense that I don't see the 2024 rules as moving a great distance from the 2014 rules. They are the same game. Folks acting like the new rules are a "6th Edition" in the sense that it is a major...

I'm not sure how much they care, but I feel they should. If the community, rightly or wrongly, perceives 2014 and 2024 as different enough from each other, it can fracture the fan base and impact sales of official D&D books moving forward. How many of the "modern" fanbase will decide, "I...

It is interesting how the OSR community treats the many, many different but similar games as easily compatible . . . while the 5E community seems to be having a harder time with 2014 vs 2024. Partly, I'm sure, is that the BX core of many OSR games is simpler than D&D 5E, but I don't think it's...

I think there are two levels publishers have to be concerned about 2014 vs 2024 5E rules. There is the reality level, how different are the rulesets from each other really? And then there is the perception level of reality. How are consumers looking at the difference, and how do I as a publisher...

While I like it . . . I don't think adding more tags is going to clear up consumer confusion. Maybe if it had a snazzy logo . . .

I understand why WotC themselves didn't push out some terminology, as they were trying hard with the "it's the same game" perspective. But really, they should have. There seems to be a lot of confusion in the community and marketplace as what to use. It's become a new hobby of mine, checking...

I was actually thinking the story might go this way . . . but, sadly no.

I just looked up this title on Amazon.com, and found another companion volume by the same folks, The Dagon Collection.

I was looking forward to this . . . I really enjoyed Emperor Georgiou's arc in Discovery and I think a show focusing on the darker side of Trek could have worked very well . . . But sadly, this movie fell flat. There were a few things here and there I enjoyed about it, but overall, bleah. :(...

Purchased it, but the only title that piqued my interest was "Mycelium Soup". Haven't had the chance to read through it yet, but it looks WIERD. In a good way!

Oh yeah. I see plenty of products on the DM's Guild that DON'T utilize WotC's IP in any way . . . so why are they there and not on DriveThruRPG? Could be a newb creator making a misstep, or perhaps they feel the potential increased exposure is worth it. Being an artist or creator certainly has...