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That gets dropped a lot when folks complain about the 50% cut on the DM's Guild. Independent publishers give up more than that in the supply chain from design-to-table, especially if they want to license IP like Greyhawk, Eberron, or the Forgotten Realms. And, correct me if I'm wrong . . . the...

Sure, but . . . not everyone publishing products on the DM's Guild comes from the perspective of "new publisher". Often, they are more "obsessed Greyhawk fan" excited to share what they whipped up for their home game anyway with a wider audience. If you are just a fan who wants to share your...

I think the difference is . . . in the 80s when I grew up, Tolkeinesque fantasy DOMINATED the fantasy genre, including the D&D game. Elves and dwarves are still represented in anime and other modern fantasy, but not in the same dominant degree as in earlier decades. Plus, odd characters with...

I run an afterschool D&D program at the middle school where I teach. I've found myself struggling to explain to an 11 year old what exactly a dwarf or elf is. They are all over the animal-person races like dragonborn, owlin, and giff! Elves, dwarves, and halflings are boring. It makes me very...

Failure? Nah. The DM's Guild could certainly be managed a LOT better. Better for customers/fans, better for the creators, better for the community, and even better for WotC. It's a far from ideal set up in several ways beyond the 50% cut. But if you are a fan who wants to get started in game...

WotC does feature DM's Guild products on Facebook. I see the ads all the time. And it's always for stuff I've never heard of before, and I visit the guild website weekly. I assume they also promote guild products on other social media platforms, but don't really know.

Frankly? I don't really care WHY 4E is making a small comeback, I've just noticed that it IS making a comeback. And I think that's cool, even if I never play 4E again or a 4E-derived game. I mean, it IS interesting to discuss why 4E struggled back in the day, and the reasons that perhaps why...

Heh, yeah there is. I'm not a huge fan, nor a huge hater, of 4E . . . but I've noticed over the past few months an uptick in folks talking about 4E, talking about playing 4E today, and using 4E design choices to inform current game design. I mean, it's nowhere near as huge or influential as...

I got a marketing email about the new Sidekick digital platform . . . and once again, felt frustrated that Everyday Heroes seems like a great game (with some major flaws), but one I will not be purchasing or playing due to Scott's problematic behavior and how he has treated his staff. Not sure...

Very cool. I'm a fan of the Fallout computer games but haven't explored the RPG yet. I hope this leads to a Star Trek Nexus and Dune Nexus!!

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I really like the Hag Air Guitar Champion mini!!!

This is similar to the cosmology outlined in the BECMI D&D boxed sets, and that's what I grew up on in the 80s. I've always had my own loose head canon that the World Axis, Great Wheel, and even the Realms' World Tree cosmology are just planar regions within the larger multiverse.

Dissonant principles? I'm not seeing your difficulty. The Great Wheel and World Axis are not terribly different cosmologies, IMO. They mesh together just fine. @Chaltab even stated upthread that his home game cosmology is essentially "The Great Wheel with some extra stuff attached" and doesn't...

You say potato, I say potato . . . Constructs, elementals, humanoids . . . story trumps arbitrary categories. A lot of real world myths tell how the people were created out of clay or dirt and how the gods breathed life into them.

Can a fey creature be undead? Or transformed by magic into a monstrosity? Goblins are fey, but are they not also humanoid? Yeah, I've never really cared for the monster categories of D&D. I'd rather them be used like tags. A goblin would by #humanoid and #fey. One of those four-armed goblins...

Wait . . . is that a golden ring floating in the middle of the corridor? I think it has elvish writing on it!

Yeah! I mean, practically, within any given campaign, how often do you throw owlbears at the players? There are sooo many monsters in D&D, between 50 years of official and unofficial content . . . even if every monster was unique, you'd never run out!

Keith Baker might do some stuff on his blog, or maybe something for the DM's Guild, but I'm pretty sure he is moving on from Eberron. WotC doesn't need Baker to do new Eberron products, but they haven't made any announcements. And really, we don't need any updates for the existing 5E Eberron...

I'm pretty sure this was the motivation to take the 3E Chainmail gnolls and "graduate" them to represent all gnolls in 5E (and 4E?). There has long been a plethora of bestial, tribal antagonist races in D&D, the design team jumped at a chance to, 1) differentiate at least one of these species...