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    D&D 5E (2024) New leak looks real bad

    In 2013, a year after giving consumers the option of renting their Creative Cloud suite from them for $50/month, Adobe stopped selling single-purchase perpetual licenses for their Creative Suite because their consumer research said their userbase was "overwhelmingly" in favor. Since then, you...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Rules question - Knight of the sword Demoralizing Strike vs creature immune to frightened

    By the RAW you are absolutely correct. The RAW is also intensely stupid, but that's your dungeon master's problem.
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    Free RPG Day Announced!

    It's been a long time. I definitely want to contribute, if my FLGS is in. Good times!
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    D&D General Just Read: Azure Bonds. A Faerun novel from '88

    I just read it a month or two ago for the first time and really enjoyed it as well! It really struck me how much like a D&D adventure it was, while still being an enjoyable novel. You often have to pick one or the other, in D&D fiction. It's a winner!
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    D&D 5E (2024) New leak looks real bad

    You know it's entirely free online, right? You can go and read it anytime you want. https://2e.aonprd.com/
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    D&D 5E (2024) New leak looks real bad

    Bloggers or other content creators, it looks like. They pretty clearly want to be a recognized host for that sort of thing, like a Twitch or a YouTube only for the written word? I mean, I love that idea, but I doubt a sustainable community does. Thanks for the link; knowing that someone else...
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    D&D 5E (2024) New leak looks real bad

    What game are you two talking about? World of Warcraft sunsetted after Legion. :) I'm glad the new expansion is good. I, uh, won't be reupping, but bad games aren't good for anyone. It took me a long time to justify paying $108/year for a music streaming service, and I am still not...
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    Why I'm not boycotting the movie, video games, comic books or novels over the OGL scandal, just D&DB & hardcovers.

    I feel like we saw two very different movies. The only joyful thing about the 2000 movie is Jeremy Irons chewing the scenery. It's overwrought start to finish. That confirms it, you are posting on this forum from a parallel reality where Hollywood works completely differently. How do I cross...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How do you deal with expensive material components in your campaigns?

    First of all, I think I say this every time I see you post, but you have a great handle. Second, if the design of the campaign does not permit for the acquisition of these expensive components, the dungeon master should absolutely adapt the requirements in some way, not just make the spells...
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    Why I'm not boycotting the movie, video games, comic books or novels over the OGL scandal, just D&DB & hardcovers.

    I can see a future where Hasbro creates a D&D Cinematic Universe and ends up licensing the brand and product identity to an Onyx Path analogue for future TTRPG development a little too easily. I'm tempted to say it's not a terrible outcome?
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    Why I'm not boycotting the movie, video games, comic books or novels over the OGL scandal, just D&DB & hardcovers.

    Oh, and just to be clear, if the reference to 'authorized versions' hasn't been removed from Section 9 of the OGL, and an irrevocability clause hasn't been added by opening weekend, I won't be seeing the movie in the theater. My choice. No judgment on anyone else, whatever they decide. It's...
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    Has Anyone Listened to the Opening Arguments Podcast on the Gizmodo coverage?

    People need to stop saying this, especially if they are not trying to defend Wizards. Cow excrement is the most delicious thing in the world, if you remove everything more delicious than cow excrement from consideration. This idea that the new closed license can be assessed outside the...
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    Why I'm not boycotting the movie, video games, comic books or novels over the OGL scandal, just D&DB & hardcovers.

    I can't help but feel like you've got this backward. Wizards Corporate has got to be watching the growth of their multimedia empire way more closely than they are watching the books. D&D Beyond has an inflated presence on the balance sheets because they just spent All The Money on it and...
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    Why not a CC license?

    As I understand it, the biggest reason is that the OGL is written to permit the presence of open game content and closed game content in the same document, while the CC licenses do not allow for that granularity. Presumably the ORC will be similarly designed.
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    AD&D 2E Blast from the Past - AD&D 2E Core Rules 2.0 (with Expansion)

    Memories? I keep it installed on my laptop at all times! Still the best official digital supplement D&D has ever seen!
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    D&D General D&D In The Mainstream - Again!

    It's... possible. Last year Lightyear and Morbius both kind of tanked, and everybody loves Toy Story and I was almost convinced the MCU could do no wrong. But people are clearly still exercising some kind of judgment at the box office, although I'll be damned if it makes any logical sense to me.
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    [ORC] Vision for one or more ORC systems: convert the entire OGC archives from the start, using a massive team of converters

    I absolutely agree that there is an element of urgency to having at least one complete SRD released under the ORC, preferably two. This is a major topic of conversation amongst the Wizards apologists on D&D Beyond, that if the ORC can't put up it should shut up. Disappointing but true.
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    Pathfinder 1E Some Feel Good News

    Stopped by my FLGS today. Decided on a whim to pick up the Core Rulebooks for PF, PF2, and SF. I've owned them all in PDF format for a long time, but it seemed like an opportune time to express some support for my brick and mortar and for the ORC. They were all sold out! Big gaps on the...
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    Old timers?

    Had to pop in to say I love this. The verb "to enworld" really captures how I feel about dungeon mastery. :giggle: I may have to adopt that. I showed up on ENWorld for the first time in 2008. I don't remember why it took me so long; I suspect my experience was similar to @Stormonu's and I...
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    [ORC] Vision for one or more ORC systems: convert the entire OGC archives from the start, using a massive team of converters

    Instant Acrimonious Lawsuit; just add WotC. This proposal feels like dismantling the railroad tracks when you can hear the whistle in the distance. Don't get me wrong, I love the passion, and you are describing in broad terms where I hope the ORC ends up someday. But it's one thing to...
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