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It's funny, the UA fey hobgoblin is so divorced in style and abilities from the existing hobgoblin race, the thought crossed my mind that it's not actually a test for a hobgoblin race at all. That calling it a fey hobgoblin was a misdirection. To be clear-- I don't think that's likely. There's...

It strikes me that some of your feedback on the survey is that you would like them to specify a different typical age range for the Thri kreen, much like they have done for the Astral Elves, as you feel that is an important part of their lore. They are obviously open to doing this, given that...

I've argued since the Next playtests that 5e was built on a 4e chassis. There are definitely good elements that didn't get adopted-- likely for reasons associated with feedback during the Next playtest. But with the new audience being much broader, I think the window has opened to get in even...

I think at least DDB will be part of it. Those previews from the WotC surveys a couple months back had pictures that were clearly DDB character sheets. The DDB folks have been hinting for months that they've been working on some big project in the background that they can't talk about yet (even...

While this conversation has obviously evolved into something well beyond just what happened with DDB, I thought it might be interesting to post what route the DDB folks have taken this week for their 'birthday celebrations' in terms of 'winning something'...

I keep waiting for them to finally reveal all this exciting news that seems to be related to their 'game space'. They've been hinting about it for a month or two. Of course, I've learned over the years that 'soon' for developers is on the 'months' not 'days or weeks' time frame. AD

Just a note that DDB have spent substantial effort in upgrading and re-working their back end over the last year and a half to make it more flexible for adding new features. There was some huge upgrade to the back end on the character sheet side some months ago, and they've regularly talked...

I am 'forgiving' of DDB because it has been an extremely useful product for myself and the numerous people in my gaming groups. We love the product, use it all the time, and most of the issues people cite have very mild impacts on our use. Now, that said, it's totally fine if you don't find the...

I'm sure. And it was one thing when it was some feature that fit into the existing schema. Lately, UA's have been trying our radically different subsystems that probably require a lot of backend coding. Think of those Strixhaven cross class subclasses from awhile back. Fair bit of work to...

DDB folks have repeatedly suggested- when asked whether they will include 3rd party content-- that their licensing agreement with WotC does not allow it. They absolutely do not clarify the terms of the agreement. And no, they don't quite explicitly say it (presumably because license details...

I just meant that it seems unlikely there are rights issues if they are using them in other contexts. As for why they aren't using them in this book (if that's true), it's possible they have other plans. Or maybe it's as simple as the fact that Kelek, Strongheart, etc. fit far more easily...

This seems unlikely since they are showing up on Magic cards https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/648194/saturday-morning-dd Which they did promote during D&D Live. Oh, and they also said there will be nods to the cartoon in Witchlight...

Huh. I wonder why they advanced the timeline. Let me go look at the original image . . . oh . . . Kind of the same way they sort of cropped out the rest of the image when they did the special editions a few years back. Heh. AD

Seems like someone confirmed it was for a future product: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-wild-beyond-witchlight-new-details/

Just an observation, but if you type in the word 'slave' or 'slavery' on DDB, you can find that references to slaves or slavery show up in: Princes of the Apocalypse Out of the Abyss Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide Storm King's Thunder Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (though I think the pens...

Yes. A subscription. But-- without some sort of credit-- this would do nothing to appease an apparently very large number of people who bought the books at DDB because that was the only choice allowed at the time. Bradford certainly intimated that a subscription model was discussed at DDB but...

Didn't it get built out more than that into Nerath with that boardgame? AD

I don't know that I agree. I didn't know about the Vin Diesel comment. But, honestly, every time I've seen Joe talk about the game, he is enthusiastic, encouraging, and seems to want everyone to play. In other words, a really good ambassador. None of us are perfect, but I hope we don't always...

It may be nothing, but the DDB folks keep saying what a big year it is going to be for them and how excited they are. Then hinting that they can't say anything yet about why. Last week was the 'this is the quiet before the storm' comment. And this week in discussing their goal of "continued...

Here's a question-- if the character sheet is a DDB sheet, does anyone recognize the virtual 3D tabletop from anywhere? AD