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Well, I've been surprised by the software stuff enough times over the years, I wouldn't place any particularly huge bets. And if WotC is promoting it, that would suggest something much more than promoting the work of a third party partner. It would be something they are pulling together...

So, finally looking at that last image there, and that is a D&D Beyond character sheet. Exact match. Which suggests either the extremely foolish move of copying an image off another company's website to promote their new product or . . . well, hopefully, a partnership of some kind. Edit to add...

It's interesting, the DDB folks have been hinting in their Dev Updates that they have big things in store they can't talk about yet. But it's obvious that it is with regard to a major upgrade in their 'virtual play space' sometime this year (DM tools etc.). It's quite possible (even likely?)...

I never got an NDA question. AD

Yeah, it being in a physical format doesn't really leave a ton of room once you acknowledge that they aren't likely to mass produce an expensive 'novelty design'. (As awesome as that scroll case thing looked). I honestly have no idea what Winninger might mean at this point. Which, I suspect, is...

I think Morrus is right that 'format' could mean a couple of pretty disparate things. If it does refer to 'physical' format, I think it's probably worth not being so dismissive of a potential digital format. First, it's possible that we're more likely to get certain settings if they aren't...

Actually, I think Shelly said they gave her something on the order of a month. ('less than a month'). But she definitely didn't make it sound like it was over the weekend. And they did a bunch of shooting and editing with Todd Kenrick. Really seems like they had weeks to work it out. AD

Sounds a bit like they are just going to give more details on D&D Live. (Rather than a book announcement) AD

Anyone no what this is all about?

Doesn't it seem like they'd save an announcement for the end of D&D Live? AD

Yeah, I think they already had this planned. This whole 'week of announcements' and releases of cover images at different outlets, etc. Someone else is some other thread had the right of it-- the Amazon leak just before the big announcement is almost a tradition now. And I thought the video was...

Just strikes me as a little silly fun. Sure, not the hook to get me. But that's all right. AD

Here it is from an AMA: Out of the Abyss, what drove the decision to not include any section directly dealing with Orcus? Simple time and space or was there a reason he isn’t featured in the main storyline until right at the very end? I’m DMing it and I’m thinking of putting in something...

I recall Chris Perkins saying that there was a whole storyline around Orcus that we never saw because of some behind the scenes issues. Might have been a novel that never came to fruition. But I never heard anything similar about Lolth. AD

Perhaps someone has already mentioned this, but my recollection is that it was hinted in Out of the Abyss that Lolth had engineered the demon incursion to get the demon lords out of the way for some personal plot. That always seemed like a setup for a future adventure (or novel), and I don't...

I see what you are saying. But I do think it will depend on how they present them. It wouldn't be that hard to make them substantively the same with features that swap out based on cultural heritage. It would also be quite easy to write the lore in a way that made it clear these are all of the...

I thought the problem was the idea that an entire race is inherently evil. There are obviously multiple ways to solve that-- e.g., a) alter existing lore about drow society to make that society more nuanced or b) create other drow societies that implicitly show that drow are not inherently...

There's not any enticing details here, but they do provide general outlines of what's coming this year: https://dnd.wizards.com/dndstudio_blog1 Snippet about stuff not announced (written by Ray Winninger): "Later in the year, Chris will return with our big summer adventure, James Wyatt will...

Is there a setting where gem dragons are a big thing? AD

Seems likely. Though I did notice that other spells were named after what, I think, are FR potentates. Though that could easily just be a shroud (the way 'alternate dragonborn' might be a shroud for 'draconian'). Anyway, interesting! AD