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Yep. I think this is a completely reasonable concern and a good reason, as a consumer, to want a pdf. I was specifically responding to the idea that WotC is being completely clueless about the importance of digital mediums by not offering them. As an 'archival' copy, they make a lot of sense...

Honestly? That's not a crazy take. PDF's are not the best form of digital medium anymore by a longshot. I find the DDB digital form to be much, much more useful. I can see why WotC doesn't feel a strong need to make them available. Note: I recognize there are other advantages of pdf's (e.g...

Maybe. But it's not clear to me that trying to become a software company is the smoothest route to the most money. Nor do I have any idea what their markets look like right now. But of course that's about as far as we can go with this discussion given the information available. AD

Really not sure why we think their asking about digital tools and VTT means they'd want to do it themselves. It's in their interest to know what their user base wants to keep playing, and they can easily achieve this through existing partnerships. DDB appears to be enormously popular and has...

While this is a totally reasonable concern, my experiences have tended to the opposite. Without the tools, players are flipping through books, looking ups spells, rules, etc., causing a general slow down. Often, I'm the one who ends up looking things up for them (which is much faster with the...

I don't disagree with you. But something I've learned over the years is that things that are obvious to me (because of the circles I run in) are often not obvious to others outside my circles. And I've certainly been guilty of not knowing things that, in retrospect, were pretty obvious. I'll...

I believe the term simply means 'eastern'. However, my understanding is that the reason it has gone out of favor is that the term has historically been associated with a lot of racist tropes. So it carries a lot of baggage. And, since it's not all that descriptive anyway and it tends to lump a...

Well, if we presume that psionics isn't in the fall book, there's always a possibility we'll see another try in that arena in the next few months. (I wouldn't expect it much sooner than that, as I suspect they'll be trying a new approach and want to test it internally first). AD

Worth just watching this video if you are interested: It's a card you can draw at character creation. If you like it you keep it. If you don't you can take another. I don't get the impression it's a 'traitor mechanic' so much as a way to add some interesting twists to character interactions...

My apologies if it's already been posted (somewhere in the 20 pages), but did you folks see this? Which is to say, it's worth remembering the other part of what Jeremy said in that interview-- that the trick is to find a way to make the folks who want the more complex stuff happy at the same...

My 11 year old daughter is DM'ing a game for her friends and one for her brother and me. The game she plays in is DM'd by a high school girl, who also DM's multiple games. I think there's only one boy in their entire gaming group, which is 5 or 6 kids. AD

What I think is funny is that Perkins didn't say it wasn't going to be Dark Sun. He was responding to a question that asked, "Did someone say Dark Sun?!" WotC famously keeps things close to the vest and that could easily be interpreted as, "No. We didn't say that. Nothing to see here. Not...

Arcana of the Ancients kind of handles the Numenera meets D&D part . . . AD

I'd vote for an adventure in Icewind Dale but a separate setting. Just my guess. AD

Looks to me like they assigned him to work with Larian (and maybe others?) full time and now those projects are wrapping up. I think we might have a habit of conflating multiple factors that may have been coincidental. One set of reasons for staying off social media. Another set for why he...

Only Brandon Routh and David Harbour are listed in that game. But maybe they are trying to fill that out and just haven't confirmed people yet? AD

There's a fair bit of detail, including a schedule, the charity they are supporting, and a charity adventure on their main site: https://dnd.wizards.com/dndlive2020

Superman! And the Atom! AD

While true (and funny), I can see why they need to start hyping a 'start studded' announcement in advance. Sure, a major part of the event is hyping the release, but it seems like another is just raising brand awareness and getting people excited about D&D. AD