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    D&D General Brainstorming on Orbs of Dragonkind

    Using an orb of dragonkind is an extremely risky affair. Once used, the proud dragons will never forget their grudge against a lesser being using them as slaves. If other dragons learn of the orb's existence, a flight of dragons, comprised of dragons from all types and alignments, might...
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    So WHY Didn't The OGL Contain The Word 'Irrevocable'?

    For anything that requires funds, the modern era has produced the realm of crowd-sourcing. For everything else, there's Mastercard.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Will you continue to give WotC D&D your $$$

    To Hasbro, less sales is less sales. No matter how shady a WotC exec could possibly be, they won't escape questions from their Hasbro overlords. It's not about having "ANY" sales, it's about how many total sales are met for the quota that Hasbro has applied to WotC. If WotC has failed to...
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    It is time to offer WOTC a way out - join the ORC.

    Realistically, WotC will probably never go for ORC. Adding the term "irrevocable" to the OGL (1.0a --> 1.0b?) would potentially be the solution that works it out. Having the other companies using both (irrevocable added version) OGL and the anticipated collab-driven ORC might be the best case...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Will you continue to give WotC D&D your $$$

    I think an exception should be argued for DMsGuild Community Creator products, since not everything needs to be boycotted to achieve the objective of grabbing Hasbro's attention and focusing that attention on the WotC execs responsible for managing the DnD brand and related licenses. To...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Sticking with D&D?

    It's the boycotters threatening the creators on DMsGuild, not the potential OGL change; sales are dropping for creators atm already. It's like throwing out the baby with the bathwater - unnecessarily hurting small developers. DND Beyond, Toys, cards, 1st-party stuff --- DMsGuild creators could...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Sticking with D&D?

    There's a lot of content, particularly setting-related books, that can't be published elsewhere but DMsGuild, and the creators contractually can not move their products from DMsGuild to another site. A lot of projects that haven't been published yet likely can't be published elsewhere but...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How will the recent OGL developments affect your D&D spending?

    I'm a little worried about how people are going to treat their spending on DMsGuild, because it's a slap in the face to tell a writer that their work on a project months to years in the making might be boycotted because some marketing/business/legal executive at Hasbro/WotC made poor decisions...
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    D&D General what is the difference between magic and psionics?

    According to 3e Player's Guide to Faerûn, psionics is a form of magic that a creature can use by forming a personal Weave inside their minds. As such, rather than using an environmental Weave to channel the raw magical energy of their environment, the psionics user draws the energy into their...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Wall of Force options

    A damaging ranged/AoE spell plus a fragile ceiling to cave in heavy material over the dome, making the dome an effective trap for the domed mage unless they can teleport out, phase through the rubble, dig themselves a tunnel, etc. --- it's a gamble but if the domed mage didn't prepare the right...
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    D&D 5E (2014) How would you do the sword mage in 5e?

    I'm a little late to this thread, but I designed a full class workup for a 5e Swordmage project on DMsGuild. It's PWYW so you can type 0.00 in the price box to download for free and buy again later if you want to toss a coin to the writer. The Swordmage (5e Class) - Dungeon Masters Guild |...
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    D&D General How Do You Feel About Established Lore

    The most important aspect of published lore imo is the time it saves having to come up with stuff on one's own. Probably the majority of people who play DnD have a lot of responsibilities outside of their DnD campaigns, so being able to save time by having ready-to-use material can greatly...
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    Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen & Warriors of Krynn Review

    I was really hoping that WotC would use Dragon+ magazine to pad out things in 5e but it ended up mostly about upcoming releases and advertisements, and now even Dragon+ is discontinued. The community at DMsGuild and third party sites like EN World are now where the add-ons and mods for DnD are...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Uses for Minor Alchemy

    Due to the temporary and timing-capable nature of the material change, it may be possible to set up traps for enemies with some careful rigging.
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    Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen & Warriors of Krynn Review

    I recently updated the mechanics playtest document (in addition to the main preview document) for my Realmspace project on DMsGuild, which includes abstract rules for ship maneuvering to cover high speed combat, chases, crash landings, etc. -- It might help with your Spelljammer gameplay...
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    D&D General Baator Burger: The Inevitable Progress of Multiversal Society

    To see how progress can produce Hell, one can try visiting a cubicle floor in an office building. Waka waka.
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    D&D General Baator Burger: The Inevitable Progress of Multiversal Society

    While researching for my projects on DMsGuild, I realized that a lot of the civilizations in the DnD multiverse would have had time and opportunity to develop all sorts of innovations, technologies, and societal norms, well beyond Medieval/Classical/Renaissance Era societies as presented in real...
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    Disney- The Past, Present, and Future with the Ouster of Bob Chapek

    Bob Chapek's appointment may have been like the equivalent of slapping tape on a hole and hoping everything works out for the better. Although he did enter into the role with a lot of hard stuff in a tough environment, his short term aggressiveness was a poor substitute for long term vision.
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    D&D 5E (2014) The state of 5e Cosmology and the Upcoming Planescape Slipcase

    The cosmological maps of the DnD multiverse have canonically been conceptual models based on scholarly theories, not actual physical maps like one would use for a continent on a planet. It's also worth noting though that WotC's stance on different editions is that each is its own canon. I have...
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    D&D General where did the gods come from?

    Short answer: Ask the DM. Lore answer: The cosmos and all the planes in it were originally the stuff of dreams, and the first gods, the Estalar, were formed from the concepts floating in the Great Dream; some say a higher will of both coldness and warmth pulled together the wisps of...
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