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you have no way of knowing that. Sales figures are hard enough already, to the point where I doubt we can know for sure, but yours is an order of magnitude harder, with no data whatsoever…

nothing, but if you need external punishment for your deeds to stay on the good path, how good of a person are you to begin with… There is nothing preventing the characters to play the heroes rather than some shady scum lusting for power

2014 then. Lol, I should never mention this, when I say Pathfinder outsold 4e, people object, when I say 4e sold best or close to that (hedging already…) people also object. Can’t win with this one it seems ;)

that I agree with

when it comes to branching off your own OS vs TTRPG I agree, the barriers of entry are lower (as I mentioned before). Apart from that, the world is your oyster, decide what you are interested in and go from there. No one is forcing you to work on a Windows app, just like no one forces you to...

and despite the sales slump, D&D was still the best selling TTRPG, or very close to it

sure, but how is that relevant for the software developer vs game designer discussion? Both can work on an app for any system / supplement for any game or on an existing or new OS / TTRPG

I agree with this, but the comparison was never between D&D and Windows, but between software developer and game designer. The SRD makes D&D Linux-like, the network externalities and market position make it the Windows of the TTRPG space. At least there is no abuse of monopoly power, unlike MS

I don’t even think it is the best at that, it is too complex for that. It is the one with the largest brand recognition and ‘marketing budget’ (I include books, movies, CR, Stranger Things, etc. in this) however. This is what makes it attract the most new players, not the ruleset

nor is a piece of art being rewritten, a new piece is being created.

yeah, I guess they attempted to seal him first, but Rajaat always could break down the barrier until Borys ascended, which allowed him to keep it up, provided he can keep up with the maintenance As to 4e, never read that, and I would personally ignore it for the 5e reboot. Heck, I would ignore...

not sure there is any ire here in the first place WotC will be releasing whatever they want to. No one is pressuring them. You can take it or leave it, but complaining that they do not keep it the same seems to be more you wanting it your way, I am not aware that anyone said WotC must change...

yes, they are not identical, but both can choose what to work on and there are risks and potential rewards whichever way you choose. The business is much bigger on the software side, that is the main difference Minecraft was one person in Java, they sold their company for $2.5B. Torvalds wrote...

eh, there are other OSes too, the barrier to entry is higher, but then the market is a lot bigger too If you really wanted to, you could create your own OS, see Torvalds. It won’t unseat Windows, but your TTRPG will not dethrone D&D either

I assume like DL, some pages on the setting and mostly an adventure, not sure they will repeat the three-book approach turns out Elturel did not fall into hell but onto DS

I was responding to the part I quoted, which was “Software has to be designed with the operating system in mind. For games it's their choice.” At that time I asked for clarification because much like game designers have a choice what to work on, software developers do too, so I was not seeing...

oh well, it has been 40 years ;)

he is the original sorcerer and most powerful being in Dark Sun. The SK were his chosen warlords, tasked with eradicating all races but the halflings (Rajaat’s race). At the time they did not know his end goal and happily did his bidding in exchange for the power he gave them. Once they had...

yes, a better option, the SK help Borys to keep Rajaat imprisoned. Rajaat being free is the worse option. Killing the SKs will result in that, that the ‘heroes’ do not know that and their actions endanger the whole world does not change that. Informed people would side with the SK and not try...

that is not even the theme, that is just ‘there are no gods’ without the ‘and this is why things are so terrible’ part