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  1. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2014) Does DragonLance have mass combat rules? How is the wargame?

    No. That stuff does exist - but it is within the Warriors of Krynn companion boardgame, not in SotDQ.
  2. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance comes to DMsGuild

    In a word: No. The original DragonLance Chronicles were a new form of marketing tie-in support to sell a module series. And that module series SOLD RIDICULOUSLY WELL. TSR didn't have to share that money with Random House - it was theirs. And that money saved TSR for many years. The mid-80s was...
  3. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance comes to DMsGuild

    Yeah, I'm... I'm not on board with Weis on this. To be blunt, if DragonLance is going to survive and for us to see new game products? It needs to move past some of the decisions that Weis and Hickman have made in the past. Yes, there are novel fans who worship them -- but those fans aren't...
  4. Steel_Wind

    WotC Guessing as to WotC's VTT plans

    What we have not seen yet -- but will see as 2023 moves on and Dungeon Alchemist delivers and finishes off its Kickstarter, is an exporter to a portable .ojb format that theRipper's 3d Canvas can import. That will be a GAME CHANGER. The devs at DA have promised something along those lines in...
  5. Steel_Wind

    WotC Guessing as to WotC's VTT plans

    Theripper93 has had his suite of 3d Canvas tools for Foundry VTT in dev and available for the past year. It still a WIP from one guy - but you can import STL files in as tokens using his 3d suite and have been able to do so for almost a year. His website is here theripper93. You should look...
  6. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    Drizz't and several of the DragonLance characters would fit this "iconic" definition, at least in terms of characters that do not have the boost of having been the subject of a live-action show or movie.
  7. Steel_Wind

    D&D General Do you want a 3D vtt?

    Lemme tell ya all about the microtransactions to purchase miniatures...
  8. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    I thought the bias against VTTs -- and a belief that in-person TotM was inherently superior and how awful it would be if new players lose it is the theme that ran throughout his video. The idea that people are limited by interacting with a more elaborately realized environment thereby creates...
  9. Steel_Wind

    D&D General A Mate put A Deck of Many Things in A Dragons Horde figuring his Pcs wouldn't risk it, 1 did and now his 5 players are all playing future kings

    When you put a Deck of Many Things into your game, two things come to mind : 1. Chekhov's Gun is now in the scene, (and it looks like a pouch) ; and 2. That is a DM who wants to end a campaign and start a new one.
  10. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance: It's Not A Flowchart (spoilers)

    Jess is right. There needs to be flow in the flowchart in order for the definition to be met. No arrows; no flow.
  11. Steel_Wind

    D&D General Do you want a 3D vtt?

    Yes and no. Here's the issue: Because of the way that most 3d Art is implemented, its use usually creates a barrier to entry by those who are not well versed in it. What was a democratized, mass market product can instantly become an elitist tool beyond the technical skills of the Many and is...
  12. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    There's a D&D Trivial Pursuit??!? ....Googles.... Oh my! :P
  13. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    I think the real floodgates of RPG and VTT art and goodnes have yet to open. But by this time a year from now? It will then be well in the rear-view mirror. The water will be around our hips and rising. A programmer and technical artist in the computer game industry I know who is VERY good at...
  14. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    The plug-in for PDF2Foundry is not disabled. It still works AFAIK. It just is no longer being updated for new material, which, as you point out - is now available for purchase from Paizo. It's a hybrid approach and does require data migration from v. 9 to v.10, but it's not that big a deal. It...
  15. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    Well, Mr, Primate's tool is not cheap over the course of a year. I buy it happily - but I can also do the math. If DDB closes its doors, all they will do is drive some players to other VTT platforms and other systems. If they think they have a tech advantage? I woldn't bet on that. The stuff...
  16. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    "Give me a report by end of next week, complete with data model projections, which shows how this will positively impact on revenue while not leading to higher churn ratios that send whales off to other game systems -- and product lines -- sooner than they otherwise would." Of course there is...
  17. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    Alright, I watched him. What do I think? I think it's a pile of ALARMIST CRAP made by someone who doesn't even know the technology that he's complaining about. VTT's have been around before Roll20. The main competitor to Roll20 is Foundry VTT. He doesn't mention Foundry even once -- because he...
  18. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    Alright, now I have to go watch it.
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