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  1. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    Yeah, they are there in DDB if you want to purchase just small pieces of content, here and there. From my perspective, I switched from a game of PF1 and PF2 (where all of my players had purchased PDFs and often physical books) over to 5e, where only a few players had a 5e PHB. So I bought a...
  2. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    I am a registered user of DDB and I use it weekly to run my Foundry VTT games. I also PAY EXTRA so that all of my players have access to mybooks I purchased on DDB. My players DO NOT own WotC 5e hardcovers. While I do own about half of the ones I have on DDB in physical form -- I have not used...
  3. Steel_Wind

    WotC Hasbro Bets Big on D&D

    Yes it is. I mean, I get it. I have always understood that to WotC, seeing Blizzard make BILLIONS off of Diablo and WoW leaves an aftertaste to some execs that that is D&D's money that somebody else is making. In some ways, that's true, too. Hopefully, they'll keep a level head about all of...
  4. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance DL 1 — recasting Gully Dwarves as resistance fighters

    I've been toying with the idea of portraying the Gully Dwarves of Xak Tsaroth as a people who took to this area as a refuge... and the ruins have been destroying them and reducing their mental capacity through environmental contamination ever since. It's not just a mental deteriotation -...
  5. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2014) Dragonlance Companion -- 180 pages for players and DMs -- now available!

    Just a note that I ended up getting this last night, after humming and hawwing about it. It seemed like a product you put some real time in to - and I want to encourage strong 3rd party development on DMGuild for DL. I also read a snippet about the Piety system and thought I would give it a spin!
  6. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Free Monstrous Compendium Volume II Includes Dragon Highlord Verminaard

    A guy over on DDB forums from Canada says his FLGS got Warriors of Krynn in yesterday, so I presume it is out in the wild more generally. That is a relief.
  7. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Adventure Design Eras

    Your memory is failing you. DL was not a 2nd edition product, it was primarily a 1st edition phenomenon. The other 2nd ed settings green lit by TSR was Lorraine Williams trying to find another setting to capture that magic all over again. It never worked. Yes, there were DL modules created for...
  8. Steel_Wind

    D&D 5E (2014) D&D Adventure Design Eras

    I'm sorry, but your approach here is misguided. The Eras of Adventure Design closely follow and track structural changes in the RPG business and in the editions of D&D -- except for one singular event that occurred in the middle of an edition. That's because that one singular event changed...
  9. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Free Monstrous Compendium Volume II Includes Dragon Highlord Verminaard

    The point I was making in my original reply was a simple one: what people recall about DragonLance is overwhelmed by their recollection from the novels, not the modules. That is "everything wrong about DragonLance in two sentences". As for the narrative hand-waving of what happened to...
  10. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Free Monstrous Compendium Volume II Includes Dragon Highlord Verminaard

    Yes, they both go bouncing out of the scene and Flamestrike dies off-camera. But Vermi doesn't fall - and he's not hurt badly in the end - neither is Ember.
  11. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Free Monstrous Compendium Volume II Includes Dragon Highlord Verminaard

    It's not clear when the board game will be available at retail. This is more than a little upsetting. Has anybody seen Warriors of Krynn in the wild, other than as part of the Collector's Box?
  12. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance Nexus Releases Revised Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything and Champions of Krynn Chapter 1

    My guess is that any converison is more likely to reference Dragons of Autumn (3.5 from MWP). The design of the module already buffs out some (though not all) of the heavy-handedness of DL1. It also includes Haven and a map of same, which is probably the singularly most important area to add to...
  13. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Free Monstrous Compendium Volume II Includes Dragon Highlord Verminaard

    Those events happened in the novel; it does not occur in the module. The problem with DragonLance in two sentences!
  14. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Free Monstrous Compendium Volume II Includes Dragon Highlord Verminaard

    Have you looked at the new Verminaard -- when paired with Ember? He's immune to fire. Which means Ember is going to breathe fire all around Verminaard in combat, doing 16d6, while Vermi is immune and kicking your ass, blinding you, etc.. Together, they are a daunting pair of combatants, far...
  15. Steel_Wind

    WotC D&D Beyond current development

    FWIW, I have done all of my gaming via VTT since 2011. Initially, it was on D20 Pro. I did flirt with Fantasy Grounds 1 and 2 as well. I have played via Roll20, but won't use it to GM (it's too limited for my tastes). Combine technical limitations with higher cost? Not for me. In terms of...
  16. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance comes to DMsGuild

    I have not closely compared the two. Obviously, the revised version has the (revised) Champions of Krynn added to the book, which increases the page count an additional 30 pages or so and is not reflected in the TOC below. Compare the ToC from original (left) to revised (right). That says...
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  18. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance comes to DMsGuild

    Cam's right about that. The conversions are already done and suggested in the Aesthetics Guides or in Dragons of Autum Twilight 5e by Cody DeBonis (which is still out there on the web - he has some decent changes in his conversion, too). The DragonLance Nexus has promised one for this coming...
  19. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance Nexus Releases Revised Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything and Champions of Krynn Chapter 1

    All of your work is appreciated and Trampas has devoted vast years of his life to the Nexus. I was happy to say thank you with a purchase this morning. To be clear, my focus is very much upon a 5e conversion of the classic campaign - - with changes to DL1 and DL2 so as to be less spoiler...
  20. Steel_Wind

    Dragonlance Dragonlance comes to DMsGuild

    I bought the revised Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything this morning as well. I have known of Trampas and his work on the Nexus for a very long time. I was happy to support their efforts with a purchase as well as I think pro quality community work should be supported with $$ (to be clear, I...
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