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I like random tables, good source material, and my own brain. I wrote about it here and talked about it here. I don’t know what Cocks thinks he’s going to be able to do to solve the problem of being built on people’s material without their permission. Even training off of the work WOTC...

$50 for the core books feels almost like a loss leader. These books are huge, high quality, and were really expensive to produce I bet. Same price as the smaller ones from 2014. Edit: the core books aren’t likely a loss leader but they certainly provide less of a profit margin with the $50...

I have high hopes for the new Starter Set and, so far, what little we've seen seems very positive. My only real question is the price point. I remember days where Amazon had the Phandelver starter set for like $8. I'd buy a bunch of them and drop them in local lending libraries. I doubt this can...

Oooh, I was at the one in 2024. There was another OGL panel then.

You were there?? Did I meet you and forgot? I was on the panel!

I agree. It's a careful balance. I have fond memories of Shadow of the Demon Lord and 13th Age which seemed to play fairly straight forward without a ton of extra cruft. I'm looking forward to trying them again this year.

D&D 2024 definitely added complexity on top of weapon masteries. Several classes now have “free action” sorts of abilities like the paladin firing up channel divinity and inspiring smite off of a normal attack + smite and the rogue trading in sneak attack dice to do other things with their...

This is one of the reasons I'm not a fan of the ORC license. Creative Commons is a much clearer license.

One thing the other article linked to identified was the difference between legendary and non-legendary monsters which is pretty interesting. I've argued that bosses need help just because they're bosses. People love ganging up on bosses so they need extra defensive and often offensive power to...

There are a couple of good analyses: https://tomedunn.github.io/the-finished-book/monsters/monster-manual-2024/ https://www.blogofholding.com/?p=8469 My easy rule of thumb is: AC / DC = 12 + 1/2 CR HP = 15 to 20 x CR Attack / Proficient Save = 3 + 1/2 CR Damage per Round = 7 x CR That...

The D&D 4e DMG2 was also well regarded, and still is. I'll have to look at it again. It's been years since I looked at it. VTTs as advanced software (actual real software) is a good example. Foundry is cool but it has a high learning curve in my experience. But the GMs who love it really love...

Mike Mearls had two interviews recently, one with Ben Riggs and one with Professor Dungeon Master. In both of these interviews he brought up a thought that really resonated with me: The idea that RPGs and GM-focused accessories are really like designing expert software for expert users – think...

We can always make it ourselves =)

Looking at the D&D 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide Oil of Sharpness: The old one from 2014: Do we think this is a typo or the intent to make permanent +3 magic weapons?

Guess who's sending in our PDF print proof for the City of Arches tomorrow???

This is a really good point. I think the design guidelines for monsters for D&D 2014 overcompensated for monster features that subtracted from damage per round. The new D&D 2025 MM seems not to take these effects into consideration as much, which I think is good. I argue that monsters need some...

I think three smart and handsome individuals wrote a book doing exactly this...

That’s probably fair

The difference is that DTRPG doesn't also make and advertise the number one RPG in the world on their own platform alongside yours. That makes publishing on D&D Beyond a unique situation. They're marketing their own products next to other publishers. They sell products at a much better margin...

I think it could become the dominant platform where high-dollar 5e content is sold and it becomes more dominant the more stuff they sell there, including their own. This is what makes D&D Beyond different than any other platform – they are the number one producer of the material they sell on D&D...