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    WotC Roll 4 Combat: Hasbro/WotC was offered 20 million for D&D at the nadir of 4e.

    Yeah, that was my reaction too. I mean, that offer may well have been made, but an offer being made and it being seriously considered by Hasbro are two different things. I mean, I could offer Hasbro $1.50 for d&d tomorrow, but it doesn’t necessarily mean they’d pay me the slightest attention.
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    D&D 5E (2014) When did you last buy a WotC D&D5e product? (not a third party or DM Guild)

    I bought Planescape. Dragonlance was the most recent before that. Seriously though, I’m a whale. I’ve probably bought (or backed) a hardcover a month since I got back into d&d in a big way during covid lockdowns, and that’s not counting the pdfs. If you’re the biggest name in the industry, the...
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    D&D General Two new D&D novels coming from Penguin Random House: "The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin" (FR) and "Spelljammer: Memory's Wake"

    Huh, I didn’t spot that Django Wexler was writing the Spelljammer one, thanks @Henadic Theologian . That’s gone from a curiosity to a probably-buy to me, I really enjoyed his Shadow Battalions series, even though the last book didn’t quite stick the landing.
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    WotC [Updated!] Hasbro Laying Off 1,100 Employees

    If they care. The last time i was laid off, it was because the medium,-sized Australian company i worked for had been bought out by a much larger American competitor, who was sick of our specialised Australian product outselling their generically international product in Australia, and decided...
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    RPG Crowdfunding News – Kor Hadar, Gary’s Appendix, Death Send, and more

    Kor Hadar has cancelled with four days to go, claiming that the number of backers is insufficient to produce the book properly, despite reaching about 120% of their funding goals. Were they assuming they'd need to get to 200% or 300% funded to actually produce the product? Or maybe they...
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    WotC WotC Cancels 5 Video Games

    It's a bit of a mixed bag. If your live service game is a success, then it's great because you've got a reliable income stream from subscriptions and micropayments etc for a long time, rather than just the sugar hit of initial sales which then tail off. If it doesn't work, then it's a bigger...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Iron Kingdoms 5e

    I hadn't read that anywhere, but if that's the intent, it's dumb intent, because every other non-underpowered class can stock up on mekanical items too. Also, it's actually harder for gun mages to buff themselves with items, because one of their attunement slots is automatically tied up by...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Iron Kingdoms 5e

    I haven't played, but i've done a lot of reading of them and put together some sample characters. For beginner players, I'd steer clear of Warcaster and Warlock classes. The Iron Kingdoms Warlock in particular is possibly the most complicated class I've seen in any 5e book. Lots of...
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    D&D General Drawbacks of a World with BG3 in it

    On the upside, my local 'Looking for Group' facebook page is absolutely chock-a-block with first timers saying 'I've never played before but after playing BG3 I want to give an in-person game a try' Honestly, while I won't start DMing my first game in a post-BG3 world til January so i can't...
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    TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

    I work largely in the financial/banking sector. There’s a guy with my name two states away who is an undischarged bankrupt who’s involved in all sorts of property shenanigans. This tends to cause all sorts of problems when I start a new job and have to go through a probity and background check...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Quests From The Infinite Staircase Coming July 2024

    Of the non-green ones: Princes of the Apocalypse has Temple of Elemental Evil and Return To... pretty much covered, I don't think WotC will re-do those ones. Queen of the Spiders and City of the Spider Queen might be quietly left alone, given how hard WotC are trying to branch out with their...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Quests From The Infinite Staircase Coming July 2024

    If they want short adventures of any sort, planar or non-planar, from any time more recent than 2e, then they'll almost have to delve into Dungeon. (Thanks @Parmandur, i didn't realise that about the publication rights). There hasn't been official 32-page adventure modules published for D&D...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Quests From The Infinite Staircase Coming July 2024

    So - uninformed and wild speculation about what modules they’ll be redoing for this? If Yawning Portal sets any precedent, they’ll look for a selection of classic adventures with name recognition, from all eras and edition of D&D, but probably with a bit of a lean towards more generic fantasy...
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    Grading the Warhammer (40K, etc) System

    The whole concept behind the flesh-eater courts is brilliant and evocative, and I intend to steal it completely for a ghoul society in D&D. I’m not an Age of Sigmar fan in general, but their ghouls are great. I’ll probably end up using the ‘goblins spring up from mushrooms’ thing at some point...
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    Dragonlance Dragonlance Nexus - DMs Guild Product Schedule and Richard Knaak Partnership!

    Note that it's a conversion guide, not a full adventure. You'll still need the original modules (available for cheap on DMsGuild) to run the campaign, although the 3e Dragons of Autumn conversion might also do the job.
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    D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

    It doesn't seem to know what a dragonborn is, but 'anthropomorphic dragon' usually works. there doesn't seem to be a way to stop it attaching wings or a tail though.
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    D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

    Yeah, that worked. Aaargh. I would have thought it'd be smart enough to understand compound words like that.
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    D&D General DALL·E 3 does amazing D&D art

    They've really tightened the content filters in a deeply dumb way. A lot of my earlier saved prompts are getting blocked now, for no reason that I can see I mean, really? I've cut out the dead body, I've cut out the 'tattered' clothing and the fact that the elf is female, I even cut out the...
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    D&D Movie/TV Chris Pine tells Gamesradar+ he's "pretty confident" Honor Among Thieves sequel will happen

    Aside from the questions of whether Szass Tam even knew about the death of Edgin's wife, making Edgin get all focused on revenge for the sequel would be a horribly discordant note against the emotional resolution of HAT.
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    ToV Kobold Press Tome of the Valiant Game Master's Guide ks signup

    I'm going to wait on this one. I'm less convinced that ToV is going to have legs now that the WotCs OGL shenanigans seem to be mostly in the rear-view mirror for now, and it's got definite fantasy heartbreaker potential. I do wish KP would get back to their setting material. It's just...
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