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  1. Reynard

    Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+]

    I like the idea of presenting the background lore just once, in the form of tables that map to "knowledge checks" (whatever that means in the game in question). You would have to be careful about making those too wordy, still. This is one place where handouts can be useful. Give the players the...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    If you take D&D out of the picture, how do you think Demiplane compares to PDF in terms of market penetration?
  3. Reynard

    TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions

    Why are you shifting goalposts?
  4. Reynard

    Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+]

    I have always wanted to build an adventure with pop out text boxes that you can either open or just hover over for as long as you need it. I am a land surveyor and civil engineer and one of the towns we work in has all their regulations in a website like this and I always thought it would be...
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    TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions

    I don't think this is true at all. Labyrinth Lord was nowhere near as popular as OSRIC in the early days of the OSR. B/X became the thing more recently when newcomers to OSR realized they wanted the vibes without the wonky rules overhead. Even then it took a lot of experimentation before the...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    Oh my. Okay, well, next time just say you aren't interested in discussing the ssubject.
  7. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    I would be interested to know how you have come to that conclusion.
  8. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    I think if WotC sold PDFs of 5E material it would easily outsell everything else on PDF combined. PDF is not the best possible digital format, but it has become the standard.
  9. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    For no conceivable reason. I think that makes you an outlier.
  10. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    For no conceivable reason. I think that makes you an outlier.
  11. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    I am not sure why you think a new setting using the 5.5E rules would not also add new things to the game. Remember, the conceptual model here is Eberron.
  12. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    If only there was another digital format that could be leveraged, one that revolutionized and democratized TTRPG creation and allowed folks to create, unbeholden to the needs of printers.
  13. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?

    In general with 5E I aim for each level to take a number of sessions equal to the next level, except getting to 2nd (which is so trivial one wonders why it is there at all). Until 6th is anyway, at which point 5 or 6 decent sessions per level seems about right.
  14. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    I mean if we compare it to video game DLC, a "season pass" usually goes for half the main cost and provides maybe 25% more content (give or take). How does this DLC set (collectively) compare to that?
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    TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions

    The great weakness of the RC is that it dispenses with the teaching tools.
  16. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    If only you could get it in PDF.
  17. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    That's a print book. Printing is more expensive than ever.
  18. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    No, this shows that their pricing is indefensible. Without printing, costs are linear: fewer words, less art,less time editing, etc. I am a firm believer in RPGs costing what they cost so creators can make decentmoney, but a 12k word book costing half of what a 100k word book does is predatory.
  19. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) PAX WotC Dungeons and Dragons speculation thread.

    Isn't that book harbound? The whole reason it was delayed was due to the hardcover bending?
  20. Reynard

    D&D 5E (2024) PAX WotC Dungeons and Dragons speculation thread.

    I wasn't clear: I am not saying WotC is using GenAI in their marketing materials. What i am saying is that marketing departments appear to being hit with layoffs due to people being replaced by LLMs (for all kinds of work). I brought it up as a possible contributing factor as to why WotC's...
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