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Heh, I loved all of that! It's a lot of comic relief . . . but with a tinge of impending disaster that really worked for me. This isn't going to work out well for just about everybody in the show. I'm wondering if we'll see the incompetent rebel cell again in some later battle or other...

But did you notice the Tie fighters chasing Andor in the prototype!?!? They were "inquisitor" ties, or at least, very similar.

It is beautiful . . . and bristling with weaponry!

Good, but . . . The tariff situation in the US is volatile and constantly changing. So the impact on any industry and any company is still up in the air. The instability of our "leaders" decisions are part of the problem, in addition to the ridiculously high percentages. Hasbro is certainly a...

Well, yeah! But if we removed all of the silly stuff from classic D&D . . . The "Deck of Many Things" may be a silly name, but it's also classic D&D. Absolutely LOVE IT!!!

I'm not saying that there aren't, and haven't been, popular, well-selling games! But they don't offer significant competition to D&D. The sales difference between the #2 best-selling game is pretty far distant from D&D sales. The only time this wasn't true was between 4E and 5E, when WotC...

There are definitely downsides to having your products produced in China. Piracy is one of them. And, the US would certainly benefit if we could rebuild our manufacturing base domestically, to give companies a realistic option in producing products here. For those companies who have already...

Yes. You can only use what is in the SRD. The rest . . . you have to create yourself!

IMO . . . the original SRD, OGL, and d20 license served their purpose admirably . . . with a few hiccups (d20 Bust). It's not that the OGL allowed for real competition for D&D, it's just that the Hasbro execs have never been comfortable with the idea of giving away their game in order to make...

Not true. Dancey gave interviews years ago that the purpose of the OGL was two-fold. Yes, to make money for WotC as you described. But also, at the same time, to make sure that D&D would survive WotC and be truly a community game. The money-making part was how it was sold to management, and was...

OMG! LOL.

Of course. But WotC's interpretation of these mythological creatures is unique and part of their IP. Regardless of Orcus or Tiamat are in the SRD, can you use or reference those names? Sure. But removing them removes confusion (for some) regarding can you use the D&D versions of those characters.

Thanks! Not my point, but good info. Still, Newton's Laws . . . according to others in this thread . . . are still valid in the correct contexts. And either way, they are not "lies" but simply older scientific ideas that have been superseded by new knowledge. The fact that a lot of folks...

Aasimar is D&D IP, because it's a made-up word by WotC designers to describe D&D's take on mortals with celestial parentage. Lots of stuff that is considered protected IP was included in previous SRDs that have been removed in the new SRD, as has been discussed upthread. WotC is learning. They...

I disagree that "we" won't be deciding this. It reminds me of friends who don't vote in political elections because their votes "don't matter". Yes, your voice matters. "We" get to decide how much Gen AI takes over the art world, by being informed and voting with our dollars. If most folks are...

I've noticed boxed sets like these showing up more and more on Amazon, from a variety of companies. Most seem fairly good quality too! Sadly, I've got enough at home already, but I like to see inexpensive, easily available, and good sets!

Thanks for the recap! I've read all of those books, but it was a lifetime ago!

I'm going in two weeks . . . very excited to meet Xanathar!!

The "Heroes of Might & Magic" series was significantly more popular than the Might & Magic CRPG. But if the M&M CRPG was also set in Enroth, they can certainly pull from it also. I never played the CRPG . . .

Science is your home? And you are calling Newton's Laws "lies"? Okay. I mean, you're arguing with folks who are essentially saying science is imperfect, but it's one of the best tools we have to understand our environment and ourselves. A lot of what you are saying is, of course, correct . . ...