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Yep. On the one hand it was great to get balance changes put almost immediately into the DDI Character Builder so we could use them... but on the other hand, that speed and precision towards getting the balance "right" meant that many folks over there started getting so into the weeds over...

I also think that the desire to not do massive errata docs during the early parts of 5E14 were in direct response to the ones they did have for 4E. But now that it's a decade later I think most people have gotten over the reflexive cooties-reaction to things like that that they might have had...

DDB would be a reason to stick with thing as they are, I agree... but my own instinctual feeling is that because it's merely just a character sheet program really, it has never and would not ever reach the heights of usage across the globe that would make the reprogramming of the system too much...

Had Project Sigil continued on and finally got released in its full version with 5E mechanics programmed and available to players within it, I might have agreed with you-- especially if the program gained real traction with gamers across the globe. At that point you wouldn't want to require...

WotC doesn't care about (specifically) you. Never has. (Specifically) your opinions about what is good or not good Dungeons & Dragons is worthless to them, and they will never print what (specifically) you want. This is why there are still 50 years worth of various types of Dungeons & Dragons...

Innovation is overrated. :) If innovation and creativity are so important... then why don't (general) you as a Dungeon Master use creativity and innovation within your game at your table? If you innovate within your D&D game then you don't need to rely on Wizards of the Coast for it. Or can...

Game rules are overrated. ;)

I think you all are missing out on the positives about this... Right now we are out in an open field galloping towards the sunrise of a new edition at some point coming in the future... and because the team designing it will be different, this new edition will most likely deviate from what the...

Yes indeed. Even when we had the dozens of threads regarding 5E14 Hiding and "trying to fix it" a decade ago... there was never any consensus because every DM and table wants hiding to be something different. So there just ended up being all these potential ideas thrown out there into the...

Heh heh... I'll be honest here... I remember way back in like 2015 or so, prior to the free 'Elemental Evil' bonus "splat" supplement that WotC released in conjunction with Princes Of The Apocalypse... some rando on the internet went dumpster diving through various websites and on like Amazon(?)...

Until WotC shows any sign of actually suing someone for some product they release... I refuse to believe there's some sort of massive Sword of Damocles hanging over every Tom, Dick, and Harry who wants to publish some random D&D product. What kind of money does that person think they are going...

Which means that we have to go as far as a person not following the rules of the OGL and SRDs at all to reach the point of merely a C&D letter and not even a lawsuit filing. So the possibility of someone following the rules of the OGL / CC / and the various past SRDs for some standard product...

What exactly are people intending on making that they think their product is more likely to get them sued by WotC that none of the other thousands of products that have been released since 2000 and the initial OGL/SRD getting released? I mean heck... if WotC didn't throw up cease-and-desists...

The US tariff situation might be a big roadblock for Hasbro solvency right now and perhaps they're taking steps to set themselves up to try and weather the storm?

@mearls mentioned in the other thread that he thought there was an After-55 early retirement option being offered by WotC (which might explain CP's exit), and while I do not know how old Chris Cao is... his image icon does give the impression he could be of age to also take WotC up on their...

I just saw on my Twitter (X) timeline that former WotC D&D employee Greg Bilsland has posted that he is returning to WotC as Executive Producer of Dungeons & Dragons. https://x.com/gregbilsland/status/1909242876342800727 No idea if any other official announcement has been made.

Adding on to your point... there's also no reason not to think that if Chris decided to more fully flesh out Iomandra and write it as a full campaign setting that WotC wouldn't go ahead and partner with him and publish it. They did the same thing with Acq Inc. after all I believe. I don't...

Well, this is what Monte Cook I believe talked about when he stepped away from the early stages of 5E design. My own guessimation is that because there is no way to really determine what an employee would come up with "off-hours" versus when they were on the clock... creative endeavor companies...

True... but I do wonder if the same policy in at place at WotC where anything made by a person while employed there is technically owned by WotC (so Chris probably couldn't)? That was the thing that caused Monte Cook to quickly WotC again after coming onto 5E's design team for a little bit at...

[raucous laughter] Very witty Wilde! Very, very witty! (AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you are not familiar with Monty Python, please ignore this post.)