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  1. Parmandur

    D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?

    The XP awards were originally granular because they represented treasure monetary values...ao less granular makes more sense out of the treasure context.
  2. Parmandur

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

    Yeah, I believe KDW lost their D&D license and Dark Horse picked it up to fill the Conan-shaped hole in their lineup.
  3. Parmandur

    D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?

    I think thwt although itnis an "Old School" mechanic...in some ways it feels very modern, story-centered. It encourages simulating genre behavior in-story, thoigh thst isn't necessarily the most popular genre of Fantasy these days.
  4. Parmandur

    D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?

    I chose Treasure, Milestones, and XP is so 1983...so my feelings are conflicted. My D&D experience has largely been Milestones. Even in 3.x when I was a youth, we mostly operated on DM Fiat XP after events occurred, sort of ad hoc milestone play. So it makes sense to me that 5E has moved more...
  5. Parmandur

    TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions

    Yeah, I don't think thst higher levels need to go away...but everything above Level 10 are already Epic tier.
  6. Parmandur

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

    But nothing un the rules requires that. That's a thematic choice that applies the same for 4E, 3E, AD&D, etc...
  7. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    Right, and what is a hobby item worth? What people are willing to pay. So if they are successful at that price point, thst means they did not overprice it. These don't "subsidize" the character generator and Maps...they add to their coats, this is Vurtual Tabletop and character generator...
  8. Parmandur

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

    I would love a sequel to the Radiant Citadel that gave a treatment to the individual Settings similar to Adventures in Faerûn: give us a low prep series of one pagers thwt allows for full Campaigns or mix and match campaigns across the worlds tied to the Citadel.
  9. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    Oh, really, how much is WotC paying...?
  10. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    If enough people will buy them to be successful, then by definition they are not overpriced.
  11. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    Why not...? Beyond stuff also resizes. It is one of the fundamental problems with PDF that it doesn't respond to the screen.
  12. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    Uninteresting to you, sure. I'm not interested in it either. Thwt doesn't make it being ghe price of a sandwich predatory.
  13. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    Well, yes, precisely. That's the point, that's how this works.
  14. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    I'd say it's more that most RPG producers are desperately underpricing in a bid for market share. With stuff like Paizo's price hike, that instinct is bowing to inflationary pressures. I even recall many third party publishers (like Paizo) saying they were happy when WotC raised their prices to...
  15. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    Another financial comparison: back in 2000, WotC sold 32 page softcover books for $9.95 MSRP. $15 adjusted back to 2000 for inflation is ~$8.02.
  16. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    Employees are, however, not free. Again, it just depends on howany people judge these short books as being worth the price of a sandwich lunch or not. You don't, I don't want digital at anyplace, but time will tell.
  17. Parmandur

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

    Exactly, one of the core features of Eberron, there Dragonmarks, have had four completely differmexhabixal interpretations at this point. All still Eberron.
  18. Parmandur

    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond

    It makes no sense to take D&D out of the picture when discussing what is industry standard, since it is the lion's share of the market. But I wouldn't be surprised if Demiplane is beginning to pass up PDF, given how even WotC is on it now.
  19. Parmandur

    TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions

    I did not, I was clarifying an apparent misunderstanding. Isaiah B/X has gotten a lot of OSR attention, which it has comparatively. As you said yourself, OSW was not the only B/X like in town.
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