Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
7 Years of D&D Stories? And a "Big Reveal" Coming?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7663483" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>Arrogant? Okay.</p><p></p><p>While I don't think its the case, why couldn't WotC have planned out Tyranny of Dragons years ago? And maybe reworked it from a story arc designed for 4E to the new 5E? More likely, what if they had planned out storylines waaaaay in advance back in the 4E days? Why would that *prevent* them from creating a new story arc for the new edition? You talk as if the act of planning locks out being nimble and responsive, which it doesn't in the slightest.</p><p></p><p>And I don't WANT them to seek community feedback on storylines. Game design? Yes, and they have been doing an AMAZING job of that. But for stories, I want them to tell me a story that I didn't know I wanted to hear! When I read the Dragonlance Chronicles as a kid, it wasn't because I had been demanding a story about war and dragons, but once I started reading it, I sure as hell did want it!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If Hollywood releases an awesome King Arthur movie, the last thing I want WotC to do is feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon and join the trend. Hollywood itself does this all the time and we usually get the one good movie up front and tons of tired imitations. I don't want that for my game.</p><p></p><p>But, if WotC had an Arthurian style story arc on the back burner, and decided to move it forward to capitalize on this movie's success, what's preventing them from doing this? Or if they got nothing Arthurian in the can, but decide the want to do it anyway . . . again, what exactly is preventing them from doing this?</p><p></p><p>"Hey, that new King Arthur movie is kicking it in the box office, do we have anything like that we can release to capitalize on this?"</p><p></p><p>"No, boss, sorry. We don't have any Arthurian stories to tell currently."</p><p></p><p>"Well, bump that swords-and-sandals thing back and make me an Arthurian D&D story stat!"</p><p></p><p>"Sorry boss, can't do it. We've already planned out our stories 7 years in advance, and this prevents us from creating new stories and changing our schedule. It's planned, can't be changed. Nothing to do about it. Sorry."</p><p></p><p>"Darn! Guess we are going to lose out on all that FREE MONEY!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7663483, member: 18182"] Arrogant? Okay. While I don't think its the case, why couldn't WotC have planned out Tyranny of Dragons years ago? And maybe reworked it from a story arc designed for 4E to the new 5E? More likely, what if they had planned out storylines waaaaay in advance back in the 4E days? Why would that *prevent* them from creating a new story arc for the new edition? You talk as if the act of planning locks out being nimble and responsive, which it doesn't in the slightest. And I don't WANT them to seek community feedback on storylines. Game design? Yes, and they have been doing an AMAZING job of that. But for stories, I want them to tell me a story that I didn't know I wanted to hear! When I read the Dragonlance Chronicles as a kid, it wasn't because I had been demanding a story about war and dragons, but once I started reading it, I sure as hell did want it! If Hollywood releases an awesome King Arthur movie, the last thing I want WotC to do is feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon and join the trend. Hollywood itself does this all the time and we usually get the one good movie up front and tons of tired imitations. I don't want that for my game. But, if WotC had an Arthurian style story arc on the back burner, and decided to move it forward to capitalize on this movie's success, what's preventing them from doing this? Or if they got nothing Arthurian in the can, but decide the want to do it anyway . . . again, what exactly is preventing them from doing this? "Hey, that new King Arthur movie is kicking it in the box office, do we have anything like that we can release to capitalize on this?" "No, boss, sorry. We don't have any Arthurian stories to tell currently." "Well, bump that swords-and-sandals thing back and make me an Arthurian D&D story stat!" "Sorry boss, can't do it. We've already planned out our stories 7 years in advance, and this prevents us from creating new stories and changing our schedule. It's planned, can't be changed. Nothing to do about it. Sorry." "Darn! Guess we are going to lose out on all that FREE MONEY!" [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
7 Years of D&D Stories? And a "Big Reveal" Coming?
Top
