D&D 5E And just like that, no one cares about Frostmaiden any longer

[Retreater]

Yeah, I'm never gonna forget about that Scroll of Tarrasque Summoning. Hahaha

 

[Zsig]

Honestly, the only thing keeping me remotely interested on Rime of the Frostmaiden is the prospect of getting new ice themed spells.

 

[Eltab]

I am curious, who even buys a D&D book that doesn't want to read it? I mean, I get that someone wants a subclass or background in the book they buy... but that negates all the other material in it as if it is of no interest. That seems like a preposterous notion.

Cheapskate that I am, I recommend D&D books to my local Public Library, let them pay for it, borrow and read it, then decide if I want to pay for my own book (or just xerox off the most interesting pages).

 

[Zardnaar]

I don't mind reprints as long as they don't over do it.

Not every player was around 5 years ago. And it's useful for AL not that I play it but still.

 

[Parmandur]

I don't mind reprints as long as they don't over do it.

Not every player was around 5 years ago. And it's useful for AL not that I play it but still.

Yeah, it's pro-consumer, not forcing everyone to buy every book. Theros, SCAG, & Ravnica have much more going on than the few pages they are reprinting.

 

[cbwjm]

I'm fine with reprints.

I think all it will take to get people talking about the frostmaiden adventure again is some more previews and teasers. I wasn't interested in latest adventure path anyway so almost anything else would have been more interesting to me, Tasha's just happens to be it, not that I'm really looking into it that much, just skimming the current ENworld thread.

 

[Flamestrike]

OK, maybe a bit hyperbolic, and yes, the announcement of Tasha's Cauldron is recent news, but I suspect the conversation will still revolve around Tashas and not RotFM. I think it shows that expanded character options get a lot more attention to adventure paths. Which makes total sense.

As an aside, how does everyone feel about reprinting subclasses in this book that appear elsewhere (like bladesinger, eloquence bard, etc)?

Doesn't sit right with me, and for people who bought those previous versions have a legit beef, IMO

They're reprinting due to the PHB +1 rule in AL (and adopted by many home tables).

Im OK with it.

 

[Bacon Bits]

I guess I never understood the discussion threads about adventure paths. If you're running it, the only thing to discuss is particular to your campaign and is probably filled with spoilers for people who aren't also running the adventure. And when you get your answer you just move on. If you're just playing it all you can do is spoil it or get spoilers, which doesn't seem like a great idea. And if it's none of those, what are we going to do? Read the marketing blurbs to each other? There's just nothing to discuss after you give first impressions.

I don't mind reprints as long as they're less than 5%-10% of the book. I know enough about how these books get made to know that it's going to have an MSRP of $50 as long as it costs $20 or less to bring it to market regardless of the page count. Reprinted content is cheap filler, though it's nice to see corrections or clarifications, too. Likely as not the reprinted material is padding the content to fill the last signature and WotC wouldn't pay to have novel content developed for that space anyways.

 

[cbwjm]

They're reprinting due to the PHB +1 rule in AL (and adopted by many home tables).

Im OK with it.

I think it might be more that they are reprinting because players are less likely to buy a book for a setting but more likely to buy one which has options. If you don't care about everyone but want to play an artificer this let's a player buy something which is better than a setting book as it contains a bunch more player options that they might also use.

 

[thom_likes_gaming]

I am still 100% stokes for Frostmaiden and don't care at all for Tasha. Just saying.