D&D 5E Book of Many Things pre order up.

[ersatzphil]

That said, Hit Point Press is years overdue on both Heckna and Hexbound, so who knows if the Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things will see the light of day before 7th Edition D&D hits stores.

I didn't back either and am unaffected, but Good Lord. Heckna did it's KS in 2020, and is just now shipping?

 

[Parmandur]

Do we know anything beyond what's in the product page so far?

A few things from the GenCon presentation, was that listed in this thread somewhere...?

 

[DavyGreenwind]

This deck will have 44 extra cards not included in any other OGL deck, right? So you can't actually get this deck anywhere else. The 80 page booklet and the source book will have references to cards you won't find elsewhere.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Well, in my case, I've always wanted a physical Deck, but never really felt a deep urge to go out and get one. So, in my case at least, I'm a customer interested in a Deck of Many Things who hasn't already bought an actual Deck, but will purchase this product to get one.

 

[DragonBelow]

This thing turned up into my campaign. It killed one character, and screwed up at least another player. By the end of the session, I had laid out a series of quests to undo the damage. By next session, I chalked the whole thing to a shared dream, and had the whole carnival disappear from town. I'm reluctant to let this deck into my game again .

 

[DragonBelow]

I like props though. I have the Green Ronin deck from some time ago.

 

[Parmandur]

This thing turned up into my campaign. It killed one character, and screwed up at least another player. By the end of the session, I had laid out a series of quests to undo the damage. By next session, I chalked the whole thing to a shared dream, and had the whole carnival disappear from town. I'm reluctant to let this deck into my game again .

Well, the point of thelis product is tonprocide material and guidance to make the item useful and not a disaster.

 

[R_J_K75]

Yeah that kind of my opinion too. It's also not a setting book and insanely expensive, even more expensive then Planescape.

$99 is more than I'm willing to spend. I don't like the fact that a deck of 66 cards that I'll never use is most likely driving up the price. Seems like prices went from ~$40 a book to $70-$100 a book/slip case in a very short amount of time. I'd prefer if they offered the book and cards separately, people that want it can buy them both, but don't make me buy both if I don't want them.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

$99 is more than I'm willing to spend.

Missing the point. This product is designed to be A CHRISTMAS GIFT. Therefore it's deliberately not something you would buy for yourself, it's something someone would buy for someone else (confident that it's too expensive and frivolous for them to already own it).

It's comparable to a fancy box of chocolates with elaborate packaging. You don't buy that for yourself, you buy yourself a bar of Fruit and Nut.

 

[R_J_K75]

Missing the point. This product is designed to be A CHRISTMAS GIFT. Therefore it's deliberately not something you would buy for yourself, it's something someone would buy for someone else (confident that it's too expensive and frivolous for them to already own it).

It's comparable to a fancy box of chocolates with elaborate packaging. You don't buy that for yourself, you buy yourself a bar of Fruit and Nut.

I don't think I'm missing the point, I know I wouldn't spend $99 on this, whether if it's for myself or someone else. Saying this is meant to be specifically a CHRISTMAS GIFT is a bit of a stretch, and BTW I don't celebrate CHRISTMAS.