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"caltrops of conception"Eventually, historians will insist the d4 was a fertility ritual device.
"caltrops of conception"Eventually, historians will insist the d4 was a fertility ritual device.
And here we go with your "4e was a huge failure that nearly killed the game" rhetoric again.
It wasn't true before and it isn't true now.
D&D has not "died," other than when TSR nearly drove the IP into the ground and locked it into the tomb with it. None of your fears are going to cause that to happen any time in the even somewhat near future. Hasbro is not in massive financial danger, and issues with MtG are unlikely to cause widespread damage within Wizards.
Get back to me in five years, when we've actually had time to see how "One D&D" has been received. I strongly suspect D&D will be below the heights achieved during the pandemic, but still doing quite well, much to my chagrin as I would prefer much larger changes than Wizards is willing to make.
Isn't "ceremonial item" archaeologist speak for "we have no idea what this is supposed to be"?"Religious significance."
Generally, yes. Mostly because "ceremony" or "ritual" can mean literally anything that isn't exclusively utilitarian. Using the bathroom is a "ritual" in the archaeological sense because it involves specific sequence of behaviors and includes optional but socially-expected behavior (cleaning the seat if you stood to urinate, washing your hands, drying your hands, replacing the toilet paper roll if necessary.) Watering one's plants on a scheduled day is a ritual. Birthdays are ceremonial activities with a large subset of rituals involved (cakes and birthday candles, parties, gift-giving, being polite to the celebrant, reflecting on the past, etc.)Isn't "ceremonial item" archaeologist speak for "we have no idea what this is supposed to be"?
laid at the feet of St. Bigby's shrine, encrusted with the gemmed resin-coated d20's of those who cast their dice into the wishing well hoping for D&D to come back in the year 2050... after D&D died from the unforseen paper shortage of 2030..."caltrops of conception"
Generally, yes. Mostly because "ceremony" or "ritual" can mean literally anything that isn't exclusively utilitarian. Using the bathroom is a "ritual" in the archaeological sense because it involves specific sequence of behaviors and includes optional but socially-expected behavior (cleaning the seat if you stood to urinate, washing your hands, drying your hands, replacing the toilet paper roll if necessary.)
You might enjoy: A Canticle for Leibowitz - Wikipedia
Oh, I do! Excellent recommendation for lovers of post-apoc, imo.You might enjoy: A Canticle for Leibowitz - Wikipedia
It's a pretty extraordinary commentary on... well, lots of stuff. Church vs. state, how we interpret history, and much more. Quite powerful.Oh, I do! Excellent recommendation for lovers of post-apoc, imo.
After a heavy Thanksgiving dinner, using the bathroom can be a religious experience. You may see God.Generally, yes. Mostly because "ceremony" or "ritual" can mean literally anything that isn't exclusively utilitarian. Using the bathroom is a "ritual" in the archaeological sense because it involves specific sequence of behaviors and includes optional but socially-expected behavior (cleaning the seat if you stood to urinate, washing your hands, drying your hands, replacing the toilet paper roll if necessary.) Watering one's plants on a scheduled day is a ritual. Birthdays are ceremonial activities with a large subset of rituals involved (cakes and birthday candles, parties, gift-giving, being polite to the celebrant, reflecting on the past, etc.)
The problem is, in laypeople terms, "ceremony" and "ritual" are presumed to be inherently religious or at least superstitious in nature, which is inaccurate.
So...1992 all over again.But any way...so yea, D&D becomes a far background thing. People say "oh yea that game" or things like "Oh I remember that game...do people still play it?"
Maybe. "But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.""And everything that dies, someday comes back"
10e: Just sit and argue for four hours before going home angry or in the back of a squad car.If by "dying" you mean "no longer controlled by a megacorp" then let death come!
The sooner that happens, the sooner the game becomes driven by the gamers instead of the stock holders. We'll say what goes on at table without some new "product" contradicting us. No longer will professional designers tell us how to run our games. We can mold new players into our ways of playing without mainstream culture polluting their mindsets.
You're assuming D&D needs financial support to survive. Seems like an odd assumption to me. Practically all the D&D products sell well, seeing numbers other RPGs can only dream of. Then there's the ongoing sales of the core books which continue to pay dividends long after they recouped their development costs.If you're aware of what's going on with MTG if one D&D has that type of reception or similar bto 4E and if it goes out of print in a few years and if they go in a different direction with 7E then we can probably conclude it's a dud.
If that's combined with MtG collapsing (slump atm) things get interesting.
My main hypothesis is if One D&D is a dud combined with MtG money not being available to bail it out like paying for 5E development.....