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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8612504" data-attributes="member: 10148">Assorted thoughts:Spelljammer<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't hate the slipcover approach, but I'd rather have had the single hardcover, especially with the leaner total pagecount. I don't think the plusses outweigh the minuses here. (I do admit that alternate version of the boxed set looks amazing, though. Very tempting.) My brother suggested it would be nice if they sold the books separately as well; that would provide a good alternative.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I also don't hate the removal of the Phlogiston (though I feel like it could have stuck around in some way, perhaps as an effect around some star systems/crystal spheres). Or the overlap with the Astral Sea. (If you need a meta-reason for the cosmology change from 2E, just blame Vecna.) But I worry those changes might be a deal-breaker for enough veteran Spelljammer fans to turn them off to the update. (And if that happens, I'm likely to skip the book on principle. I don't want to support products that drive away veteran fans.) I hope they didn't pile on any more alienating changes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I had been pretty sure the UA thri-kreen were either a smokescreen for xixchil, or a hint at Dark Sun plans. I guess they're replacing the xixchil in 5E Spelljammer?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That free Monstrous Compendium is very cool... and marked "Volume One", so there should be more! I certainly can't complain about having my favorites, clockwork horrors, back. And is the goon balloon an updated <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Gorbel" target="_blank">gorbel</a>? Also, I'm a sucker for that 2E-style design, that's the stuff that hooked me on the game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">But what does the free MC (and prequel adventure) mean for the future availability of official Wizards PDFs? And the DM Guild, in particular? I don't like the idea of being required to subscribe to D&D Beyond or Wizards' site for content like this.</li> </ul>Campaign Cases<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The monster/token case doesn't do much for me, though I don't begrudge anyone who wants it. (I recall something like that idea being suggested a long time ago, maybe even during the Next playtest?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The terrain case looks somewhat more useful (though the tiles sort of look like the ones from the D&D board games).</li> </ul>Dragons of Stormwreck Isle<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Including a digital add-on to help new players is a cool idea, especially if there are localized variations. But it better not be substituting for similar guidance in the print product.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disappointed that the D&D cartoon characters are only artistic design, and not actually part of the set. Also, so much for my conspiracy theory about this being a sneaky way of teasing a cartoon revival.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Based on Twitter, sounds like this may be our first preview of how the 2024 core options will look. (Maybe something of a playtest as well.)</li> </ul>Legends of the Multiverse<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Just a wild guess, but they're going for a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe here? Could be fun.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hey, ProZD is in this! Cool.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the tech levels in this art are reflective of the new Spelljammer material, that suggests more significant changes to the setting.</li> </ul>Dragonlance<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shohreh Aghdashloo as narrator, awesome.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Looks like the predictions of a Strixhaven approach were correct! Makes sense.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I am relieved that this (apparently) will not reboot Dragonlance, but instead be a side story to the original continuity. A Dragonlance reboot would have been a riskier move than Spelljammer.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I hope they ease the explicit Feywild ties for the kender's abilities, and just make them mysterious for maximum DM flexibility. (Bonus points for suggesting multiple possibilities.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Betting draconians will just be variant dragonborn (as indicated way back in the 2014 PHB). I'm fine with this.</li> </ul>European releases<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Glad to see them stepping this up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As previously noted, pretty sure the new Starter Set was made with the overseas market in mind, especially Brazil.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I wonder if MOTM might have partly been made with this in mind, as well. Fewer books to translate for most of the key secondary game content.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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