Takeaways.
Both of them would do their time at WotC again, no questions. Including moving across the country to do so. Dan even said he took into account the yearly layoffs when he went. They loved their time there and learned a lot and worked with amazing people. They also seemed happy about the severance, even without giving any details.
Both of them were involved in reading and working with the playtest feedback. The playtests they take seriously. They use it the way they've been saying they do. We have now several employees that worked on playtest feedback, from before 5e, during it's initial playtest, and right up till now. I think it's unquestionable that the playtests are a real thing.
Both of them are bullish on the 2024 rules. Dan especially seems happy about them so far. He's looking forward to folks seeing what they've done. They also really do think it's generally backward compatible. Though they did talk about using a monster from 2014 to 2024 can be done but might play slightly differently. Which is an interesting statement.
Eytan may have a patreon setup soon. I'll definitely pst about that asap. In fact maybe a thread about that is warrented.
Dan didn't seem so sure. I wonder.
Both were bullish on the SRD in CCBy.
There were a lot of questions they either couldn't answer or couldn't talk to directly.
I'm super glad they did this. I was surprised at how upbeat they both were, realistic, but upbeat. Especially toward wotc and especially the designers there and what they are doing.
A special thanks to Owen K. Stephens for getting this put together. This was cool.
Edit: I want to also state they were suffering from being let go. It's not fun no matter what.