dave2008
Legend
What you seem to fail to understand is the central part of @darjr 's argument (or the part you're intentionally avoiding) is not whether or not HoDQ / RoT is a bad AP, but whether or not it almost "killed" 5e as you put it. Everything I have seen suggests 5e did extremely well from the get go. So unless you have data that suggest sales of the PHB, DMG, tanked when or shortly after HotDQ / RoT were release you statement is at the best hearsay. There are many people who complain about the quality of the adventure (and some who don't), but I have not heard anyone say it turned them off of 5e altogether (which would have to happen to "kill" it).Was it not that the core rulebooks that completely sold out? And was it not the selling out of the core rulebooks that stunned Wizards? I would like to see some more stats for the print runs of Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat.
Do not get me wrong. I am happy for Wizard's success. I am happy for their continued success. But Hoard was really goddamn bad. I hope you like mandatory homebrew bad.
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