D&D (2024) Dungeons and Dragons future? Ray Winninger gives a nod to Mike Shea's proposed changes.

[Micah Sweet]

Didn't a new Dragonlance book just come out?

Yes, with the most reluctance I have ever seen from a publisher, with clear indicators that the author's creative work does not reflect the opinions of the publisher.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

There were lots of playstyles for 1st edition. That was its strength. Most other editions retained that. 4e lost it.

May I ask (and please without starting an argument over 'better or worse' or using the 'it was an MMO argument) what style could you NOT play in any edition?

 

[darjr]

art and arcana
A cookbook
A book in D&D philosophy and life
A book about all the interviews from Dragon Talk
Several choose your own adventure books
Several kids books

 

[dave2008]

weather being balanced is better or worse is a taste thing... but I don't believe 5e is... maybe that IS a good thing, even if I don't think so.

But it is, IMO, balanced. Just not as balanced as 4e or PF2, but more than 1e (at least differently balanced) and 3e. It is a scale. Even 4e, often called the most balanced version of D&D is not completely balanced. If you want really balanced D&D, PF2 is probably your best bet.

 

[darjr]

Yes, with the most reluctance I have ever seen from a publisher, with clear indicators that the author's creative work does not reflect the opinions of the publisher.

The publisher wasn’t WotC.
WotC fired the guy who caused the lawsuit.
The authors have always been outspoken and said their mind and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

[Scribe]

Didn't a new Dragonlance book just come out?

Not at my bookstore yet.

Point being, the books Wizards have been releasing, like Fizbans, do more than provide the "rules for Monopoly".

Unless we are saying Dizzt has been enough of a vehicles for lore development across all of D&D.

 

[dave2008]

Yes, with the most reluctance I have ever seen from a publisher, with clear indicators that the author's creative work does not reflect the opinions of the publisher.

Technically WotC is not the publisher, IIRC. They wrote with a license from WotC, but another company is publishing it.

 

[dave2008]

Point being, the books Wizards have been releasing, like Fizbans, do more than provide the "rules for Monopoly".

Yes, I agree completely. But I never read any D&D novels outside a few draonglance books.

 

[MGibster]

It's not the language, it's the comprehension. I understood what the words meant; I just couldn't see how it related to the D&D I had been playing since 1982.

I feel the same way about any discussion about RPG theory.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Technically WotC is not the publisher, IIRC. They wrote with a license from WotC, but another company is publishing it.

Fair enough.