D&D 5E (2014) Dungeonscape Lives!

[rjfTrebor]

"please, pay us 40$ to wait two years for a poorly-designed cereal box program."

 

[Nylanfs]

That's excessively rude.

 

[Patrick McGill]

I'm open minded. Much more than the PC creation part of Dungeonscape excited me; if it has the other campaign management tools I will probably support the Kickstarter. Then again, I play a lot more than just 5th edition. But I imagine a good chunk of it would be useful for any RPG system if I am thinking correctly about what they had talked about before.

That being said, I do hope that once the licensing and whatever OGL-type of stuff they come up with are out that Codename: Morningstar will be able to include that as well.

Perhaps my usual group is an exception, but digital means to support our games have become a near must have between very busy schedules and simple want for ease of use. And unfortunately, the tools available do not cover our needs at the table while playing as we wish they could. So I'm definitely still keeping my eye on the Trapdoor people, for the reasons above but also because they seem like good folks.

 

[Dausuul]

I'm open minded. Much more than the PC creation part of Dungeonscape excited me; if it has the other campaign management tools I will probably support the Kickstarter. Then again, I play a lot more than just 5th edition. But I imagine a good chunk of it would be useful for any RPG system if I am thinking correctly about what they had talked about before.

That being said, I do hope that once the licensing and whatever OGL-type of stuff they come up with are out that Codename: Morningstar will be able to include that as well.

Perhaps my usual group is an exception, but digital means to support our games have become a near must have between very busy schedules and simple want for ease of use. And unfortunately, the tools available do not cover our needs at the table while playing as we wish they could. So I'm definitely still keeping my eye on the Trapdoor people, for the reasons above but also because they seem like good folks.

Curious, since I'm working on something along these lines myself: What do you want out of campaign management tools, that you aren't getting from what's out there now?

 

[Patrick McGill]

Curious, since I'm working on something along these lines myself: What do you want out of campaign management tools, that you aren't getting from what's out there now?

Tablet support is a huge deal for my group (which was why we were paying very close attention to DS), as well as interconnectivity at the table. A lot of the tools I've played around with are fine for organizing your adventures and campaigns before and after the sessions, but being able to have tools that help with play itself at the table is what I'd like. This would include digital player sheets, for sure, but also the ability to share notes discreetly, share maps with players, etc.

 

[casterblaster]

"please, pay us 40$ to wait two years for a poorly-designed cereal box program."

So why do you care? Just ignore this thread and go shred some rail braj!!

 

[scruffygrognard]

Originally Posted by rjfTrebor
"please, pay us 40$ to wait two years for a poorly-designed cereal box program."


If you're not interested move along and troll elsewhere. It's snarky people like you who give gamers a bad name.

 

[Ranes]

I don't think it needs it either. 3.x and 4e and PF really benefited from a digital character builder because the math was more complex, and it pulled from countless resources. I don't think (anyway i hope not) that 5e will get bloated like that. But I know there's still a high demand for it, so i think they should come out with a product to satisfy the customers, and throw in some bells and whistles to entice someone like ME to buy it. I'd love to impressed.

For some people it's a case of want, not need. For them the system is irrelevant.

 

[Morrus]

"please, pay us 40$ to wait two years for a poorly-designed cereal box program."

Stop posting in this thread, please. You're being obnoxious.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

If they have to use a Kickstarter doesn't that show what really happened? I mean this should mean WotC is blameless, because if the program was even close to ready there would be no reason to kick start...

also I do have to warn a bit of caution, I have had a few kick starters not delivery after founding... and a group with so little going for it, and a history of being dropped may be a bit of a worry...