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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monkey King" data-source="post: 7706569" data-attributes="member: 22474">What a wonderfully strange thread! The Kobold Press team has been thrilled to work on 5th Edition since it was called "Next", and the various 5E team members play the game, write official material for it, edit and design professionally for WotC now and again, etc. That isn't to say the releases are perfect or that we couldn't do better (everyone can always improve!). However, I think I speak for every kobold when I say we love the system and enjoy tinkering with it. If we didn't, we would work on something else. Further, I'd point out that the addition of new adventures, new player options, new spells, etc isn't a specifically 3.x approach; it's fundamental to the RPG industry. I like the fact that the 5E release schedule is slower and more deliberate than the 4E schedule was; it gives groups more time to actually play through and adapt to new material. At the same time, players and DMs do want more crunch and more adventures over time. Wizards and Kobolds alike do their best to provide that, from Tyranny of Dragons to Tome of Beasts, and on to Midgard. If parts of what we do underwhelm part of the audience, that's pretty much normal in tabletop gaming culture; not everything works for everyone. (More than that: I've watched the threads on bits of Unearthed Arcana material, and it's clear that those WotC folks get both lots of love and full-on napalm every time they release something).To stay remotely on topic: Midgard is my particular baby, and the subject of my last 10 years of worldbuilding or so, together with a host of talented contributors. I think we're doing some great, original, inventive world design and rules around ley line magic, character races and options, and a few topics we're not ready to reveal just yet. As always, YMMV, but it seems a bit early to diss the thing before any of it is kickstarted, much less completed.Luckily, with early access to the Midgard rules, people can and will weigh in with improvements before publication. Feedback has been SOP for Kobold Press since day 1; we'll continue that peer review and playtest with Midgard material.</blockquote>

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