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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 7667044" data-attributes="member: 6777696">I think that's kind of the point though. What is encouraging to me about this release isn't so much that "finally, here is a 5e product that I will use!" It's, "finally, Wizards seems to be licensing out to proven, existing developers making products designed to fulfill the needs of specific niches!" DungeonScape was a project that promised to Revolutionize Roleplaying Games. It sounded cool. But it didn't happen.FG isn't the product for everybody, and it's not meant to be. The discussion here about purchasing FG as a way to get digital tools seems odd to me. That's like renting a car to listen to the radio in your driveway. Or, maybe a little bit more apt, buying a graphing calculator to balance your checkbook. The functionality might be there, but it's not the point of the product. I wouldn't complain about Dwarven Forge tiles because they have no utility for the way I game — over the internet. I just won't buy them. For many of us who game every week on the internet and spend a lot of time prepping for those games, the price-tag of FG seems reasonable, because saving even an hour of mindless prep every week is easily worth $100 or $250 or however you want to factor it. (I already pay $10/month for Roll20, so I don't see that as a barrier to entry for a competitor.) The cost would pay off after the first month. It's not the only factor in deciding which VTT I'll use, but it's certainly a point in FG's favor.My entirely speculative takeaways from this announcement are:* We might see more targeted products coming out with 5e support in the future, getting away from The One Tool to Rule Them All approach.* FG didn't announce this product until they launched it. Or, if they did, they did so with very little fanfare that stayed off the enWorld radar. That might be at the request of WoTC after the DungeonScape collapse, or it might just be caution on the part of FG. That means there might very well be other products in development and with licensing agreements under works with Wizards that we won't know about until they are actually ready to go to market.</blockquote>

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