Ginny Di interviews WotC's Kyle Brink

Continuing the D&D executive producer's interview tour, gaming influencer Ginny Di asks a WotC's Kyle Brink about the OGL and other things.

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[dave2008]

I mean, "yes we're still looking at adding 3.x (and possibly 4e even though Brink specifically only mentioned 3.x)" is new.

He mentioned this in the last interview too. In fact, he said his impulse is to just release the 3./3.5 SRD, but he has to due his due-diligence.

 

[dave2008]

He committed to a future SRD ("SRD 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and so on"), AND under both CC and OGL 1.0a.

Yes, the OGL part surprised me honestly. I thought they would just do CC going forward.

 

[Haplo781]

i.e. the only other ones that have an SRD..

 

[ko6ux]

But I run into this on Roll20 too. I have a player who pitched a warlock who's mother may or may not be a goddess of the moon... he asked if I could make a fun little critter for him to have as a familair... and I came up with the funny idea of a green anthropomorphic rat (still rat sized) that looked like he was smoking a cigar made of green cheese... needless to say all searches online have failed to find me art to use

What I am getting from this is that WotC's VTT needs something like Midjourney for 3D assets.

 

[Haplo781]

What I am getting from this is that WotC's VTT needs something like Midjourney for 3D assets.

Or an in-house version of HeroForge.

 

[dave2008]

What I am getting from this is that WotC's VTT needs something like Midjourney for 3D assets.

AI is not there yet, but there is an AI software that plugs into the 3D modeling program we use in my firm (architecture). It uses our 3D model to create "renderings" incredibly quickly (like 7-10 secs) based on prompts like ChatGPT. However, it has some strange artifacts like you see in AI art and it can't move, it is just static images. It is impressive though and good for exploring design ideas, but can't really "design."

 

[mamba]

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yeah, one worth the name rather than just a collection of terms. I made that point in another post in this 4 page long thread, did not think it was worth repeating

 

[Malmuria]

1) that is obviously true, we knew that already 2) the 3d VTT is not required to play D&D

The question was whether wotc products would continue to support homebrew. The given answer was that homebrew was crucial to the game and so all wotc products would support homebrew. But the actual answer seems to be that running the game via the books and/or dnd beyond will more easily support homebrew, and the vtt will not. But I can see why, from a PR perspective, Brinks doesn't want to come out and say that

 

[The Shadow]

I really don’t know what she expected him to say about how Wizards will regain trust. Trust is built on a pattern of behavior. Once lost in the manner in which Wizards did, it’s going to take time to regain, and that can only be done by communicating intent and then following through. So, action, rather than words.

I dunno, man. I'm not a 3PP, but I do own a small business (not related to the hobby). And I'm telling you right now, if a company betrayed me to that extent and put me in grave fear for my livelihood, there's no way I'd ever trust them again. Even if the current people do everything right, who's to say the next people won't pull the exact same stuff a few years down the road?

And who's to say they are, in fact, doing everything right? Changing course because they caught flak doesn't exactly inspire confidence in their sincerity.

 

[mamba]

The question was whether wotc products would continue to support homebrew. The given answer was that homebrew was crucial to the game and so all wotc products would support homebrew. But the actual answer seems to be that running the game via the books and/or dnd beyond will more easily support homebrew, and the vtt will not. But I can see why, from a PR perspective, Brinks doesn't want to come out and say that

sure, but anyone who knows the first thing about 3d VTTs could have told you that. It simply is a lot more work. This is not some nefarious plot, it is the reality of using a 3d environment.