D&D 5E I think WotC has it backwards (re: story arcs)

[Nellisir]

Mearls has explicitly stated that Settlers of Catan and Monopoly are the models for D&D moving forwards: evergreen core rules, occasional themes releases.

Ayup.

I get why WotC would do this. I really do. But it's not the only way to proceed, and it's not predestined, and it's going to have consequences that a lot of people aren't expecting. That they probably won't even realize until a few years down the road, and then they'll either quit D&D or switch to a different game, and WotC won't blink an eye.

 

[Parmandur]

Ok, well I guess I will look forward to the Star Wars themed release.

Absolutely!

 

[Parmandur]

Ayup.



I get why WotC would do this. I really do. But it's not the only way to proceed, and it's not predestined, and it's going to have consequences that a lot of people aren't expecting. That they probably won't even realize until a few years down the road, and then they'll either quit D&D or switch to a different game, and WotC won't blink an eye.

I dunno, I know of people still playing 2E, why would we stop playing just because we get a nice sedate release schedule? That doesn't make sense.

 

[Umbran]

A splat book a year? Which class? How much are you going to piss people off if you make them wait for their splat?

Um... use half a brain (yeah, only half), and don't make splatbooks along single-class lines, and instead make them along some other theme, and include options for many different classes?

 

[Parmandur]

Um... use half a brain (yeah, only half), and don't make splatbooks along single-class lines, and instead make them along some other theme, and include options for many different classes?

Maybe based on...storylines?

 

[Nellisir]

I dunno, I know of people still playing 2E, why would we stop playing just because we get a nice sedate release schedule? That doesn't make sense.

What you think you're going to get, and what WotC is actually going to deliver, are not the same thing. I'm not going to get into it because a) I'm hoping it doesn't come to pass and b) it's not going to make sense until afterwards. I'm not thinking 3 months out; I'm thinking 5 years+. And hoping I'm wicked wrong.

 

[Parmandur]

What you think you're going to get, and what WotC is actually going to deliver, are not the same thing. I'm not going to get into it because a) I'm hoping it doesn't come to pass and b) it's not going to make sense until afterwards. I'm not thinking 3 months out; I'm thinking 5 years+. And hoping I'm wicked wrong.

I expect you are. I'm thinking five years out, and it's looking good.

 

[Shasarak]

Um... use half a brain (yeah, only half), and don't make splatbooks along single-class lines, and instead make them along some other theme, and include options for many different classes?

Like the Star Wars theme that someone mentioned up thread.

**whistles casually**

 

[Parmandur]

Like the Star Wars theme that someone mentioned up thread.



**whistles casually**

They did it before; FFG won't gave the license forever.

 

[Shasarak]

They did it before; FFG won't gave the license forever.

Speaking as someone who has used funny dice for years, I just could not wrap my head around their funny dice.

Maybe it works better when you actually use the dice?