Project Sigil Sigils not dead yet. Claim a mimic mini for Sigil at dndbeyond.

[Xeviat]

I won't count it as alive until the mini maker has every PHB species and every PHB and DMG item. I'm fine with it not doing the math for me, but I want people to be able to visualize their characters.

 

[MarkB]

A Mimic mini. So it can look like whatever you want it to look like?

 

[LordEntrails]

The suggestion they are trying to "prove" anything is not supported by evidence.

They have this system. They could just throw it away, or they can keep it around and see how it goes.

If they give it to D&D Beyond, and have a few folks working to maintain it, then if they want to pick it back up in a while, that remains an option. They can always throw it away later.

That was pessimistic Thursday. Today is don't care Friday.

Maybe on serious Monday I'll agree with you.

 

[Dausuul]

I won't count it as alive until the mini maker has every PHB species and every PHB and DMG item. I'm fine with it not doing the math for me, but I want people to be able to visualize their characters.

I think it's safe to say Sigil's hit point total compares unfavorably to that of a doornail. This is no doubt stuff that was already in the pipeline.

If they are still putting out content three months from now, then I might start to consider "not dead yet."

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

My suggestion for Sigil is allow players to create their own interactive novels like those otome videogames, or gamebooks. Also players could use the virtual miniatures for machinima animations. Of course we may need moderators to avoid NSFW content or any possible controversy (for example the PCs are pirates who trafficked slaves).

Other possibility is to introduce virtual miniatures of no-D&D franchises. Let's imagine streamers publishing in youtube a fanfiction story with the characters of Equestria Girls (My Little Pony spin-off with humanoid characters).

If I was Hasbro I would worry Epic Games wanted to create a virtual tabletop for Fortnite where each skin could work like a virtual miniature.

 

[LordEntrails]

My suggestion for Sigil is allow players to create their own interactive novels like those otome videogames, or gamebooks. Also players could use the virtual miniatures for machinima animations. Of course we may need moderators to avoid NSFW content or any possible controversy (for example the PCs are pirates who trafficked slaves).

I don't think folks who are suggesting what they should do with Sigil understand one fact. Doing anything more with it requires money. It requires spending developer resources. And that is simple that they have said they are not willing to do. There are not going to do anything with Sigil except let it die on the vine. Because doing any of these great ideas require them to throw good money after bad. Money they will never recover. Money that would never provide enough marketing benefit or branding to ever justify it's spend.

 

[Distracted DM]

I think Paypal was confused as to why they were involved in a $0.00 transaction
I don't have to do that for $0 stuff on DTRPG

Anyway, grabbed it cuz I can't afford the FOMO. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Clint_L]

I won't count it as alive until the mini maker has every PHB species and every PHB and DMG item. I'm fine with it not doing the math for me, but I want people to be able to visualize their characters.

This strikes me as a very high bar, and the system can work without being 100% complete, but I am sure that you know this.

However...I can relate, because this is also part of what drives my obsessive collecting of miniatures and terrain, and even with a collection of miniatures in the thousands, I still usually feel like I just don't have the perfect one for most of my players' characters. They're just too damned creative!

And I pride myself on having what I see as the minimum number of each species in the MM to allow me to run almost any scenario I am likely to need. And the terrain with which to build it. (I am currently building a couple of awesome sets involving undead infested swamp and dungeon for next Saturday's game - I'm finally going to get to use my zombie clot!).

 

[MarkB]

This strikes me as a very high bar, and the system can work without being 100% complete, but I am sure that you know this.

However...I can relate, because this is also part of what drives my obsessive collecting of miniatures and terrain, and even with a collection of miniatures in the thousands, I still usually feel like I just don't have the perfect one for most of my players' characters. They're just too damned creative!

And I pride myself on having what I see as the minimum number of each species in the MM to allow me to run almost any scenario I am likely to need. And the terrain with which to build it. (I am currently building a couple of awesome sets involving undead infested swamp and dungeon for next Saturday's game - I'm finally going to get to use my zombie clot!).

This is also what makes its nature as a 3D tabletop more awkward compared to the various 2D ones. If I want to make a token for a new monster on Roll20, it's literally a five-minute job with 3rd-party tools - Google a suitable image for the critter, paste it to an online token maker, save it down, import it to the character sheet. That sort of easy copy'n'paste functionality just can't be readily implemented when working with 3D terrain and figures.

 

[kayakingpoodle]

I mean, downloading a free mini just made me 100% more likely to open the app and see what I can do with it. And it gave me the excuse to "Sync my Entitlements*" and update my dice, because I always forget to do that.

*I still find this wording to be hilariously a "First World Problem."

I think "syncing your entitlements" sums up how wizbro feels about its customers and their purchases pretty well.