D&D 5E So did that employee ever return from his Jury Duty?

[Evenglare]

Okay, whatever no OGL documents, I don't care. What about the conversion documents or whatever was held up? The point of the topic is to talk about the guy who was at jury duty and what ever happened to him.

 

[pukunui]

It would be safe to assume he's back at work now and busily trying to get through all the stuff that got piled up in his in-tray while he was away.

For instance, I believe the errata was also delayed by the jury duty thing, and we've already gotten one book's errata. They're undoubtedly hard at work on the MM errata. Then the DMG might get some errata. Then maybe they'll do the conversion documents.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It would be safe to assume he's back at work now and busily trying to get through all the stuff that got piled up in his in-tray while he was away.

*ding*
"You have 15,473 unread emails."

 

[mflayermonk]

Maybe it was a euphemism.

 

[Arial Black]

Maybe it was a euphemism.

You mean...he's really gone to live on a farm, where he can run about and play with other game designers all day...?

 

[Jester David]

Okay, whatever no OGL documents, I don't care. What about the conversion documents or whatever was held up? The point of the topic is to talk about the guy who was at jury duty and what ever happened to him.

The length of trials is pretty variable. 6 months was likely a ballpark, not a hard deadline. It could have ended two months ago or be going on for another two months.
Even if it ended today, the person would be coming back to work after months away from dedicated work. There'd be a learning curve for any project they had been working on: remembering what they were doing, where they left off, and the like. They'd probably have to start any unfinished product from scratch. They'd also have responsibilities and new projects competing for their time, which would delay any old work. Projects on a near deadline would take priority over any project that had been waiting for the 6+ months.
I wouldn't expect conversion documents anytime soon.

As for the OGL/GSL replacement, that's likely held up by Hasbro and legal concerns. It's been a year and the WotC staff has moved from promising it soon to being reluctant to even talk about it, so it seems likely this has been cancelled or been compromised so often that it won't be very useful or satisfying when it is released.

 

[Cristian Andreu]

What if this is all a clever ruse so they can later surprise us with the announcement of "Lawmasters: A D&D adventure of juridical intrigue"? With new stuff like the Bureaucracy domain for the Clerk subclass or the spells Power Word: Objection! and Mordenkainen's Curious Courtroom?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Why stop there? Why not a whole new game...Dungeons & Depositions!

 

[wedgeski]

What if this is all a clever ruse so they can later surprise us with the announcement of "Lawmasters: A D&D adventure of juridical intrigue"? With new stuff like the Bureaucracy domain for the Clerk subclass or the spells Power Word: Objection! and Mordenkainen's Curious Courtroom?

Judge Judiblex?

 

[Mark CMG]

Maybe it was a euphemism.

Did he take his Kindle?