D&D 5E Tome of Undeath

[Voadam]

Will this be OGL or DMs Guild?

 

[loverdrive]

You really need some hard editing on this before releasing it. The Cleave maneuver for example really requires one reads it more than once because "his", "it's" etc. is obscuring, who is being referred to. I think you should stick closer to the "traditional" wordings of 5e, where the monster name is used repeatedly, to avoid confusion.

Yeah, there will be editing and professional proofreading, of course.

I mash up some layouting mostly for myself, to know where I'd need artwork and mostly because I kinda lose interest when stare at plain text for too long. And I post results here, because I'm an attention whore.

Oh, and medium creatures in 5e do not have d12 HD!

Some parts of me just refuse to let 3.5e go
Damn, I'm using 5E since it release and I was absolutely sure that undead have d12 HD.

Will this be OGL or DMs Guild?

I'm gathering data now and weighting options now. Anecdotal references suggest that DMs Guild provides greater traffic for 5E-related products, but they take a larger share of profits and have a ridiculous license... So, I don't know.

May I ask, why are you asking this question, though? Is there some kind of issue for end-users with either of these that I'm not aware of?

 

[Voadam]

I'm gathering data now and weighting options now. Anecdotal references suggest that DMs Guild provides greater traffic for 5E-related products, but they take a larger share of profits and have a ridiculous license... So, I don't know.

May I ask, why are you asking this question, though? Is there some kind of issue for end-users with either of these that I'm not aware of?

I am asking because one is found on Drivethru while the other is found exclusively on DMs Guild and undead products are something I often have an interest in so thinking of where to watch for it.

Also DMs Guild allows use of lots of old WotC art so it can look fairly professional, but has a downside of using reused art. DMs Guild also allows specific lore such as if you wanted Karnatthi skeleton variants or deathless ones for Eberron. I think there are also restrictions on doing stuff outside of authorized lore areas in DM's Guild products so it could not be for a different setting or cosmology. I have not dived into that particular license the way I know the OGL, but that is my general understanding.

For other end users it could theoretically be reuse issues under the terms of the OGL versus DMs Guild licenses.

 

[jayoungr]

Damn, I'm using 5E since it release and I was absolutely sure that undead have d12 HD.

I mean, there's no reason they can't, if you want the undead in your book to be a little tougher.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I mean, there's no reason they can't, if you want the undead in your book to be a little tougher.

I'd keep undeads and some constructs with higher HD, it makes sense in their lore, and size-based HD dont always represent best the toughness of a creature, even with higher Con or Resistance.

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

I mean, there's no reason they can't, if you want the undead in your book to be a little tougher.

Except sticking to 5e design rules in a 5e product

 

[Dausuul]

I am definitely interested in the final version. I especially like the "Consequences" mechanic--it adds a lot of flavor to the combat.

 

[loverdrive]

I am definitely interested in the final version. I especially like the "Consequences" mechanic--it adds a lot of flavor to the combat.

Thanks!
It was invented to safeguard tough monsters from being one-shotted, but, yeah, playtesting shows that it does add flavor to combat

I am asking because one is found on Drivethru while the other is found exclusively on DMs Guild and undead products are something I often have an interest in so thinking of where to watch for it.

The simplest answer I can give you right now is to watch for it in this thread, I'll post a link here (probably with some discount) when it's done.

But I'm kinda leaning towards OGL, as I don't use or reference any content that requires publishing through DMs Guild.

 

[loverdrive]

Started layouting a preview one-shot adventure that I was using for playtesting. Gonna publish it for free at 7th January, stay tuned!

 

[loverdrive]

Playing with ArtBreeder. I don't know what the hell this is, but it certainly sparks creativity