D&D 5E Tyranny of Dragons: The New Edition?

[Blackwarder]

I could swear that I replied to this thread a couple of days ago with a big post... Wierd.

Anyway, my point was that ToD could be a product like GoDSC but that I was sceptic all of that for a number of reasons, I guess I was wrong and I'm kinda glad that I was, I hoped for a GoDSC like product in the first place but I never though WotC will actually go for it.

Warder

 

[fjw70]

I hope ToD has 10 levels like GoDSC does.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

In theory, I would like the idea of focusing on the rules not the story....

 

[Blackwarder]

In theory, I would like the idea of focusing on the rules not the story....

For folks like you (and me) there is the regular trifecta of PHB DMG and MM.

Warder

 

[GMforPowergamers]

For folks like you (and me) there is the regular trifecta of PHB DMG and MM.

Warder

In the short term that is great, but in the long term if they are publishing a new adventure path every year with rules to make characters then sooner or later the info there will be new. Inless they double publish it (in the path and in a splat) then sooner or later I will have to buy an adventure I don't want for a small amount of feats, spells ect... it also means splitting the team of writers between adventures and rules.

I like the idea of better adventures but there is a small amount of room that this could work and a lot of room for it to fall flat IF IT WORKS THAT WAY

 

[Hussar]

In the short term that is great, but in the long term if they are publishing a new adventure path every year with rules to make characters then sooner or later the info there will be new. Inless they double publish it (in the path and in a splat) then sooner or later I will have to buy an adventure I don't want for a small amount of feats, spells ect... it also means splitting the team of writers between adventures and rules.

I like the idea of better adventures but there is a small amount of room that this could work and a lot of room for it to fall flat IF IT WORKS THAT WAY

Yeah, but, lets be honest. For you and me, there is DDI. If you don't want to buy that module, or whatever, you spring for the DDI, and get all the crunch you want.

Granted, for those who insist on physical products, they might be a bit screwed - being forced to buy adventures for the crunch - but, at some point WOTC has to go with whatever is going to net them the most money. Which, IMO, will be a DDI compendium. Maybe a yearly "Crunch Compendium" might not be a bad idea either.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Yeah, but, lets be honest. For you and me, there is DDI. If you don't want to buy that module, or whatever, you spring for the DDI, and get all the crunch you want.

Granted, for those who insist on physical products, they might be a bit screwed - being forced to buy adventures for the crunch - but, at some point WOTC has to go with whatever is going to net them the most money. Which, IMO, will be a DDI compendium. Maybe a yearly "Crunch Compendium" might not be a bad idea either.

I would love for a DDI Compendium to work like the one for 4e...

 

[Mistwell]

Yeah, but, lets be honest. For you and me, there is DDI. If you don't want to buy that module, or whatever, you spring for the DDI, and get all the crunch you want.

Granted, for those who insist on physical products, they might be a bit screwed - being forced to buy adventures for the crunch - but, at some point WOTC has to go with whatever is going to net them the most money. Which, IMO, will be a DDI compendium. Maybe a yearly "Crunch Compendium" might not be a bad idea either.

They can also publish periodically a compendium of crunch from those adventures in hardcopy.

 

[Hussar]

I would love for a DDI Compendium to work like the one for 4e...

Do you really think you won't? DDi has been a HUGE cash cow for Wotc. I can't imagine that they aren't going to keep on with it.

 

[fjw70]

Do you really think you won't? DDi has been a HUGE cash cow for Wotc. I can't imagine that they aren't going to keep on with it.

It will be interesting to see what they do here. I do think DDI has made them money but I also think it really cut into their book sales. Hopefully they learned a lot from 4e to made the electronic approach work with the books better. At least better for them. The 4e strategy worked for me.