Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana March 2016 Review

[MechaTarrasque]

In this month's Unearthed Arcana, Mike Mearls gives plugs for things he likes on the Dungeon Master's Guide: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/march-2016-review

This will be the every other month feature in Unearthed Arcana for the foreseeable future.

 

[Morrus]

Huh. That's a little disappointing. Just a promotional piece?

 

[TwoSix]

Interesting. I wonder if getting WotC's imprimatur will make certain supplements more likely to be considered as "assumed acceptable by the community," and make its way into more general character building assumptions.

 

[Kite474]

 

[Ristamar]

Huh. That's a little disappointing. Just a promotional piece?

It is disappointing. I appreciate hearing the designers' thoughts on DM's Guild material, but I'd prefer it not usurp the customary UA content.

 

[DEFCON 1]

In some ways I think this will actually benefit patrons of DMs Guild, since there now will be the knowledge amongst creators that something they produce could be hghlighted by WotC provided it's of a certain quality and specificity. If that helps cut down on the number of tossed off product thrown up with little thought or concern and thus lessens the clog, I personally see that as a good thing.

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

My favorite part of this article is this piece near the end of the introduction paragraph:

"In addition, we’ll include this material in our future surveys where appropriate, and if the demand is there, we’ll work with creators to include some or all of their material in future products as official D&D content."

That said, the products mentioned in this article were not on my radar before reading it - but now I am going to check a couple of them out.

 

[Shroomy]

I bought "Battle for the Undercity" based on the author; it's a nice little adventure.

 

[MoonSong]

I just wonder how many sleepless nights they needed to put this together...

 

[NotActuallyTim]

Hey, they actually read that stuff people put on the DMsGuild!

Wait. How much time does that leave for writing new mechanics?