Level Up (A5E) Why isn't A5E on Demiplane? Or Alchemy?

[SkidAce]

When I saw Steampunkette's statement about only joint venture books on Beyond, I was going to mention the other books by Kobold and other publishers as well.

It didnt seem brazen, or a diss. (I dont mention the other word, my parents told me not to call people that.)

 

[Steampunkette]

Kobold Press actually also has a couple books on D&D Beyond that were in no way joint products with WotC - Tome of Beasts and Ebon Tides to name a few …

Oh, that's cool! I didn't know they hosted anything outside their branded and licensed products.

... guess it doesn't help that I refuse to use D&D Beyond for a pile of reasons...

But that's actually kinda cool to know!

 

[Morrus]

Answering this on my own, not for EN Publishing or anything, I only freelance for 'em and do not represent them in any way:

1) Roll20, where Level Up has material and EN Publishing in general has had a lot of material over the previous years, purchased Demiplane. So EN Publishing's material will almost certainly be on Demiplane at some point.

2) Never heard of Alchemy 'til you mentioned it. Neat. Came out this year. 4,500 backers on the Kickstarter which ended earlier this year. Odds are high that it's just not hit critical mass, yet.

3) D&D Beyond: I don't think you actually understand how D&D Beyond works. Kobold Press has a few books on D&D Beyond because those books were joint works with WotC and WotC put up their books (Hoard of the Dragon Queen, Rise of Tiamat, Tyranny of Dragons) for their playerbase.

D&D Beyond doesn't exist for 3rd Party Publishers. It exists for WotC and their products. And after everything WotC has done in the past 20 years... I don't think you'll see any EN Publishing material on WotC's site any time soon.

Just to clarify—and thank you for making it clear that you weren’t speaking for ENP—none of this is correct.

 

[Distracted DM]

Just to clarify—and thank you for making it clear that you weren’t speaking for ENP—none of this is correct.

Yeah DnDB is selling select integrated 3pp on their platform. I personally don't like DnDB nowadays but if EN was offered a spot on there I imagine they'd take advantage of the offer. That's a huuuge visibility boost, making it worth whatever the cut DnDB takes. Some MCDM stuff is on there, some Kobold Press, and more. I hate the walled garden future but I can totally understand why companies would take the offer if it's made to them.

These products are developed independently of WotC/DnDB but afaik DnDB does the work of integrating them into the platform.

 

[lichmaster]

Personally I think there's one niche where LU would gain immensely in terms of visibility and engagement, and it would be in CRPGs.
I dream of a dedicated team of modders implementing the system in a game like Solasta or BG3, what an awesome thing it would be.
Or even better, a new CRPG based maybe on TSAK adventure path (or WoTBS, or Zeitgeist), fully integrating LU's systems like strongholds, journey and downtime activities, etc
But they'd be absolutely gargantuan projects, the latter also requiring significant funding, so chances are quite slim. Yet one can dream...

 

[Steampunkette]

Just to clarify—and thank you for making it clear that you weren’t speaking for ENP—none of this is correct.

That's not true... Roll20 did buy Demiplane.

But that's the only part that's true, it seems! (The rest was, after all, speculation about EN Publishing and being unaware of 3rd party products on DNB... weirdly, a search for Kobold Press on DNB only shows their joint works, not their own products)

Roll20 Acquires Demiplane! - Roll20 Blog

We’re excited to announce that Roll20 has acquired Demiplane, the best-in-class character-building solution for tabletop roleplaying games!

blog.roll20.net

 

[EthanSental]

Just looked on beyond marketplace and at the first top row are Kobold press books, tales from the shadows and ebon tides so I’m not sure what search was used as it wasn’t even a search just hit market place at the top and they were there.

 

[Steampunkette]

Just looked on beyond marketplace and at the first top row are Kobold press books, tales from the shadows and ebon tides so I’m not sure what search was used, but off slightly again. Wasn’t even a search just hit market place at the top and they were there.

I did a site-search and got this when I went looking. Didn't occur to me that it wouldn't include "Marketplace" links to other products when it's a "Search Everything..." search engine.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

Or even better, a new CRPG based maybe on TSAK adventure path (or WoTBS, or Zeitgeist), fully integrating LU's systems like strongholds, journey and downtime activities, etc

a zeitgeist crpg would be a dream come true for me tbh. never gonna happen, i know, but it'd be AMAZING.

 

[noodohs]

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I did a site-search and got this when I went looking. Didn't occur to me that it wouldn't include "Marketplace" links to other products when it's a "Search Everything..." search engine.

Completely fair, the search on that site is absolute garbage. I mean I know it's hard to have the engine crawl through so many key terms but still.