D&D 5E Will Ravenloft in the DMSGuild be available when Season 4 AL drops?

[darjr]

When season 4 of the Adventurer's League drops in March they will be for sale in the DMSGuild. Does that mean the Realms will be available for publishers and authors writing for the DMSGuild?

Would it be welcome?

 

[MerricB]

Not yet, according to Mike Mearls.

https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/689155029270319104

Cheers!

 

[Nikosandros]

Not yet, according to Mike Mearls.

https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/689155029270319104

Cheers!

Makes sense. Even if they are planning on opening up Ravenloft on the Guild in the not too distant future, I'm sure that they are keen to take advantage of the exclusivity of the original material for a while and maybe also get a boost to sales of old Ravenloft PDFs (I wonder if I10 will be released soon on DnD Classics).

 

[Parmandur]

I would imagine that of they release Ravenloft to the Guild crowd, it will be after the season is over and done with: they are not likely to do another Ravenloft AP anytime soon, I would wager, and long term support for the fans by the fans makes sense.

 

[Iosue]

Mearls tweet says that Ravenloft is not open now, but I have to think that by the terms of the DMs Guild, once those AL adventures go up, the IP therein is open game.

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

Mearls tweet says that Ravenloft is not open now, but I have to think that by the terms of the DMs Guild, once those AL adventures go up, the IP therein is open game.

Something being available via the DMs Guild webstore does not translate to the IP within that something being available for DMs Guild authors to use.

Evidence: Currently only the Forgotten Realms is open for authors to use, but the DMs Guild webstore currently sells products in all the different settings that TSR and/or WotC have released products for in the past, not just the Forgotten Realms.

 

[Nikosandros]

Mearls tweet says that Ravenloft is not open now, but I have to think that by the terms of the DMs Guild, once those AL adventures go up, the IP therein is open game.

If someone external to WotC wants to publish there, they must abide by the license. WotC can publish whatever they wish.

 

[JohnLynch]

Something being available via the DMs Guild webstore does not translate to the IP within that something being available for DMs Guild authors to use.

Once Season 4 ends and WotC is ready to publish the next adventure (in a non-Ravenloft setting) they very well could add Ravenloft to the list of IPs people can use via DM's Guild. I think that's what people are suggesting could happen (seems pretty likely to me. Once WotC has stopped supporting a setting, there's little harm in letting others support it for them except for brand-name damage that they can do by releasing poorly created content. But WotC doesn't seem that concerned about that eventuality at this time).

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

Once Season 4 ends and WotC is ready to publish the next adventure (in a non-Ravenloft setting) they very well could add Ravenloft to the list of IPs people can use via DM's Guild. I think that's what people are suggesting could happen (seems pretty likely to me. Once WotC has stopped supporting a setting, there's little harm in letting others support it for them except for brand-name damage that they can do by releasing poorly created content. But WotC doesn't seem that concerned about that eventuality at this time).

Yes, it is possible that WotC opens up Ravenloft in the future, I never said it wasn't - I adressed only the idea that Ravenloft IP would be "open game" at the specific time of "once those AL adventures go up" for the reason of "by the terms of the DMs guild."

 

[JohnLynch]

I adressed only the idea that Ravenloft IP would be "open game" at the specific time of "once those AL adventures go up" for the reason of "by the terms of the DMs guild."

I read that post and read everything except "by the terms of the DMs guild". Don't mind me.