tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post4620092574423145302..comments2024-03-28T15:32:19.036-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: You had me at "White Plume Mountain"Peter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-15191620322157193832017-01-08T15:42:09.040-05:002017-01-08T15:42:09.040-05:00The great part of titles like this is I know exact...The great part of titles like this is I know exactly what they mean by "Yawning Portal" but a more literal interpretation is just a great mental image. Like the doorknob in Disney's Alice In Wonderland being tired after a day's work being a knob.Ronintendohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335678853838217038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-11093811772212159392017-01-08T09:30:09.182-05:002017-01-08T09:30:09.182-05:00I'm not saying it's overpriced, I'm sa...I'm not saying it's overpriced, I'm saying $50 for a hardback is a lot for me to spend to get another copy of White Plume Mountain to add to my monochrome Silver Anniversary version, original version (two copies), S1-4 collected version, and Return to White Plume Mountain pile.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-39764028567960712812017-01-08T09:28:24.997-05:002017-01-08T09:28:24.997-05:00It could be, but converted to GURPS, a lot of the ...It could be, but converted to GURPS, a lot of the challenges just aren't challenging at all. It assumes a very different spell system. I'd have to litter the place with magic-resistant construction, No Mana Zones, add spellcasting to most of the encounters so they aren't trivial, add minions to the bosses so they aren't hacked down by 6-7 attacks in one second, etc. I could do all of that, but it would really just be "some highlights of S2 plus its magic weapons" and not really the same challenge.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-23816826883532069742017-01-08T09:13:47.608-05:002017-01-08T09:13:47.608-05:00I find the WotC pricing model encouraging, frankly...I find the WotC pricing model encouraging, frankly. If we posit that 5e is about 40% of a $25M per year market, that means that they're probably doing about $10M a year in RPGs, which is 200,000 books a year. Now, probably not all of that $10M is $50 hardbacks, but what else do they get revenue on these day?Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-53630148391449878302017-01-08T09:05:09.763-05:002017-01-08T09:05:09.763-05:00I'd love to play that again. I was honestly wa...I'd love to play that again. I was honestly waiting for it to be a level of Felltower.Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.com