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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday March 18 2017, @11:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the about-time dept.

Seminal role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons looks to be going digital.

The game's publisher, Wizards of the Coast, calls its new effort "D&D Beyond", describes it as "a digital toolset for use with the Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition rules" and has given the service the tagline "Play with advantage".

Wizards' canned statement says the service will "take D&D players beyond pen and paper, providing a rules compendium, character builder, digital character sheets, and moreā€”all populated with official D&D content." We're also told the service "aims to make game management easier for both players and Dungeon Masters by providing high-quality tools available on any device."

Details of just what's on offer are thin, but the beta signup site for the service says subscribers will get the following features:

  • A "D&D Compendium with Official Content"
  • The ability to "Create, Browse, & Use Homebrew Content"
  • The ability to "Manage Characters - Build, Progress, & Play"
  • D&D News, Articles, Forums, & More
  • Anywhere, anytime, access on any device

It will never work: psionics only travel through paper. Impotent mind flayers make god cry.


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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by Nerdfest on Saturday March 18 2017, @02:54PM (9 children)

    by Nerdfest (80) on Saturday March 18 2017, @02:54PM (#480852)

    Anybody who's anybody moved on to Pathfinder years ago.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @03:34PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @03:34PM (#480863)

    Rules are for noobs who need a guide to learn the game, experienced player left them behind long ago and concentrate on the role playing.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday March 18 2017, @05:28PM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 18 2017, @05:28PM (#480876) Journal
      They help keep people honest. I played diceless a few times. A common problem was that the DM would occasionally rig combats to have certain cinematic outcomes. I recall, for example, one Winter Wolf game where my character attempted to attack the primary bad guy twice (in different conflicts) and failed hard each time due to plot armor. With dice rolls, it would have allowed for chance to enter in these conflicts.
  • (Score: 2) by Celestial on Saturday March 18 2017, @05:02PM

    by Celestial (4891) on Saturday March 18 2017, @05:02PM (#480871) Journal

    Bah. In the genre of medieval fantasy, Magic World RPG by Chaosium is king. :P

  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday March 18 2017, @08:23PM (4 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday March 18 2017, @08:23PM (#480907) Homepage Journal

    Pathfinder was peachy keen if you weren't a 3E/4E fan but 5E kicks the utter crap out of it for one very simple reason: streamlined math.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @09:57PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @09:57PM (#480948)

      5E is a power gamers dream for those that want to play superheros it's great!

      • (Score: 2) by Celestial on Saturday March 18 2017, @10:01PM (2 children)

        by Celestial (4891) on Saturday March 18 2017, @10:01PM (#480950) Journal

        You're thinking of Fourth Edition. Fourth Edition was pretty much a super-hero tabletop RPG in all but name.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @10:10PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 18 2017, @10:10PM (#480954)

          If you say so, I haven't played 5e but what I looked at from the tubes sure looked like superheros

          haven't really played since 2e unless you count NWN