Let’s hope they move to Paizo and join the work on pathfinder 2.5.
I’d really like an update to Starfinder, the rules are still a bit clunky
Man, do I have good news for you…
Citation needed.
From the video (basically the first thing said):
It just came to me from Ben Riggs … I’m going to read it exactly as I received it: Multiple independent sources with knowledge of the situation say that the team in charge of production and distribution of physical DND books was laid off in December 2023. So that’s the previous round of cuts. Now I’m not a journalist, but Ben is, so I consider that solid.
That’s not a citation. That’s a quote of hearsay.
Not everything that some specific person said is automatically true. However, a specific quoted statement made by an identified qualified source is, in fact, a citation. Now we know who (allegedly) said it, and we can get on into a conversation about whether they actually said that, or whether they’re qualified, or what other qualified people say about it or bring other sources to bear etc.
What would you say is a citation, if not who said it, why they’re qualified, and what they said?
To read their comment generously as I did initially, calling it a “quote of hearsay” is calling the validity of the citation so far removed from being trustworthy it doesn’t deserve the word. Granted, it would be doing this without explicitly stating so or supporting it with any evidence or arguments.
To be honest, I’m not convinced by this source. We don’t know who made the claim, we know a guy that wrote a DnD book a year and a half ago told a youtuber they exist and said it. That’s a step or two removed from where I would trust it.See that makes perfect sense. If “Citation needed” said instead “Who is Ben Riggs and why would I trust him” then we could have had a lot more time efficient productive conversation about it.
Wow, look at those goalposts go! They sure are moving pretty fast.
this is such a silly comment. is anything a citation to you?
@btmoo @Alphastream I think this is entirely bogus. Yiu also follow this, any insight Teos?
@Alphastream @darjr @btmoo Got into a discussion about this on a Discord server.
It was the D&D fiction team, not the D&D rules/game book team.
And they were part of the layoffs from Hasbro, not fired.
Frankly, considering the guy says in the video they were laid off and not fired AND this guy’s done this clickbait crap in the past, Hasbro/WotC should start sending C&Ds for defamation since they’re knowingly lying.
If WOTC adopts the subscription-only model, remember, you can save each chapter of the digital books in PDF by pressing Ctrl+P in the PC browser. Then just unsubscribe, screw them
Are there any 5.5 physical sourcebooks? Were they ever planned at all?
I haven’t been following One D&D news, but I got the impression they were focusing on a subscription-only model, so I’ve been planning to stick with my 5e books or switch to an ORC-licensed system.
I think you’ve grasped the essentials of Hasbro’s general direction of thinking. (Not that I think moving steadily away from physical towards online is inherently a bad thing, but I think that under this leadership it’s likely to be coupled with a general threat of crappiness and monetization.)
(Edit: Added some balance and some why)
