Whatever happened to Shadow of the Demon Lord RPG?

S'mon · December 30, 2017, 02:39:58 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1016894But really, probably my biggest contribution was not in terms of things that ended up in the game, but in things that DIDN'T. I was constantly fighting to stop the game from becoming more complex, which some of the design team seemed hell-bent on wanting to do.

I was ruthless in my opposition. Which even Mearls has stated was exactly what I was hired to do.

It's a very good thing IMO. Compared to 3e & 4e, 5e has a much lower bar to entry in terms of systems mastery. I see quite a few 3e and 4e fans who dislike this, but they are vastly outnumbered by the newbies who 5e brings in. 5e also attracts a lot of pre-3e Grognard players/GMs (like me, though I also play(ed) 3e & 4e), but the newbies are much more important to the game's success, bringing with them a lot of positive media coverage too.

RPGPundit · January 01, 2018, 03:41:53 AM

Quote from: S'mon;1016980It's a very good thing IMO. Compared to 3e & 4e, 5e has a much lower bar to entry in terms of systems mastery. I see quite a few 3e and 4e fans who dislike this, but they are vastly outnumbered by the newbies who 5e brings in. 5e also attracts a lot of pre-3e Grognard players/GMs (like me, though I also play(ed) 3e & 4e), but the newbies are much more important to the game's success, bringing with them a lot of positive media coverage too.

Yes, that was essential. And Mike Mearls recognized the same thing, but there was a whole culture in WoTC that had a lot of trouble with the idea, because it ran against everything they'd done before (not just in D&D but in Magic too).

Imaginos · February 02, 2018, 11:18:43 AM

SotDL bombed with my group. As a comparison, SotDL gritty is kind of like GRR Martin "gritty". Just because people die doesn't mean it is gritty. My players did not care for the high damage/lethality of the game for what was supposed to be standard challenge. Then again, I think a lot of the early adventures struggled with what should be an appropriate challenge.

RPGPundit · February 05, 2018, 03:05:16 AM

So how did it's "grittiness" compare to low-level D&D.

Whatever happened to Shadow of the Demon Lord RPG?

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