What does everyone think about the possibility of (or interest in) long-form fiction in the DM's Guild? I mean something like a novella or a novel. Let me know! :)
Actually, Ed Greenwood posted some fiction on DMs Guild and to get around the rules he added stats for NPC, monsters and magic items at the back of the "book" for things that appeared in the story.
To be fair, he's Ed Greenwood. He can probably do whatever he wants and then talk it over with Wizards to make it happen.
Sure, but I think no matter who you are, you can probably get around it by having some crunch with the fluff. I published a small supplement of magical doors. The intro page is written as a fictional account of a group of adventurers encountering one of the doors, and each door in the supplement starts with a paragraph from a fictional sage from Candlekeep. Does my one-page fictional intro count as "fiction" published to the DMs Guild? What if I'd made it two pages, or three, or four? As long as it is still followed by 20 pages of magical door mechanics, will it be denied by DM's Guild?
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Well, there's a difference between a short story or collection of lore that is accompanied by relevant crunch and a full-blown novel that's like three digits of text or more.
You can write a certain amount of fiction within reason if there's some supplemental rules material attached.
What if someone releases a "serialized" novel one chapter at a time via DMs Guild? Each "chapter" is accompanied by stats for NPCs, monsters, backgrounds, sub-classes, and items found in the chapter. Charge $0.99 per chapter. Each chapter is 10 pages long (fiction) + 2 to 4 pages of stats. By the time you finish with maybe 15 to 20 chapters you have a "novel" with up to 200 pages of fiction, and 40 to 80 pages of crunch. If someone buys each chapter as it comes out, you make $15 to $20 gross per purchase of the entire novel over time. Once the entire "novel" is complete, you offer a bundle price of $9.99 for the whole thing for people who weren't buying it from the beginning. Maybe they bundle doesn't include all the extras from the serialized chapters, thus your original buyers feel like they got something special for following from the beginning.
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What does everyone think about the possibility of (or interest in) long-form fiction in the DM's Guild? I mean something like a novella or a novel. Let me know! :)
The DM's Guild would not be a place would look for fantasy novel content. It's barely a place I'm willing to look for D&D gaming content.
There are rules for what kind of content is allowed on DMs Guild. They have a section on that in the FAQ page of the site.
Novels are not allowed, at least not for Community Creators (basically anyone who is not officially commissioned by WotC).
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Actually, Ed Greenwood posted some fiction on DMs Guild and to get around the rules he added stats for NPC, monsters and magic items at the back of the "book" for things that appeared in the story.
http://www.dmsguild.com/product/199519/ALL-THINGS-THROUGH-THE-BRIGHT-FLAMES--The-First-Tale-of-Mirt-In-the-Time-After-The-Sundering
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
To be fair, he's Ed Greenwood. He can probably do whatever he wants and then talk it over with Wizards to make it happen.
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
Well, there's a difference between a short story or collection of lore that is accompanied by relevant crunch and a full-blown novel that's like three digits of text or more.
You can write a certain amount of fiction within reason if there's some supplemental rules material attached.
My RPG Design Blog on Facebook
My Recent Product Announcements on Twitter
What if someone releases a "serialized" novel one chapter at a time via DMs Guild? Each "chapter" is accompanied by stats for NPCs, monsters, backgrounds, sub-classes, and items found in the chapter. Charge $0.99 per chapter. Each chapter is 10 pages long (fiction) + 2 to 4 pages of stats. By the time you finish with maybe 15 to 20 chapters you have a "novel" with up to 200 pages of fiction, and 40 to 80 pages of crunch. If someone buys each chapter as it comes out, you make $15 to $20 gross per purchase of the entire novel over time. Once the entire "novel" is complete, you offer a bundle price of $9.99 for the whole thing for people who weren't buying it from the beginning. Maybe they bundle doesn't include all the extras from the serialized chapters, thus your original buyers feel like they got something special for following from the beginning.
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?