Pretty much the title, do you great players and Dm's think that now that DDB has dunked a pinkie in the 3rd party pool, that they'll keep allowing it in the door? Thinking the grim hollow books are a great choice as it provides something new, and as they already allowed "lairs of etharis" they've already started the path.
just imo...yes to your actual question (there will be more 3P content), but no to what I think you're actually asking (will they implement the whole campaign guide). They're adding things that fit into the existing D&D system and require minimal manipulation of the existing rules structure. The grimhollow campaign guide has whole new mechanics that would require significant system edits on their end...a redesign of weapons (which would directly conflict 5.5's new updates), curses, transformations, the 2-tier background system. Totally imo, but I suspect they're looking for 3P content that fits into the 5e system....not for stuff that requires changes to the 5e system to fit into the 3P content.
The lairs of etharis fits...the campaign guide does not.
I think HeathSmith is right, at least for now. I'm sure DemiPlane Nexus (which is much closer to DDB's current function than the true VTTs) has WotC nervous, but I don't know if they're willing to put in the resources to coding layers of new mechanical changes for something like Grim Hollow, or even 3PP works that feature new classes etc. It's possible, but I don't see that getting leaned into until well into the remastered rule set, which is now looking like early 2025. That said, I know Foundry (and maybe other VTTs) let a publisher develop their own official adaptations to put into the Foundry marketplace ... it could be possible for DDB to develop a "developers kit" so other publishers could adapt their 5e materials for DDB functionality, but that would likely mean at minimal licensing access to the API which seems to be a non starter.
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Pretty much the title, do you great players and Dm's think that now that DDB has dunked a pinkie in the 3rd party pool, that they'll keep allowing it in the door?
Thinking the grim hollow books are a great choice as it provides something new, and as they already allowed "lairs of etharis" they've already started the path.
just imo...yes to your actual question (there will be more 3P content), but no to what I think you're actually asking (will they implement the whole campaign guide). They're adding things that fit into the existing D&D system and require minimal manipulation of the existing rules structure. The grimhollow campaign guide has whole new mechanics that would require significant system edits on their end...a redesign of weapons (which would directly conflict 5.5's new updates), curses, transformations, the 2-tier background system. Totally imo, but I suspect they're looking for 3P content that fits into the 5e system....not for stuff that requires changes to the 5e system to fit into the 3P content.
The lairs of etharis fits...the campaign guide does not.
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I think HeathSmith is right, at least for now. I'm sure DemiPlane Nexus (which is much closer to DDB's current function than the true VTTs) has WotC nervous, but I don't know if they're willing to put in the resources to coding layers of new mechanical changes for something like Grim Hollow, or even 3PP works that feature new classes etc. It's possible, but I don't see that getting leaned into until well into the remastered rule set, which is now looking like early 2025. That said, I know Foundry (and maybe other VTTs) let a publisher develop their own official adaptations to put into the Foundry marketplace ... it could be possible for DDB to develop a "developers kit" so other publishers could adapt their 5e materials for DDB functionality, but that would likely mean at minimal licensing access to the API which seems to be a non starter.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.