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I actually think it’s sometimes annoying and detrimental to the format. I don’t say that as if I don’t like her having joy…but rather that she seems over the top excited about EVERYTHING. And that seems inauthentic, or else it’s just an opinion that simply isn’t that valuable since she doesn’t seem to exercise much skepticism. Rather…just EVERYTHING is always the best.
@@chadcaughmann7898 Agreed, it gives off a "Nothings wrong in Ba sing se" vibe. Some of these books have had bad/broken things in them, but there is zero pushback or questioning on her part. As you say, its just always the best thing ever. I figure DDBeyond forbids negative talk about their paymasters lol
Chris is the perfect emissary for D&D. He is soft-spoken, patient, and encouraging no matter what. The way he thoughtfully notes that a question is good is such an awesome positive nudge during an interview or during roleplay
I love the idea for a non-combat solution to every encounter. I like to run pre-written adventures and it would be great if more of them had such options. (Not that my players will ever go that non-violent way anyway...)
@@Camber126 As a gay disney-loving millennial I too love the Disney Fairies movies (please beg the mouse to bring them back!). Maybe I need to work on making a themed kids module... 🤔
were slowly transitioning to d&d beyond and we love it! we've been using it for a year and its so convenient! also she is soo cute! and hey Perkins! we missed you
If anyone has read or listened to the Tales of Beadle the Bard you will know of a character that could easily translate as a Rabbitfolk PC, with or without a cackling stump.
"...while traveling across the wasteland in Avernus, you and your party suddenly feel dizzy. As your vision slowly returns, you start to see lots of bright colors come into focus. Your other senses, now heightened, start to attune to your surroundings. You can hear several birds singing loudly and cheerfully... and you can smell.. is that.. cotton candy?? You hear calliope music in the distance. Just as a smile begins to form on your mouth, you hear a menacing growl behind you. As you whip around, you suddenly realize three things at once... that you have just passed through a fey crossing into the Feywild; that the WitchLight Carnival is nearby; and that several wereboar have followed you through the crossing from Avernus.".
The Feywild reminds me of when Eddie Valiant went into Toon Town…at first it’s all songs and laughing fields and smiling suns but those toons can fuckin kill you.
@@saieshsurujbally6438 Yeah, the owlin will be in Strixhaven, the College of Magic setting from MTG, coming out in november. I think I'll use it as a stand in for any of the magic schools/colleges in the forgotten realms.
I think this throws into sharp contrast how they built a game centered on combat and pretend it's something else. 90% of the rules are for combat, but they write articles and give interviews saying there are "Three Pillars" of adventure in D&D. More like one pillar and two poorly designed decorative buttresses. The martial classes in this game already have limited-to-no ways to interact with the exploration and social parts of D&D; spellcasters just barely moreso, as the vast majority of spells are about combat. People who like fighters and barbarians are gonna be bored as hell in this adventure - not because people like that prefer combat necessarily, but because the rules don't put anything interesting on their character sheets to deal with this kind of thing.
@@dziooooo Dude if *I* have to introduce new tools, either by coming up with them myself or combing the internet, wtf am I paying WOTC for? Your other comment is a trap. If the wizard can do something cool in every situation, and probably be more effective in fighting than the FIGHTER, you made a bad game. The fighter doesn't even have interesting things to do in combat. Just ... hit more. The most boring thing in DnD is rolling to hit and doing damage and the fighter just gets more of it.
@@dziooooo First of all, you're right. I DO have more fun with other, better games, because you can have just as much good RP in a game with GOOD character design as you can in one like 5e. Second, it's no fix if they make new rules with these books (which you have to keep praying money for, of course) but still have badly imbalanced class playability. Because third, whether or not the goal was to have wizards who are better in combat than fighters, that's what 5e did. Sitting around waiting for 5e to slowly get fixed when there are better games out there? Seems pretty pointless.
@@dziooooo It's no weirder than paying 90 bucks for a game that takes three books, in it's fifth edition, made by the oldest TTRPG company out there and thinking, "Well, it's not perfect out the gate. I'm sure they'll fix it in the next 30 dollar book." I'd rather spend an hour to point out that the emperor has no clothes than all my money waiting for these mediocre designers to finish patting themselves on the back and make something that doesn't need a constant stream of expensive patches.
@@BeastMasterNeil It signals a change in the direction of development but what I really want to understand is why people want to play a heroic fantasy game without the heroic aspect?
@@michellejean11 because most people aren’t. They’re adding aspects like whimsy, mystery, intrigue, or horror to their heroic fantasy games. The addition of those elements doesn’t detract from the heroic aspect of the game. I have run Curse of Strahd completely through for three different groups. While I gave my best efforts to play up the deadly horror themes of the adventure - isolation, alienation, mistrust, betrayal, temptation, corruption, unknown dangers, overwhelming odds - the players still won, saved innocents from horrific fates, broke curses, won over stalwart allies, spat in the face of an overpowering villain, stormed his castle, and ended his reign of terror. Throughout the adventure, they were never anything other than heroes - even more so than in any other adventure I have run *because of* the horror-themed elements of the story. In a “traditional” heroic fantasy game mirroring Arthurian legend, filled with chivalrous knights and acts of valor, the heroes are just another shiny bauble against a glittering backdrop. Take that same bauble and pin it against a dark backdrop, and it will shine like never before. Storytelling, like any other art medium, thrives on contrast. You should give it a try sometime.
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It’s so nice to hear dnd beyond kept the Sam Riegel theme going
Right??? This made me so happy
The fight to keep her joy in check is adorable
I actually think it’s sometimes annoying and detrimental to the format. I don’t say that as if I don’t like her having joy…but rather that she seems over the top excited about EVERYTHING. And that seems inauthentic, or else it’s just an opinion that simply isn’t that valuable since she doesn’t seem to exercise much skepticism. Rather…just EVERYTHING is always the best.
@@chadcaughmann7898 i tend to geek out alot too. So i find it endearing
@@chadcaughmann7898 Agreed, it gives off a "Nothings wrong in Ba sing se" vibe. Some of these books have had bad/broken things in them, but there is zero pushback or questioning on her part. As you say, its just always the best thing ever. I figure DDBeyond forbids negative talk about their paymasters lol
The folks in here, judging a woman for being too joyful at work and therefore not capable of valuable opinions or thoughts is just…not a great take.
Chris is the perfect emissary for D&D. He is soft-spoken, patient, and encouraging no matter what. The way he thoughtfully notes that a question is good is such an awesome positive nudge during an interview or during roleplay
I love the idea for a non-combat solution to every encounter. I like to run pre-written adventures and it would be great if more of them had such options. (Not that my players will ever go that non-violent way anyway...)
Very interesting. Glad to see a stronger focus on making the adventure easier to run.
Thank you Amy, Chris and Milo. I am so excited for Wild Beyond the Witchlight.
Just glad to hear Chris talking. Echoing anyone saying we miss his DMing. #greenflame
I'm looking forward to running both a Rise of the Guardians inspired game and a Hundred Acre Woods game (for kids) once we get owlfolk
My nieces (5yrs&7yrs) are obsessed with the tinkebell movies. I want to do a small one for them. I feel you
@@Camber126 As a gay disney-loving millennial I too love the Disney Fairies movies (please beg the mouse to bring them back!). Maybe I need to work on making a themed kids module... 🤔
If you have not heard of it, it sounds like you would be interested in the unofficial 5e setting “Humblewood”
@@gzer0x I am one of the Humblewood backers 😊
Perkins: "Some people like to talk to birds..."
Me: [looks at her parrot]
Parrot: Hello?
What's everyone go-to movie/tv show inspiration for the Feywild?
Alice and Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass. I love a Feywild that's dreamlike nonsense.
labyrinth and alice n wonderland have been my film studies for this release thus far.
Pan's Labyrinth
@@peterhebenstreit451 that's gonna be a creepy AF Feywild!!
im working on a feudal japan themed feywild currently so umm,,,, a combination of those things, as well as just naruto and stuff i guess XD
Amy is such an engaging and fun host! Keep up the great work, looking forward to the adventure :D
I just got mine!! And I’m so excited to dig into it. Might very well be the first book I read cover to cover.
“Even the boarders”. Appreciate the subtle hints Chris. Expert DMing even in interviews 😊
were slowly transitioning to d&d beyond and we love it! we've been using it for a year and its so convenient! also she is soo cute! and hey Perkins! we missed you
I love common magic items, every player gets 1 free at the start of the campaign.
That's a great idea! Makes me want to write up a whole catalogue of them just to give people that many more options at the start.
Love the fey wild.. But Spelljammer is next right?!?
Oh lordy I hope soo!!!
As always - a great inspiration for a harengon (rabbitfolk) character is the book Perloo the Bold
Could you imagine the waffle crew in the fey wild. It would have been amazing. 8,(
> "Milo Easter egg."
I put a cat hidden in all the VTT maps I make, so far no player has noticed.
> "How time works in the Feywild."
Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey.
If anyone has read or listened to the Tales of Beadle the Bard you will know of a character that could easily translate as a Rabbitfolk PC, with or without a cackling stump.
Great interview
interesting content D&D Beyond. I crushed that thumbs up on your video. Keep up the fantastic work.
I know this has been said before but, man, Amy Dallen is a treasure! Such a good host! 😅
Yeah she asks really good questions and is very gracious in general
Singing Mushrooms sounds like an excellent familiar possibility .
What are some good 3rd party feywild source books recommendations?
CHRRRRIIIIISSSSSSS
Will the "Domains of Delights" be on D&D Beyond?
"...while traveling across the wasteland in Avernus, you and your party suddenly feel dizzy. As your vision slowly returns, you start to see lots of bright colors come into focus. Your other senses, now heightened, start to attune to your surroundings. You can hear several birds singing loudly and cheerfully... and you can smell.. is that.. cotton candy?? You hear calliope music in the distance. Just as a smile begins to form on your mouth, you hear a menacing growl behind you. As you whip around, you suddenly realize three things at once... that you have just passed through a fey crossing into the Feywild; that the WitchLight Carnival is nearby; and that several wereboar have followed you through the crossing from Avernus.".
THAC0 is always down to clown
Harengon as a race just makes me think of Brian Jacque's Long Patrol.
Little does one of my players know, he's going to be related to a certain Harengon brigand with a long, blue scarf. ;)
My new fav thing to say.. WTF - What the Feywild!?!
The Feywild reminds me of when Eddie Valiant went into Toon Town…at first it’s all songs and laughing fields and smiling suns but those toons can fuckin kill you.
I'm a little confused. Are we not getting owlfolk with this book?
I believe Owlfolk are part of the Strixhaven Sourcebook
@@aarndal90 excellent. Hoodini Blaine the 1 foot tall Owlfolk Wizard will be born soon.
@@saieshsurujbally6438 Yeah, the owlin will be in Strixhaven, the College of Magic setting from MTG, coming out in november. I think I'll use it as a stand in for any of the magic schools/colleges in the forgotten realms.
@@letopizdetz Thank you so much
How can a channel with the production value of D&D Beyond not have someone to fix sound issues?
did 5e finally bring back nymph?
Engagement for the engagement god!
Chris Perkins is the lead singer! ruclips.net/video/7AAm2JnmxPA/видео.html
👏👏👏
Ok... real question... is Milo going to be in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, and is he a petable NPC
Why are these adventures inspired by Lewis Carroll? Isn't there any other fantasy writer?
I think this throws into sharp contrast how they built a game centered on combat and pretend it's something else. 90% of the rules are for combat, but they write articles and give interviews saying there are "Three Pillars" of adventure in D&D. More like one pillar and two poorly designed decorative buttresses. The martial classes in this game already have limited-to-no ways to interact with the exploration and social parts of D&D; spellcasters just barely moreso, as the vast majority of spells are about combat. People who like fighters and barbarians are gonna be bored as hell in this adventure - not because people like that prefer combat necessarily, but because the rules don't put anything interesting on their character sheets to deal with this kind of thing.
@@dziooooo Dude if *I* have to introduce new tools, either by coming up with them myself or combing the internet, wtf am I paying WOTC for?
Your other comment is a trap. If the wizard can do something cool in every situation, and probably be more effective in fighting than the FIGHTER, you made a bad game. The fighter doesn't even have interesting things to do in combat. Just ... hit more. The most boring thing in DnD is rolling to hit and doing damage and the fighter just gets more of it.
@@dziooooo First of all, you're right. I DO have more fun with other, better games, because you can have just as much good RP in a game with GOOD character design as you can in one like 5e. Second, it's no fix if they make new rules with these books (which you have to keep praying money for, of course) but still have badly imbalanced class playability. Because third, whether or not the goal was to have wizards who are better in combat than fighters, that's what 5e did. Sitting around waiting for 5e to slowly get fixed when there are better games out there? Seems pretty pointless.
@@dziooooo It's no weirder than paying 90 bucks for a game that takes three books, in it's fifth edition, made by the oldest TTRPG company out there and thinking, "Well, it's not perfect out the gate. I'm sure they'll fix it in the next 30 dollar book." I'd rather spend an hour to point out that the emperor has no clothes than all my money waiting for these mediocre designers to finish patting themselves on the back and make something that doesn't need a constant stream of expensive patches.
What happened with the pronouns after the mames?
D&D is a game of heroic fantasy. Why are you making it a game of whimsy and acting?
Think of it as more of a whimsy and acting expansion. Just like how Curse of Strahd and Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft are horror expansions.
@@thunderdragonish Well enjoy it and I'll enjoy saving my money.
They aren't changing the game, just releasing an adventure. That many people will love. D&D can be many things, not just what you happen to enjoy.
@@BeastMasterNeil It signals a change in the direction of development but what I really want to understand is why people want to play a heroic fantasy game without the heroic aspect?
@@michellejean11 because most people aren’t. They’re adding aspects like whimsy, mystery, intrigue, or horror to their heroic fantasy games. The addition of those elements doesn’t detract from the heroic aspect of the game. I have run Curse of Strahd completely through for three different groups. While I gave my best efforts to play up the deadly horror themes of the adventure - isolation, alienation, mistrust, betrayal, temptation, corruption, unknown dangers, overwhelming odds - the players still won, saved innocents from horrific fates, broke curses, won over stalwart allies, spat in the face of an overpowering villain, stormed his castle, and ended his reign of terror. Throughout the adventure, they were never anything other than heroes - even more so than in any other adventure I have run *because of* the horror-themed elements of the story. In a “traditional” heroic fantasy game mirroring Arthurian legend, filled with chivalrous knights and acts of valor, the heroes are just another shiny bauble against a glittering backdrop. Take that same bauble and pin it against a dark backdrop, and it will shine like never before. Storytelling, like any other art medium, thrives on contrast. You should give it a try sometime.