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[Frodie]

Any news from Gen Con about HL and 5e?

[DMG]

Looks like GenCon 2015 went by with barely a whimper.

[AndrewD2]

Well if anything was signed at Gen Con I doubt we'll find out about it right away.

[ddaley]

Originally Posted by AndrewD2

Well if anything was signed at Gen Con I doubt we'll find out about it right away.

If they actually signed something, I would think they would announce that sooner, rather than later. That is the kind of news that might draw in new customers and prevent current customers from defecting to FG.

[MNBlockHead]

Who would defect to FG? That's a sincere question, not a statement or challenge. I looked into FG when the WoTC deal was announced, but if you just want digital character sheets and maybe some encounter management, but don't want VTT, it seems like a lot of money for an application whose features and strengths would mostly go unused.

I'm not knocking FG, if I played with a group that was not co-located, I would own it already. But I don't want a VTT, I just want digital character sheets, some basic encounter management, and integration with RW.

Even if I lose all hope of HL and RW getting DnD 5e licensed content, I don't', see a compelling reason to spend the money for FG and all the DnD 5e content, at least until I decide to give VTT a go.

[AndrewD2]

Honestly I think the real question would be an agreed upon price. Fantasy Grounds is very expensive for your buy in already, especially as a GM. LWD tends to keep prices at $20 for a base system and around $9.99 for add-ons.

[ddaley]

Originally Posted by MNBlockHead

Who would defect to FG? That's a sincere question, not a statement or challenge. I looked into FG when the WoTC deal was announced, but if you just want digital character sheets and maybe some encounter management, but don't want VTT, it seems like a lot of money for an application whose features and strengths would mostly go unused.

I'm not knocking FG, if I played with a group that was not co-located, I would own it already. But I don't want a VTT, I just want digital character sheets, some basic encounter management, and integration with RW.

Even if I lose all hope of HL and RW getting DnD 5e licensed content, I don't', see a compelling reason to spend the money for FG and all the DnD 5e content, at least until I decide to give VTT a go.

I ended up buying FG and some of the 5e content when they had a sale. I have been using it mostly for "at the table" sessions to display content to the players and such. It's not as useful as I think RealmWorks would be, but I don't have the time to input the content myself. For the next adventure, if I can find the maps, I may use RealmWorks instead. We'll see.

We are also using FG for a 5e campaign where our DM is remote. So, the money wasn't completely spent to replace RealmWorks.

[DMG]

I won't be using FG. I'm already invested in HL & d20Pro (via the recent Kickstarter).

I also know that 5e will sit on the shelf gathering dust until we get HL support.

[MNBlockHead]

Originally Posted by AndrewD2

Honestly I think the real question would be an agreed upon price. Fantasy Grounds is very expensive for your buy in already, especially as a GM. LWD tends to keep prices at $20 for a base system and around $9.99 for add-ons.

Well, I doubt that WoTC is going to let LWD sell their content for less than FG. Personally, while—yes—it is overpriced given that I already bought the hardcover books, but I would still pay because the benefits would be worth it for me.

[the_redbeard]

Originally Posted by DMG

I won't be using FG. I'm already invested in HL & d20Pro (via the recent Kickstarter).

I also know that 5e will sit on the shelf gathering dust until we get HL support.

Yeah, but I think there are more people that are the other way around: they won't use HL until it gets 5e support.