We have news! We've officially announced our plans for 5th Edition support. I've posted an announcement within the forums, but you can read more on our website.
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- The Lone Wolf Development Team
D&D Starter Set (5E)
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MNBlockHead
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Great news! Keeping fingers crossed that WoTC comes through on this.
talsharien
Well-known member
Awesome stuff, this is really good news Liz. Merry Xmas
This isn't really any new information. It was always assumed that Lone Wolf would develop 5e if WotC would allow it. So far, all they've said is that 'yes. if they allow it, we'll do it'... WotC has not made any moves towards allowing it, just rumor that a few of the developers, who likely don't have the power to make those type of business level decisions, have said they'd like it to be allowed.
It isn't just Lone Wolf waiting on it either. Keith Baker still wants to bring Eberron to 5e but he's holding back as well. Not sure if he's waiting for official license discussions or OGL though. I just hope he gets Eberron back up because 5e needs good setting material to do well.
That would be quite interesting. Sad to say I missed Eberron from a game point of view but I liked the novels I read.
turkeygiant
New member
Fantasy Grounds announced today that they have a license with WotC for 5e materials, I don't know it this is good or bad news in terms of our chances of getting a 5e module for herolab?
Do you see Fantasy Grounds and Hero lab as similar products?
Would/Could WotC create licenses with both if they elected to?
Would Lone Wolf be willing to buy the license if it was offered?
I admit I don't know the answers but I will say, I really wanted to see a 5th Ed pack for Hero Lab.
TheBullDog
Active member
Fantasy Grounds is built as an Electronic Tabletop RPG system, however you can use it to just create characters. So yes I see them as similar products.
Yes WoTC could create licenses with both, it is their product after all
I would hope they would, it might not be cheap but I think it would be worth it.
I agree I would love to see 5e supported in a future Hero Lab update.
When you say "they," do you mean Fantasy Grounds? Their D&D 5 edition stuff is rather pricey. So, I am guessing you mean FG.
I have been tempted to buy FG, just for the 5th edition support. But, it is too expensive.
MNBlockHead
Well-known member
If I were running a virtual campaign, I might still spend the money, but I was thinking of using it at table simply as a combat manager and for that it was too costly, especially since I am unsure how helpful it would be without being able to fully test it with all the DD5e content. One benefit of DD5e is that combat is much more streamlined and much simpler for a DM to manage. For now my Paizo combat pad does the trick.
MNBlockHead
Well-known member
BTW, I'm not sure how much the feedback helps, but it can't hurt. Complete this month's D&D 5e survey at the WoTC site: http://sgiz.mobi/s3/D-D-5e-Elements-Survey-3
Most of the survey is soliciting feedback on adventure path modules, opinions on races, and information on how often you play, etc. But there is an other comments at the end that give you 500 comments to made further suggestions/requests. This is what I entered as a further comment:
"PLEASE speed up licensing of content to third-party game aids. Fantasy Grounds was a good first step, but I am praying that you can work something out with Wolf Lair for Hero Labs and Realmworks. Both, esp. Hero Labs have a large user base willing to pay money on electronic game aids. Also, a high percentage of the customer base are DMs who are highly influential in terms of what game systems are selected and what products their players select to support their game."
Most of the survey is soliciting feedback on adventure path modules, opinions on races, and information on how often you play, etc. But there is an other comments at the end that give you 500 comments to made further suggestions/requests. This is what I entered as a further comment:
"PLEASE speed up licensing of content to third-party game aids. Fantasy Grounds was a good first step, but I am praying that you can work something out with Wolf Lair for Hero Labs and Realmworks. Both, esp. Hero Labs have a large user base willing to pay money on electronic game aids. Also, a high percentage of the customer base are DMs who are highly influential in terms of what game systems are selected and what products their players select to support their game."
I mainly want a tool to help manage my adventures while at the table. Realm Works is nice, and I have begun entering the Lost Mine of Phandelver into it (and will probably continue to do so). I like how it is easy to create linked material in Realm Works. I think it'll really streamline our sessions... assuming I enter all of the data I need.
I have watched a few videos on FG. I think Realm Works is a much better tool for my purposes. It would be nice to be able to buy the content for Realm Works though.
A character creator would be nice. I know 5e is much simpler, but having a creator is always nice.
I have watched a few videos on FG. I think Realm Works is a much better tool for my purposes. It would be nice to be able to buy the content for Realm Works though.
A character creator would be nice. I know 5e is much simpler, but having a creator is always nice.
SRD and OGL for 5th Ed released.
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/systems-reference-document-srd
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/systems-reference-document-srd
Here's our official announcement following the SRD release: http://forums.wolflair.com/showthread.php?t=54686
The SRD does not seem to change my position by much. It seems a lot of stuff in the Player Manual is not included (and my version of the Hero Lab for 5e includes ALL of it, added to this most of DMG and a lot of additional stuff from Adventure books and the WotC monthly column). Which means to release something I would have to check a lot of what is covered by the SRD and what not and probably remove a lot of stuff. Which means I for now will release nothing and will check how the "official" dataset of Wolflair will be (but I guess
they have the same problem about SRD not covering everything unless they have a real contract with WotC in the meanwhile).