Game News Sword Coast Legends, a new Dungeons & Dragons RPG, announced by n-Space and Digital Extremes

[twincast]

Drow - they are a separate race in the Neverwinter MMO. Though they would also be a prime candidate for a DLC-race.

I considered putting them up there, but the two additional subraces elves get in core 5e (drow in PHB and eladrin in DMG) sound like prime DLC-bait to me (the other five races I'd like in a proper expansion, please), not like something that should be in a base game (if indeed at all) - especially since they emphasize in the very books themselves that these two are completely optional, and that DMs should think thrice about allowing them as PCs because of the unique circumstances they come with. Besides, drow being a subrace, they may not count them even if they're in. Remember, unlike Neverwinter Online, this ain't based on 4e.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

Any hint about C&C in the singleplayer campaign I missed?
If so:
If not:

 

[Volrath]

C&C? From the team that brought you the Sonic RPG? Are you having a laugh?

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

Well, they're summoning DA:O, so I had some hopes.

 

[Scroo]

Well it looks ok actually. I want to know about character creation / development tho. And RTwP sucks, meh

Could be worse tho of course.

 

[LeStryfe79]

I didn't know you hated RTwP, Scrooge.

 

[Mortmal]

We were expecting something like baldurs gate dark alliance at best . So rtwp is the lesser evil. Cautiously fapping.

 

[LeStryfe79]

The biggest worry I have is actually the business model.

 

[Jaesun]

Well it looks ok actually. I want to know about character creation / development tho. And RTwP sucks, meh

Could be worse tho of course.

MMO Cooldown spells and abilities.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Well it looks ok actually. I want to know about character creation / development tho. And RTwP sucks, meh

Could be worse tho of course.

MMO Cooldown spells and abilities.

What's interesting is their forums seem to be full of enthusiastic DnD fans expecting a relatively faithful implementation of 5e. There are NWN mod authors talking of campaigns they've been working on for ten years and how keen they are to move onto a new platform. There are discussions about which 6 classes are in the initial game and speculation about subclasses and extra races added in expansions.

Yet every time someone asks the community manager or one of the other staff for more information, like if this will play like a 5e game or an MMO with 5e spell names, of if there will be a full spell roster, the response is always that they can't reveal more right now. They're keeping things very, very vague. I realise it's only the first day, but these questions aren't that hard to answer or include in the Q&A - and meanwhile they're racking up quite expensive "limited preorder" packages.

So either this will be much better than some here expect and worth paying attention to. Or, there will be a massive, massive explosion of butthurt from people preordering assuming this is a full DnD game.

 

[Jaesun]

Thier response alone tells you all you need to know.

 

[Mortmal]

From what i see on the video its a full fledged game already , if they dont want to answer fans on this then its likely because said fans wont appreciate the answers. MMO cooldowns on feat and spells , a barebone spell roster, maybe pre fixed stats autolevel and no character creation...Obviously team fortress hats, countless preorder pack with special weapons to get an easy start , the usual.

 

[Irenaeus]

I'll be very butthurt indeed.

 

[Infinitron]

It is possible that they're holding back information due to having a coordinated media campaign planned out that will reveal things.

You've gotten used to how Kickstarters do this sort of thing. These guys seem to have a bit of an AAA mentality.

 

[Tigranes]

That's true, but it certainly doesn't sound great. After my initial cautious fap I'm more pensive - they really sold it as a proper D&D adventure in that video.

 

[twincast]

Cooldown alert from 0:50 onward... could be not so bad if it's only supposed to keep you from spamming in real-time, but it's rather foreboding a visual for a D&D adaptation. Considering that the one good thing about 5e compared to 3e is that the franchise's core spellcasting rules finally make sense, me be disappoint. Well, at least no global cooldowns to be seen so far. :/

 

[Morality Games]

Ehhh, the writer is responsible for Oghren in Dragon Age: Origins. Not sure what to think.

 

[Murk]

Huh... the trailer has a lot of content. I'm gonna laugh my dick off if this game turns out to be a better IE sequel than Pillars of Eternity.

 

[Crescent Hawk]

i just hope they dont go all crazy with the art style and keep less Dragon Age and more Justin Sweet. We shall see.

 

[imweasel]

RTwP...

 

[Morality Games]

Cooldown alert from 0:50 onward... could be not so bad if it's only supposed to keep you from spamming in real-time, but it's rather foreboding a visual for a D&D adaptation. Considering that the one good thing about 5e compared to 3e is that the franchise's core spellcasting rules finally make sense, me be disappoint. Well, at least no global cooldowns to be seen so far. :/

Cooldowns were basically a foregone conclusion. Even D:OS uses them. I don't know why, but designers love them.

 

[MuscleSpark]

After my initial cautious fap I'm more pensive

PCT?

 

[Metro]

I didn't know you hated RTwP, Scrooge.

What self-respecting Codexer doesn't?

 

[imweasel]

Cooldowns were basically a foregone conclusion. Even D:OS uses them. I don't know why, but designers love them.

Yep, The RPG Codex Role-Playing Game of the Year is multiplayer shovelware with shitty MMO cooldowns.



Sarcasm aside, cooldowns are an easy way to balance combat, i.e. more powerful spells (usually) have longer cooldowns.

Anyway, D&D 5E doesn't have cooldowns, so it is not really clear why SCL has them.

EDIT:

What self-respecting Codexer doesn't?

Some Codexers are just versatile.

We love da TB and da RTwP.

 

[Metro]

TB must stand for TotalBiscuit in that case.