DDOCast 503 - Ask teh Devs: Post Ravenloft

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We Ask the Devs about Ravenloft now that it is live! Community Manager Cordovan, and Designers Knockback, Nohbob, and Steelstar talk about the journey of bringing the iconic world of Ravenloft and The Curse of Strahd! We also have guest Propane with us for this week’s news.

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[Cordovan]

Thanks for having us on.

[Maelodic]

Loved the talk about sentient weapons- it's easy to tell that there was a lot of enjoyment in making the quirky things.

Excited to hear more about the in progress druid pass.

[AnubisPrime]

This was an awesome edition.

Thanks so much for having the devs on.

...and to the devs, thanks for your great work on this wonderful, wonderful game that has woven into my very being for 12 years.

[Silverleafeon]

+1

[Marupal]

Fun episode!

Thanks to the devs for taking the time. Looking forward to what's around the corner.

A sentient Jewel that "DM's" the player's actions? Lolololololololol. YES, please do that one too. Hilarious stuff.

[Arkat]

Super interested in the new Artificer tree!

[Gratch]

Erm... so um 3rd arty tree mentioned but didn't hear anything about divine enh redo or 3rd FVS tree... or maybe I totally missed it. Thought that was next.

Thanks for spending the time to talk Devs even though it sounds like upcoming content reveal is being saved for the Producer's Letter.

[Tom116]

Great show!

Erm... so um 3rd arty tree mentioned but didn't hear anything about divine enh redo or 3rd FVS tree... or maybe I totally missed it. Thought that was next.

Thanks for spending the time to talk Devs even though it sounds like upcoming content reveal is being saved for the Producer's Letter.

Didn't catch anything about that specifically either, but the arty tree was something being worked on after the anniversary stuff so they might have just not mentioned it. It was mentioned earlier on the forums (maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago?) that the Cleric/FvS were not done being updated, so presumably that would be the revamp of the trees.


A breakdown for anyone looking for the Ask the Devs info:
-Anniversary event has more shinies, including a couple new caster sticks
-More sentient jewels to come
-More filigree slots are something to look at down the road
-3rd arti tree being worked on post-anniversary, "Renegade Mastermaker" based on 3.5. Looks to be turning yourself into a warforged/attaching machinery to yourself
-Druid revamp in progress already
-Favor rewards are being looked at, but may fall back-seat to upcoming things first. Still closer than ever though
-Producer's letter is due within a couple weeks
-Possible setting people were asking for in 2007? Said it can take a long time to get new settings from Wizards, mentioned 2007 specifically