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EltonRobb
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 01 Nov 2025 : 22:40:22
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Hi everyone.
So, you all either going to hate me or rejoice. For I'm going up to Wizards of the Coast to buy the following Intellectual Properties in the near future:
a. Birthright.
b. Eberron.
c. Forgotten Realms.
d. Greyhawk.
e. Strixhaven.
f. Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition.
g. Complete Arcane.
h. Tome and Blood, Defenders of the Faith, Sword and Fist, Song and Silence, and Masters of the Wild.
i. The original 3e modules starting with Sunless Citadel.
Yes, I'll be buying the Forgotten Realms copyrights and trademarks in the near future. So yes, a lot of you are going to hate me, be jealous of me, or love me. I know this move might cause some hiccups with certain future projects (Balder's Gate IV for example). I will be the sole writer of your beloved Realms, though. With an excellent editor overseeing my work.
However, I'm one mortal man. So after the buyout, I'll be looking at low cost licensing options. I won't be reviving the DM's Guild, though. One thing I am looking to revive is DUNGEON Magazine.
I guess this is it.
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
8035 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2025 : 23:05:42
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This is an extraordinary claim.
Do you have any extraordinary evidence to support it?
Wizbro has made no statements at all about this extraordinary news.
Nor has Wizbro made any statements about intending to sell their cash cow. It's a fairly valuable brand to them. It would also be a fairly valuable brand to many others, so openly announcing the intention to sell or auction the brand(s) would likely generate a great deal of attention and command a higher price, failing to openly announce it would be contrary and less profitable.
Incidentally, Wizbro is a partner of DM's Guild but it is not the owner of DM's Guild. It is not their place to directly kill or revive DM's Guild, it might indeed by a legal (and practical) impossibility if the actual owners/operators of DM's Guild should choose to ignore Wizbro's directives.
If this is a joke then it's in bad taste.
If it's not a joke then perhaps you may need to take some meds. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4256 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2025 : 02:17:59
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quote:
Originally posted by EltonRobb
Hi everyone.
So, you all either going to hate me or rejoice. For I'm going up to Wizards of the Coast to buy the following Intellectual Properties in the near future:
a. Birthright.
b. Eberron.
c. Forgotten Realms.
d. Greyhawk.
e. Strixhaven.
f. Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition.
g. Complete Arcane.
h. Tome and Blood, Defenders of the Faith, Sword and Fist, Song and Silence, and Masters of the Wild.
i. The original 3e modules starting with Sunless Citadel.
Yes, I'll be buying the Forgotten Realms copyrights and trademarks in the near future. So yes, a lot of you are going to hate me, be jealous of me, or love me. I know this move might cause some hiccups with certain future projects (Balder's Gate IV for example). I will be the sole writer of your beloved Realms, though. With an excellent editor overseeing my work.
However, I'm one mortal man. So after the buyout, I'll be looking at low cost licensing options. I won't be reviving the DM's Guild, though. One thing I am looking to revive is DUNGEON Magazine.
I guess this is it.
It is November 1st...not April 1st... |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3765 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2025 : 05:30:54
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| -Well, uhhhhhh, good luck with that. |
(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know) |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4488 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2025 : 19:14:18
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I'll take "things that will never happen for $300, Alex."
On a more serious note, what credentials do you have in writing, setting design, or even gaming design. What have you already published and with what publisher? What makes you think YOU have the best interest in the Realms over someone else?
What would happen to EVERYONE who's currently playing in the 1490s (5e) Realms or 1480s Realms (4e)?
Lastly, you don't need to buy 3e D&D as the SRD still applies to it, and Im assuming you mean 3.0 and not 3.5. But....why? 3.0 is RIFE with mechanical issues and even WORSE class balance than 3.5.
Fun read though, I appreciated the chuckle. |
Diffan's NPG Generator: FR NPC Generator
E6 Options: Epic 6 Campaign |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Thauramarth
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
735 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2025 : 07:08:53
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Anyone, to any corporation ever: Hi, I'm here to buy [any IP].
Any corporation ever: No.
Anyone, to any corporation ever: I'll pay you a gazillion gazillions.
Any corporation ever: Still no.
Corporate internal: There's a schmuck here who thinks we have something that's worth a gazillion gazillions. Find out how he plans to monetise it. And then do it ourselves! |
Edited by - Thauramarth on 03 Nov 2025 07:09:44 |
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Scots Dragon
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2025 : 11:19:55
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| The genuinely serious future of the Forgotten Realms is going to be something that exists with the fans and developers keeping it alive through netbooks and unofficial material, with stuff like Under Illefarn Anew being a good model. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3253 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2025 : 13:39:46
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quote:
Originally posted by EltonRobb
Hi everyone.
So, you all either going to hate me or rejoice. For I'm going up to Wizards of the Coast to buy the following Intellectual Properties in the near future:
a. Birthright.
b. Eberron.
c. Forgotten Realms.
d. Greyhawk.
e. Strixhaven.
f. Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition.
g. Complete Arcane.
h. Tome and Blood, Defenders of the Faith, Sword and Fist, Song and Silence, and Masters of the Wild.
i. The original 3e modules starting with Sunless Citadel.
Yes, I'll be buying the Forgotten Realms copyrights and trademarks in the near future. So yes, a lot of you are going to hate me, be jealous of me, or love me. I know this move might cause some hiccups with certain future projects (Balder's Gate IV for example). I will be the sole writer of your beloved Realms, though. With an excellent editor overseeing my work.
However, I'm one mortal man. So after the buyout, I'll be looking at low cost licensing options. I won't be reviving the DM's Guild, though. One thing I am looking to revive is DUNGEON Magazine.
I guess this is it.
Oh, you're serious. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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HighOne
Learned Scribe
242 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2025 : 14:46:46
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I have decided to sell the Forgotten Realms to forum-user EltonRobb. It is time that I, Wizards of the Coast, stepped aside and handed the reins off to a dedicated fan.
Personally, I would have preferred to sell the setting to one of you instead, but none of you made an offer, so I assumed you were not interested. Oh well. |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
2539 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2025 : 16:03:27
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quote:
Originally posted by HighOne
I have decided to sell the Forgotten Realms to forum-user EltonRobb. It is time that I, Wizards of the Coast, stepped aside and handed the reins off to a dedicated fan.
Personally, I would have preferred to sell the setting to one of you instead, but none of you made an offer, so I assumed you were not interested. Oh well.
What if I make you a counter offer, and give you a turnip? |
Instead of seeking change, you prefer a void, merciless abyss of a world... |
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Delnyn
Master of Realmslore
USA
1077 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2025 : 21:14:19
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I don't regard this announcement seriously. Otherwise, was the Elton Robb account hacked by a troll?
My two cp. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1304 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2025 : 23:13:14
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WHat an odd post (unless on April 1st).
If this is true, please take good care of our baby. You'd be hard pressed to do worse than WotC/Hasbro.
If this is a joke...it's not funny? |
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Future of the Forgotten Realms
