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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 02:40:50
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The The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG) should licence for FR
As said in the title the TEGG should get a licence for FR novels from WotC.
This isn't without presidence, White Wolf used to have a licence to do Ravenloft novels and I believe another company had the licence for Dragon Lance for a time as well.
If WotC does want to assume the expenses/costs/risks for the novels line, then WotC should do a licencing deal with TEGG like it once did for Ravenloft with White Wolf. WotC gets profits, little to no expenses to draw resources from their budgets, its a win...win...win deal.
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
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Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 10:28:42
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| Yes, it's an excellent idea |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
1628 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 10:56:13
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| I wonder if the powers that be here at Candlekeep while suggest this to Ed Greenwood. |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 12:45:04
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| This might be Ed's intention from the Beginning of TEGG... |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6680 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 12:53:56
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Great idea. Not going to happen until the FR film gets off the ground. If it is a success, then zero chance of that happening. If it bombs badly, maybe. I'm hoping that it bombs bigtime.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
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Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 14:09:20
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| I've seen people saying that Ed has said that he'd be really happy if this happened. However, I haven't read anything from Ed himself about that. |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 14:41:06
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Originally posted by Gyor
I wonder if the powers that be here at Candlekeep while suggest this to Ed Greenwood.
Unlikely.
As Krash noted above, and as Ed has said in the past, legal wrangling and issues of content and ownership are extraordinarily fickle these days - to the point where it becomes very difficult to determine where and when a license for the Realms content should end.
And after 20+ years of shared-world workings and multitudes of authors, game designers, and artists all playing in the Realms sandbox, this would hardly be an issue that could be resolved without some kind of legal merry-go-round... which, frankly, would likely last years. |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
1628 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 15:12:21
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| All I know is I hope Ed tries. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 15:16:42
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| Help us Ed Greenwood, you are our only hope... |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7989 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 18:19:40
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Originally posted by Gyor
This isn't without presidence, White Wolf used to have a licence to do Ravenloft novels and I believe another company had the licence for Dragon Lance for a time as well.
True, WotC has licensed segments of their D&D franchise. Circa 2001-2005 they were experimenting with OGL and D20, they were attempting to recover from TSR's mismanagement and were being (forcibly?) restructured by their new Hasbro overlords, they weren't quite as paranoid about digital piracy, and they weren't yet wary of mighty startups like Paizo. Times have changed, Wizbro clutches desperately on keeping (and monetizing) what they have left, they are obsessively paranoid about piracy and aggressively territorial about brand infringement.
D&D novels have already been culled to a meager minimum. I can't speak for D&D authors but it's obvious that there were once many and there are now few, it seems to me that WotC is just not interested in keeping their novels on the shelves. If they're not interested in or able to publish for themselves then they're probably very reluctant to publish through outsourcing. |
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
1628 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 18:44:41
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| The movie will be based on the Forgotten Realms, it may or may have 5e mechanical influences, we don't know. |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 18:46:18
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Originally posted by Gyor
The movie will be based on the Forgotten Realms, it may or may have 5e mechanical influences, we don't know.
My dream team for the movie would be written by Josh Wheldon and directed by Michael Bay. Yes I'm that crazy. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 19:25:38
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| @Gyor ... so you want a Realms movie which is written like a Buffy episode with the look of a Transformers movie? Yes, you are crazy. :p |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 14 Sep 2016 : 21:52:42
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| I figure that one will cancel out the faults of the other, leaving only their combined strengths. Or they'll kill each other. Either way entertainment ensured. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 Sep 2016 : 14:18:32
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Originally posted by Gyor
The movie will be based on the Forgotten Realms, it may or may have 5e mechanical influences, we don't know.
I'd rather the film try not to adhere specifically to any rules-set.
For me, it's enough for any FR film to involve the lore, more than the rules. |
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