Why I Gave ENworld Mah Money

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#1

Zardnaar

Sep 26, 2015 12:51:00

 

 A few weeks ago I was going to order Out of the Abyss and Princes of the Apocolypse. At least assuming they were not gettiung reviews like HotDQ.

 

 And then WotC announced they were closing the forums. These were the 1st forums I ever joined at the ripe old age of 22.

 

 I thought WotC might have learned a lesson by now in regards to things like taking away the OGL and Dragon/Dungeon magazines. 

 

 Oh well I signed up for EN5ider at ENorld becuase Morrus has been welcoming to the WotC refugees and I have not been a fan of the 5E product release schedule as I do not tend to like AP type mega adventures. Rather than buy a WotC AP I bought Quests of Doom Volume 1 and 2 and QoD2.

 

 Last night I managed to download the backlog of articles. So far I have found.

6 Adventures

The Noble Class (think 5E Warlord)

3 new Druid Circles (Life, Beasts, Elemental)

2 New Ranger paths (tempest, nightstalker)

New Spells

 

And I am still digging through it as there are 37 articles. Feels like the old Dragon/Dungeon (TSR Era). $3 a month for the articles, $8 if you want the adventures. 

 

 I have something like 30 adventures for 5E now between Quests of Doom and EN5ider.

 

#2

Brock_Landers

Sep 26, 2015 12:55:48

In my over 25 years of DMing, I have only run one published adventure, Touch of Death, as a one-off, after a barbecue.

#3

pauln6

Sep 27, 2015 13:43:18

Yeah the lack of Dungeon and Dragon has frustrated me too.  I have kept up my subscription to WotC but I am now playing 5e full time and with not even the forums left I'm not seeing any reason to give them the benefit of the doubt any longer.  They really have just put no effort in to deserve my money.

 

The only thing that is frustating about the ENWorld articles is the lack of reviews and feedback.

#4

Delazar78

Sep 28, 2015 3:01:55

So, if I pay 8 usd I can download the full backlog?

 

Then I can interrupt the subscription, and let's say do it again in 6 months for one month, and download everything I missed?

#5

Hitdice

Sep 28, 2015 5:47:10

I don't think Zard is in the US; full access costs me $3 per month.  I haven't personally tried cancelling and resubscribing, so don't quote me, but it looks like that would allow full downloading.

#6

Yunru

Sep 28, 2015 8:18:52
By default it costs $3 per article for full access. But you can limit the number of payments per month (I set mine to 1, poor as I am).
#7

Zardnaar

Sep 28, 2015 10:38:18

Delazar78 wrote:
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Brock_Landers

Sep 28, 2015 10:46:10

Zardnaar wrote:
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Yunru

Sep 28, 2015 11:23:57
Now that you mention it I don't think it does cover adventures... :/
#10

Mistwell

Sep 28, 2015 11:48:50

Delazar78 wrote:
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Zardnaar

Brock_Landers wrote:
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Hitdice

Sep 28, 2015 12:29:24

Mistwell wrote:
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Brock_Landers

Sep 28, 2015 13:01:52

Zardnaar wrote:
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Zardnaar

Brock_Landers wrote:
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Brock_Landers

Sep 28, 2015 13:57:43

Zardnaar wrote:
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Delazar78

Mistwell wrote: