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John Daker
Seeker
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 Posted - 15 Jan 2021 : 14:58:37
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Yes, that is Elminster's Candlekeep Compendium, and it's pretty great. I don't know whether any of the contributors to that release (including Ed Greenwood!) have also worked on Candlekeep Mysteries, but I did take the liberty of contacting the cartographer who made the map for that release; he said he was not involved in the new book, so the poster map in the upcoming WotC book is going to be different from the map in ECC.
In some ways, that does kind of suck, in that I feel for the folks that may have poured some blood, sweat, and tears into that product only to have it possibly overwritten.
If Candlekeep Mysteries does turn out to contradict Elminster’s Candlekeep Compendium in any significant way, then (unless I’m forgetting something) that would make ECC the highest-profile DM’s Guild product to date to be overwritten canonically by a later WotC release.
It would be unfortunate if this does happen, though it’s hard to imagine WotC changing anything at all in their book to fit a DM’s Guild product, even one with Ed’s direct involvement. Perhaps the creators of ECC would revise on their end to resolve discrepancies, if this can be done quickly and easily. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 16 Jan 2021 : 04:56:30
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Was always bound to happen. There was talk early on that WotC would be monitoring the DMs Guild for quality content with a view to adopting some/all of it and giving it the "official" imprimatur. I'm not aware of that happening even once. The Candlekeep product at the Guild was pretty good, so I can well imagine that its creators would be a bit glum about the prospect of their hard work being invalidated and/or unrecognised. It's happened to me and it's not fun.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 16 Jan 2021 : 05:31:31
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Was always bound to happen. There was talk early on that WotC would be monitoring the DMs Guild for quality content with a view to adopting some/all of it and giving it the "official" imprimatur. I'm not aware of that happening even once.
I also thought it might be a way for them to scout talent... Has anyone that started on the DM's Guild gotten to work on an official WotC product? |
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keftiu
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 16 Jan 2021 : 06:09:02
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Was always bound to happen. There was talk early on that WotC would be monitoring the DMs Guild for quality content with a view to adopting some/all of it and giving it the "official" imprimatur. I'm not aware of that happening even once.
I also thought it might be a way for them to scout talent... Has anyone that started on the DM's Guild gotten to work on an official WotC product?
A number of this book’s contributors, I believe. |
4e fangirl. Here to queer up the Realms. |
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Renin
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 25 Jan 2021 : 15:39:56
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Originally posted by keftiu
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Was always bound to happen. There was talk early on that WotC would be monitoring the DMs Guild for quality content with a view to adopting some/all of it and giving it the "official" imprimatur. I'm not aware of that happening even once.
I also thought it might be a way for them to scout talent... Has anyone that started on the DM's Guild gotten to work on an official WotC product?
A number of this book’s contributors, I believe.
Actually, not a one, unless there are more writers that I didn't see when checking out the ECC. If I was greatly mistaken, then I rescind my comment. |
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keftiu
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 30 Jan 2021 : 03:53:13
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Originally posted by Renin
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Originally posted by keftiu
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Was always bound to happen. There was talk early on that WotC would be monitoring the DMs Guild for quality content with a view to adopting some/all of it and giving it the "official" imprimatur. I'm not aware of that happening even once.
I also thought it might be a way for them to scout talent... Has anyone that started on the DM's Guild gotten to work on an official WotC product?
A number of this book’s contributors, I believe.
Actually, not a one, unless there are more writers that I didn't see when checking out the ECC. If I was greatly mistaken, then I rescind my comment.
Alison Huang wrote on Uncaged, the acclaimed feminist adventure anthology. I don’t have the rest of the list in front of me, but I believe there’s a few more. |
4e fangirl. Here to queer up the Realms. |
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Renin
Learned Scribe
USA
271 Posts |
Posted - 01 Feb 2021 : 21:00:40
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Wait, I misread.
I was looking at the writers names that worked on the DMs guild Candlekeep product with Ed's name, and the new Candlekeep Mysteries. There are no crossover names between those 2 books;I had read into the posts that this was what was being asked. |
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Next WotC book: "Candlekeep Mysteries"
