Lack of Dungeons of Drakkenheim availability

[adminwheel3]

As a very long-time Fantasy Grounds user, I recently purchased yet another Dungeons of Drakkenheim sourcebook, and once again it was through D&D Beyond. With previous purchases in the same line, that’s now $75 I would have much preferred to spend within the Fantasy Grounds ecosystem.

While that's not a substantial figure, it points to a broader issue. Wizards of the Coast has clearly deemed this brand viable for digital distribution, which strongly implies there is a customer base willing to buy it. I believe that includes Fantasy Grounds users who want to maintain a unified, supported library within your platform.

I’m asking SmiteWorks to reconsider any prior evaluations that may have prevented bringing Drakkenheim content to Fantasy Grounds. If the issue is technical, work to resolve it. And if the issue lies in a stalled outreach or unanswered inquiry, perhaps it’s worth trying again. I and I think others would be eager to support an officially adapted version if one were made available.

And at the risk of making more of this than I should, if SmiteWorks is unable to provide popular settings and supplements at the pace that Wizards of the Coast and other VTTs are setting, its going to quickly become a problem.

Fantasy Grounds is powerful and capable, but fully leveraging its features requires a significant investment of time. That’s time I’ve already committed, and in many ways it’s what keeps me here. But if that time is increasingly spent copy-pasting content from other platforms instead of using the tools I love and that make Fantasy Grounds distinct, then it becomes harder to justify staying.

At that point, the sunk cost begins to feel more like an anchor than an asset, and that opens the door to exploring other options that may offer a more streamlined experience, even if they’re not quite as robust.

I firmly believe Fantasy Grounds can continue to be the best tool in the space, but only if it continues to support the content its users want to work with.

[Trenloe]

I'd love to see some of the Drakenheim products in Fantasy Grounds. It's rare for SmiteWorks to do product conversions themselves as it's just not viable for a company with limited resources - they rely on community converters/developers or the publisher themselves. This needs to be driven from the publisher, or an enthusiastic community developer, not from SmiteWorks. Some information here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post672580

[vegaserik]

Aetherial Expanse came out recently on FG so there is a relationship with Ghostfire, maybe it's in the works?

[Trenloe]

Ghostfire asking for converters here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...mpaign-setting

[ddavison]

Dungeons Of Drakkenheim is ready for release on Fantasy Grounds and is in Final Review status. Barring any issues, it should release next week.

[vegaserik]

Dungeons Of Drakkenheim is ready for release on Fantasy Grounds and is in Final Review status. Barring any issues, it should release next week.

Nice!

[JonStormbringer]

Dungeons Of Drakkenheim is ready for release on Fantasy Grounds and is in Final Review status. Barring any issues, it should release next week.

Fantastic news. I just bought this book and was just getting ready to manually put it into FG for my group's next campaign. Great to hear! I hope we get to see some more of the Drakkenheim stuff converted, but am excited for this.

[adminwheel3]

Dungeons Of Drakkenheim is ready for release on Fantasy Grounds and is in Final Review status. Barring any issues, it should release next week.

Ok that's pretty funny given I've waited since the first book came out before making a post like that. I really tee'd that one up for you didn't I? But since it seems you're taking requests...

<ahem> "I would like to be able to do direct exports and imports of all of my campaign items into Obsidian while preserving their formatting, I'd also like robust support for 2.5D mapping, and last and most importantly I'd like a pony who I can name Sugarlumps. Thank you."

[ddavison]

As Trenloe described, we are very much at the mercy of our community developers on what gets converted and made available for FG outside of D&D and a few other product lines we support internally. We would love to support all the cool games that get released throughout the year on Kickstarter and from good publishers and Indie authors. Unfortunately, we just don't have the bandwidth to do those all internally. The pony is possible, but I'm not sure it will respond to the name "Sugarlumps".

[Grimlore]

Grim Press has reached an agreement with Ghostfire Gaming to bring their products to Fantasy Grounds. Dungeons of Drakkenheim & Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim have just been released, with more Ghostfire Gaming products to come!

Find our press release for Drakkenheim here!