IMHO they've gone nuts. I mean it's an freaking Stretchgoal.
I know alot of People claim about their "right" with the "Money" and will argue: "This has to be expected" - or "it should be like that", but NORMALLY - Stretchgoals aren't that impressive. It's often more an small Cake to appeal the Crowd to support/finance their Product, and meanwhile i don't wanna claim that is everytime an bad nor good thing, most time this Features are often small-side things which might like, but aren't as big/fleshed out as you expected. Often because this Features aren't intendet to begin with and so they ends as "side-feature"...
And thats actually sad, but also Insane thing. Some Games already tried to deliever the Pen & Paper Feeling, and most failed; as example Sword Coast Legends was centered around this WHOLE Pen & Paper aspect, but they failed(thought i still enjoyed the Game somewhat - in the other Hand i've gotten it on PS4 Sale for 7 Bucks). And Larian do the MAGIC with an Sidething.
Now you've really impressed me again Larian, but i also tend to believe, this Game Master Mode "really" was "intended" to begin with, but needed the Financial Support to also deliever that. You are really the Prime Example how Kickstarter should be handled!
I mean - even thought i myself never played Pen & Paper, i admired it since a long time. It's the Core and Origin of one of my most Loved Genre's (RPG's) in Videogames - and to find an example who reintroduce it in Videogames is an amazing but also impressive work(and yeah - i know Neverwinter Nights was also one of the good examples). I don't know how often i will actually use this Feature, thought i and my friends surely will give it a try, but that doesn't change how much Value it adds to the Game. Yet you have besides an (hopefully) amazing Campaign(EA Version is already promising - love the game so far) which can be played Solo and Co-op, an Promising PvP Arena(which i actually never dreamed of) and Editor, also an GM Mode which adds even MORE Replaybility. Amazing!
