D&D 5E DMG: Anyone out there willing to give my product a review?

GX.Sigma · Mar 8, 2016

Gnarl45 said:
With a paid product, you're also telling people you want to be treated like a professional.

There are different categories of professional products but they all have two things in common: proper English and clean layouts.

AaronOfBarbaria said:
It's my personal opinion that readability is first priority, so a more "bland" option that is more readable will always win my favor over a "fancy" or "cool" option that is less readable. So yes, I'd recommend ditching the textures

I agree with the above.

Giant2005 said:
Honestly, exploring on my own is pointless. My brain just doesn't work in a way that allows me to judge these things properly - it seems to dedicate itself entirely to whatever I am focused on (it also makes multitasking impossible too but that is besides the point). When I look at the text, the background textures are basically invisible to me. When I look at the textures, the other images and words and pretty much everything is gone.
Whenever I judge aspects of the page, I can only judge each aspect in isolation, so the combined effects is not something I will ever be able to assess accurately.

If you don't believe in your graphic design ability, why did you get creative with the graphic design on this product?

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So, my unfiltered first impression of this product, and why I don't want to buy it:

I am not interested in player options, because these require very intricate design and careful balance, and I don't trust some random guy on the internet (no offense) to do these things.

I'm especially not interested in player options that allow a great deal of flexibility. These are even more difficult to balance and design.

I'm definitely not interested in monsters as PCs.

On the DM side, I already thought the Vampires in the Monster Manual were all I needed. Nothing on the store page tells me why I'd want this. This is mostly a marketing problem.

So, I'm already not interested, but let's say I'm interested enough to click on the preview:

The graphic design is unprofessional, as mentioned above. The first thing I see is the title, half-unreadable on the same-colored background. I do not want to pay $2 for this.

The second thing I see is a paragraph explaining something I already know. My patience is razor-thin.

The next section is headed "How to Build a Vampire," and does not explain how to build a vampire. Instead, more information I already know. I give up on reading, and begin to skim.

The next page seems to be the end of a section on vampire subraces. The first one I see is called "Zekaqux," which is not promising.

Seemingly unrelated stock image of the floating organs monster?

I continue to skim. More unpronouncable subraces. I don't know what any of these are, and reading the descriptions doesn't help. It would be nice if it was a choice between strong archetypes I already know (Dracula, Nosferatu, Twilight, etc.). I have nothing to hook onto.

At this point, I shift to an even shallower skim. The backgrounds get more and more annoying.

The blurb says it offers a lot of flexibility, but the class just looks like a Fighter/Monk variant?

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Overall, the front-end doesn't hook me in and make me want to read more. If I was really interested in the subject matter and it was PWYW, maybe I'd download it for 10 cents. Even if I was interested in the subject matter, I wouldn't pay $2. That's just me, though.

Giant2005 · Mar 8, 2016

Yeah fair enough, the subject matter isn't for everyone - and you seem to have 3 or 4 different reasons for not wanting anything to do with the subject matter. You are obviously not the target audience.

D&D 5E DMG: Anyone out there willing to give my product a review?

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