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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 3366416" data-attributes="member: 3649"><p>Hmm. On one hand, if the settings were equally good and I could only get one, I might well choose the one with the novels. Not because of the novels per se, but because it indicates that the publisher intends to spend resources on the setting and not let it be just one more product.</p><p></p><p>A good novel or series of stories can make a setting attractive to me. A bad series will not nessesarily turn me away from a setting, but I've only read very few setting related novels. </p><p></p><p>The Arcana Unearthed anthology really gave me a better feel for that setting. I could do a much better job as a GM for that setting for having read it. Same thing for Nigel Findley's Shadowrun books; those were the books that finally gave me a sense of what living in the Shadowrun world was really like. I've been told that the Baker bokos for Eberron are good; I'll probably try them soon, as we're going to be playing in an Eberron game in a month or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 3366416, member: 3649"] Hmm. On one hand, if the settings were equally good and I could only get one, I might well choose the one with the novels. Not because of the novels per se, but because it indicates that the publisher intends to spend resources on the setting and not let it be just one more product. A good novel or series of stories can make a setting attractive to me. A bad series will not nessesarily turn me away from a setting, but I've only read very few setting related novels. The Arcana Unearthed anthology really gave me a better feel for that setting. I could do a much better job as a GM for that setting for having read it. Same thing for Nigel Findley's Shadowrun books; those were the books that finally gave me a sense of what living in the Shadowrun world was really like. I've been told that the Baker bokos for Eberron are good; I'll probably try them soon, as we're going to be playing in an Eberron game in a month or so. [/QUOTE]
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