Windjammer
Adventurer
Kudos to WotC for focusing on what's most important to the hobby: growing it.
Sure, I'd appreciate a Feywild/Shadowfell supplement sooner than later, and am mildly disappointed that Martial Power 2 isn't followed up by equally timely Power 2s for the arcane and divine power sources this year. But I'm not that self-focused to fail to realize that focusing on newcomers is a solid marketing approach to boot.
I also appreciate WotC trying as hard as possible to make PH3 a seller to people not interested in psionics.
Can't say I'm pleased about the trend they're taking MM3 towards with less statblocks and more background text. A MM is a table reference first, and I appreciated WotC offering monster ecologies for the MMs elsewhere (thinking of MotP and Plane Below here) so I wouldn't need to carry that info to the table.
That said, MMs 1+2 contained D&D's classic monsters we were raised with. If MM3 otoh contains mostly new critters we've never seen before, the book frankly needs to brief us about the monsters.
PS. And absolutely, thanks Bob for compiling all the info for us!
Sure, I'd appreciate a Feywild/Shadowfell supplement sooner than later, and am mildly disappointed that Martial Power 2 isn't followed up by equally timely Power 2s for the arcane and divine power sources this year. But I'm not that self-focused to fail to realize that focusing on newcomers is a solid marketing approach to boot.
I also appreciate WotC trying as hard as possible to make PH3 a seller to people not interested in psionics.
Can't say I'm pleased about the trend they're taking MM3 towards with less statblocks and more background text. A MM is a table reference first, and I appreciated WotC offering monster ecologies for the MMs elsewhere (thinking of MotP and Plane Below here) so I wouldn't need to carry that info to the table.
That said, MMs 1+2 contained D&D's classic monsters we were raised with. If MM3 otoh contains mostly new critters we've never seen before, the book frankly needs to brief us about the monsters.
PS. And absolutely, thanks Bob for compiling all the info for us!