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<blockquote data-quote="Z. H. Darkstar" data-source="post: 6751675" data-attributes="member: 6746780"><p>Why am I not surprised that the person who negatively reviewed the SCAG without even owning it is the one who posted a link to complement their prior vitriol.</p><p></p><p>This one line made it clear that the author willfully ignored the content of the SCAG press release.</p><p></p><p>"The book's not quite sure whether it's a campaign world sourcebook, a framework for adventures, a companion to published adventures, or a supplement for specializing player characters in the Forgotten Realms."</p><p></p><p>The book was always meant to be all of the above in a single package. Instead of releasing separate books for players and DMs, this book features both types of content. Remember that part of 5e is a reduced release schedule, and this book lines up perfectly with that design principle.</p><p></p><p>It gives enough of the overall history of the FR without reprinting many materials already found in previous edition sourcebooks. No sense wasting page space on things already found in a wiki. Putting in too much fluff would be overload for DMs who are new to FR, likely resulting in fewer sales among DMs.</p><p></p><p>People who run their own homebrew worlds knew from the get-go that a portion of the book would not apply to them at all. That's the price they pay for not playing published content, there will always be wasted space in their eyes. Therefore, those complaints should be viewed as coming from a vocal minority, and not representative of the greater D&D community.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that I agree with in the article is the treatment of maps. The inside covers should have been the maps.</p><p></p><p>Everything else in the article is ranting of someone who can't accept the new 5e release schedule and how that affects the content of non-AP releases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Z. H. Darkstar, post: 6751675, member: 6746780"] Why am I not surprised that the person who negatively reviewed the SCAG without even owning it is the one who posted a link to complement their prior vitriol. This one line made it clear that the author willfully ignored the content of the SCAG press release. "The book's not quite sure whether it's a campaign world sourcebook, a framework for adventures, a companion to published adventures, or a supplement for specializing player characters in the Forgotten Realms." The book was always meant to be all of the above in a single package. Instead of releasing separate books for players and DMs, this book features both types of content. Remember that part of 5e is a reduced release schedule, and this book lines up perfectly with that design principle. It gives enough of the overall history of the FR without reprinting many materials already found in previous edition sourcebooks. No sense wasting page space on things already found in a wiki. Putting in too much fluff would be overload for DMs who are new to FR, likely resulting in fewer sales among DMs. People who run their own homebrew worlds knew from the get-go that a portion of the book would not apply to them at all. That's the price they pay for not playing published content, there will always be wasted space in their eyes. Therefore, those complaints should be viewed as coming from a vocal minority, and not representative of the greater D&D community. The only thing that I agree with in the article is the treatment of maps. The inside covers should have been the maps. Everything else in the article is ranting of someone who can't accept the new 5e release schedule and how that affects the content of non-AP releases. [/QUOTE]
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