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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6751982" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>These sentences are the crux of the complaint. You (and others) wanted two BIG books. A campaign setting and making a large splatbook. But this very much wasn't that book. </p><p>That doesn't mean this is a bad book, just that you're judging it based on what it is not. In a theoretical year 2017 when WotC has released a 300-page FR campaign guide <em>and</em> a larger splatbook for D&D, is this book still bad? </p><p></p><p>Also, reality check, this book was late. It missed the <em>Out of the Abyss</em> synergy window and start of this season of Adventurer's League. Adding an extra 50-100 pages would have just added weeks to it's release. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I imagine there was a word limit for the bard, or some dead space that needed to be filled. Or a bard archetype got cut and they needed to fill it. Or maybe, just maybe, it was decided there needed to be more information on these instruments, which is absent from the PHB. Right now there's just a list on page 154 of the PHB, which isn't very useful for people who don't know what a shawm or viol is. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, that was a poor choice of words. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I like the limit. It's much easier than the "everything goes" of Living Greyhawk or Living Forgotten Realms where keeping track of all potentially available books for a character was a chore. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Except they'd never charge $20 for a book this size. Paizo charges $30 for a 160-page hardcover. $40 is high but in line with the other 5e books's higher price point.</p><p></p><p></p><p>When has Hasbro every sold anything ever? They wouldn't. At best they'd licence the RPG rights. </p><p>But why would Paizo pay money to licence D&D when they can keep doing their own thing for free? </p><p></p><p>If anyone bought the D&D rights it'd be some small publisher that replies on Kickstarters to get books printed, and they'd likely only manage one book every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6751982, member: 37579"] These sentences are the crux of the complaint. You (and others) wanted two BIG books. A campaign setting and making a large splatbook. But this very much wasn't that book. That doesn't mean this is a bad book, just that you're judging it based on what it is not. In a theoretical year 2017 when WotC has released a 300-page FR campaign guide [I]and[/I] a larger splatbook for D&D, is this book still bad? Also, reality check, this book was late. It missed the [I]Out of the Abyss[/I] synergy window and start of this season of Adventurer's League. Adding an extra 50-100 pages would have just added weeks to it's release. I imagine there was a word limit for the bard, or some dead space that needed to be filled. Or a bard archetype got cut and they needed to fill it. Or maybe, just maybe, it was decided there needed to be more information on these instruments, which is absent from the PHB. Right now there's just a list on page 154 of the PHB, which isn't very useful for people who don't know what a shawm or viol is. Yeah, that was a poor choice of words. I like the limit. It's much easier than the "everything goes" of Living Greyhawk or Living Forgotten Realms where keeping track of all potentially available books for a character was a chore. Except they'd never charge $20 for a book this size. Paizo charges $30 for a 160-page hardcover. $40 is high but in line with the other 5e books's higher price point. When has Hasbro every sold anything ever? They wouldn't. At best they'd licence the RPG rights. But why would Paizo pay money to licence D&D when they can keep doing their own thing for free? If anyone bought the D&D rights it'd be some small publisher that replies on Kickstarters to get books printed, and they'd likely only manage one book every year. [/QUOTE]
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