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<blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 7755532" data-attributes="member: 17913"><p>I think they are already doing exactly that, but rather than in survey form, that's the point of DMsGuild existing and (again, finally) having POD options. And to a lesser degree, having items cross-sold on DnDBeyond (Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron) and the various cartographer's own sites (maps for sale from Mike Schley, for instance). Instead of just asking, they are throwing this stuff out there and seeing what sells.</p><p></p><p>...and IMHO, they probably already have their answer. Production cost-wise, WOTC can publish big campaign books that double as campaign settings and compilations of maps/encounters/new monsters/new items that DMs can and will rip apart for their own use. They know this, and they are cool with it, and it's way better as an investment considering the cost to produce; shorter stuff that doesn't sell as well is going to be a money and time sink for their designers and production chain. Meanwhile, their Adventurers League stuff consistently sells well (whether or not people use AL rules) as short adventures and are written by their own staff and "the chosen few" (DMsGuild Adepts). On top of that, the rest of DMsGuild product is primarily made up of adventures, so that's where folks can get their shorter adventures that by nature are geared toward a huge audience. Not each adventure, per se, but because there are so many authors pumping out so much stuff, there's something there for everyone if you look for it. (And the best way to look for it is adventurelookup.com, which has a billion great filters and features a hefty amount -- though hardly all -- of the official *and* DMsGuild content.)</p><p></p><p>It'd be nice if they consolidated where you can find this stuff, or maybe did some kind of more "official" support for adventurelookup.com so that people actually knew about it and it was well-funded and updated even more regularly, but this is what we've got for now, and it's pretty darn good if you don't mind having 3 or 4 bookmarks in your web browser of choice ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timbannock, post: 7755532, member: 17913"] I think they are already doing exactly that, but rather than in survey form, that's the point of DMsGuild existing and (again, finally) having POD options. And to a lesser degree, having items cross-sold on DnDBeyond (Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron) and the various cartographer's own sites (maps for sale from Mike Schley, for instance). Instead of just asking, they are throwing this stuff out there and seeing what sells. ...and IMHO, they probably already have their answer. Production cost-wise, WOTC can publish big campaign books that double as campaign settings and compilations of maps/encounters/new monsters/new items that DMs can and will rip apart for their own use. They know this, and they are cool with it, and it's way better as an investment considering the cost to produce; shorter stuff that doesn't sell as well is going to be a money and time sink for their designers and production chain. Meanwhile, their Adventurers League stuff consistently sells well (whether or not people use AL rules) as short adventures and are written by their own staff and "the chosen few" (DMsGuild Adepts). On top of that, the rest of DMsGuild product is primarily made up of adventures, so that's where folks can get their shorter adventures that by nature are geared toward a huge audience. Not each adventure, per se, but because there are so many authors pumping out so much stuff, there's something there for everyone if you look for it. (And the best way to look for it is adventurelookup.com, which has a billion great filters and features a hefty amount -- though hardly all -- of the official *and* DMsGuild content.) It'd be nice if they consolidated where you can find this stuff, or maybe did some kind of more "official" support for adventurelookup.com so that people actually knew about it and it was well-funded and updated even more regularly, but this is what we've got for now, and it's pretty darn good if you don't mind having 3 or 4 bookmarks in your web browser of choice ;-) [/QUOTE]
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