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<blockquote data-quote="Elf_flambe" data-source="post: 7742996" data-attributes="member: 6801173"><p>Wow. Not only do I think these objections are petty, they're also misguided and inaccurate. Just by using a naming pattern for a few books, WotC is dragging the spotlight off of your characters and onto theirs? That is a mighty big inferiority complex you have, then, to be so easily distracted. It's actually just a fun way to present info a little differently than you've seen it presented in 5 or more previous editions.</p><p></p><p>And don't pull out your <strong>Grognardier-Than-Thou</strong> card on us. I remember waiting anxiously for each of the original three AD&D hardback rulebooks to be released in the late '70s. And I also distinctly remember the Magic User (not "wizard") spell list stuffed full of spells created by characters from Gygax's home campaign -- more Bigby hand spells and Mordenkainen spells (and others I can't think of right now) than you could shake a stick at! ("That Bigby is 10 times the wizard yours will ever be! Look at all the spells he created. He got there before everyone else..." <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /> ) And almost every rulebook was loaded with references to the world of Greyhawk; likewise, most adventure modules told you exactly where it was located on the Greyhawk map. ("Available now from <strong>TSR</strong>, the Game Wizards!") So I think you're (conveniently) forgetting how NON-generic most AD&D products were.</p><p></p><p>Details like things named after an in-game character helps create the feel of a real, "lived-in" world. Knowing the names came from Gygax's world added a bit of extra spice - just like putting some of those names on current rulebooks and sprinkling some references throughout the text does now. Most folks are buying these books for the crunch and fluff presented therein. Being put off by a name in the title or the lack of hair in the art just seems silly...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf_flambe, post: 7742996, member: 6801173"] Wow. Not only do I think these objections are petty, they're also misguided and inaccurate. Just by using a naming pattern for a few books, WotC is dragging the spotlight off of your characters and onto theirs? That is a mighty big inferiority complex you have, then, to be so easily distracted. It's actually just a fun way to present info a little differently than you've seen it presented in 5 or more previous editions. And don't pull out your [B]Grognardier-Than-Thou[/B] card on us. I remember waiting anxiously for each of the original three AD&D hardback rulebooks to be released in the late '70s. And I also distinctly remember the Magic User (not "wizard") spell list stuffed full of spells created by characters from Gygax's home campaign -- more Bigby hand spells and Mordenkainen spells (and others I can't think of right now) than you could shake a stick at! ("That Bigby is 10 times the wizard yours will ever be! Look at all the spells he created. He got there before everyone else..." :hmm: ) And almost every rulebook was loaded with references to the world of Greyhawk; likewise, most adventure modules told you exactly where it was located on the Greyhawk map. ("Available now from [B]TSR[/B], the Game Wizards!") So I think you're (conveniently) forgetting how NON-generic most AD&D products were. Details like things named after an in-game character helps create the feel of a real, "lived-in" world. Knowing the names came from Gygax's world added a bit of extra spice - just like putting some of those names on current rulebooks and sprinkling some references throughout the text does now. Most folks are buying these books for the crunch and fluff presented therein. Being put off by a name in the title or the lack of hair in the art just seems silly... [/QUOTE]
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