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<blockquote data-quote="DocSER" data-source="post: 3907046" data-attributes="member: 7699"><p>I could see production schedules being quite restrictive - but are we talking about 3 months of lead time to print or 3 weeks? I simply don't know. This is not what most people are complaining about, though. Again, much of the layout work could be done in advance - one just has to be careful. I bet a picture of a fighter in vaguely heavy armor will still work for flavor art - for example.</p><p></p><p>Balance is more of a concern but, frankly, I don't think that will be easy for anyway regardless of the lead time. It took more than a few extra months too get 2E and 3E balancing to a sustainable level. If companies are used to months of playtesting - that process won't work here. Will the balancing suffer - yes. Will it be greatly improved by having an extra month or two - I doubt it. It takes a couple of months for people to figure out how to break polymorph or whatever fragile elements are in the PHB. </p><p></p><p>As to whether I am being hasty in saying I could convert a module in a weekend, I stand by that based on my experience moving from 1E to 2E and 2E to 3E. The problem would be the inability to rely on the new features of third edition in those initial modules (like new terrain options, for example). You could sprinkle some new features into the mix - but you would keep it limited for new features. If anything, this may force publishers to differentiate their products based on fluff rather than crunch - an approach I entirely favor. I think Paizo's offerings and the Dungeon Crawl Classics already do a good job at this. They don't design products based on a kewl new PrCs or templates on a villain. They differentiate base on story and flavor.</p><p></p><p>A bigger issue may be the nature of the SRD release (assuming it is forthcoming). I am curious at whether they will phase the release of the SRD to the third party publishers. If, as many have reasonably speculated, WotC is waiting for the PHB to go into a near final draft before releasing the SRD, will this SRD release omit DMG material (magic items) and MM materials (monsters)?</p><p></p><p>Based on these early comments, the disruption seems to be based on the details of printing lead time. I don't know what timetables that these publishers are working on but I don't see the basis for the apocalyptic (and sometimes conspiratorial) predictions floating around these boards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DocSER, post: 3907046, member: 7699"] I could see production schedules being quite restrictive - but are we talking about 3 months of lead time to print or 3 weeks? I simply don't know. This is not what most people are complaining about, though. Again, much of the layout work could be done in advance - one just has to be careful. I bet a picture of a fighter in vaguely heavy armor will still work for flavor art - for example. Balance is more of a concern but, frankly, I don't think that will be easy for anyway regardless of the lead time. It took more than a few extra months too get 2E and 3E balancing to a sustainable level. If companies are used to months of playtesting - that process won't work here. Will the balancing suffer - yes. Will it be greatly improved by having an extra month or two - I doubt it. It takes a couple of months for people to figure out how to break polymorph or whatever fragile elements are in the PHB. As to whether I am being hasty in saying I could convert a module in a weekend, I stand by that based on my experience moving from 1E to 2E and 2E to 3E. The problem would be the inability to rely on the new features of third edition in those initial modules (like new terrain options, for example). You could sprinkle some new features into the mix - but you would keep it limited for new features. If anything, this may force publishers to differentiate their products based on fluff rather than crunch - an approach I entirely favor. I think Paizo's offerings and the Dungeon Crawl Classics already do a good job at this. They don't design products based on a kewl new PrCs or templates on a villain. They differentiate base on story and flavor. A bigger issue may be the nature of the SRD release (assuming it is forthcoming). I am curious at whether they will phase the release of the SRD to the third party publishers. If, as many have reasonably speculated, WotC is waiting for the PHB to go into a near final draft before releasing the SRD, will this SRD release omit DMG material (magic items) and MM materials (monsters)? Based on these early comments, the disruption seems to be based on the details of printing lead time. I don't know what timetables that these publishers are working on but I don't see the basis for the apocalyptic (and sometimes conspiratorial) predictions floating around these boards. [/QUOTE]
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