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WotC 4E D&D bloat (was Forked Thread: Pathfinder (PFRPG) bloat)
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<blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 4841351" data-attributes="member: 83805"><p>Forked from: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4841176" target="_blank"> Pathfinder (PFRPG) bloat (was Forked Thread: What exactly is OGL bloat?) </a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Compounding the bloat, WotC's plan is a new campaign setting every year with a campaign guide and player's guide. It appears they may be making the setting player's guides at least as "core" books (ie. with new races, classes, etc ...).</p><p></p><p>Also it appears they may be producing a new Adventurer's Vault book every year. Perhaps a "planes" type book every year too (ie. manual of the planes, plane below: elemental chaos, etc ...), along with a "draconomicon" book every year.</p><p></p><p>One "Power" book was released last year, while three "Power" books are released this year. One "Power" book is already scheduled for early next year. They're already on a SECOND iteration of the "Power" books (ie. Martial Power 2 in Feb 2010). Next year I wouldn't be surprised to see a second iteration of one or more of the arcane, divine, or primal "Power" books. Maybe they'll even do a "Psionic Power 1" book sometime next year too. We have yet to see what they'll be doing for the possible "Shadow Power" and "Elemental Power" books.</p><p></p><p>Heh. A minimum of nine core books released every year?</p><p></p><p>This time around, WotC is producing most of the bloat itself without much 3pp participation. The 4E "everything is core" philosophy appears to be one of the main insidious culprits.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps WotC's original intention this time around is to have an almost "monopoly" on proliferating D&D bloat and sucking up most of the 4E cash, instead of the 3pp's. They want to keep most of the "crumbs" for themselves this time around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ggroy, post: 4841351, member: 83805"] Forked from: [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4841176"] Pathfinder (PFRPG) bloat (was Forked Thread: What exactly is OGL bloat?) [/URL] Compounding the bloat, WotC's plan is a new campaign setting every year with a campaign guide and player's guide. It appears they may be making the setting player's guides at least as "core" books (ie. with new races, classes, etc ...). Also it appears they may be producing a new Adventurer's Vault book every year. Perhaps a "planes" type book every year too (ie. manual of the planes, plane below: elemental chaos, etc ...), along with a "draconomicon" book every year. One "Power" book was released last year, while three "Power" books are released this year. One "Power" book is already scheduled for early next year. They're already on a SECOND iteration of the "Power" books (ie. Martial Power 2 in Feb 2010). Next year I wouldn't be surprised to see a second iteration of one or more of the arcane, divine, or primal "Power" books. Maybe they'll even do a "Psionic Power 1" book sometime next year too. We have yet to see what they'll be doing for the possible "Shadow Power" and "Elemental Power" books. Heh. A minimum of nine core books released every year? This time around, WotC is producing most of the bloat itself without much 3pp participation. The 4E "everything is core" philosophy appears to be one of the main insidious culprits. Perhaps WotC's original intention this time around is to have an almost "monopoly" on proliferating D&D bloat and sucking up most of the 4E cash, instead of the 3pp's. They want to keep most of the "crumbs" for themselves this time around. [/QUOTE]
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