Return of the DonkeyHorse!

[Zaran]

Ok, we had a good thread going and a couple guys turned it into an edition war. Please, do not that here.

This is a poll on whether you think there is room in 4e DnD for a book of mundane noncombat stuff. While this may include mules, 10ft poles, and other items mentioned in the other thread, a book of this sort would have all manner of things for your character to spend their loot on. Also, stronghold construction, shipbuilding, merchantilism rules can all be included in book like this.

Basically this book would be a player aid and would relieve the GM of having to "wing it".

 

[Holy Bovine]

Ok, we had a good thread going and a couple guys turned it into an edition war. Please, do not that here.

This is a poll on whether you think there is room in 4e DnD for a book of mundane noncombat stuff. While this may include mules, 10ft poles, and other items mentioned in the other thread, a book of this sort would have all manner of things for your character to spend their loot on. Also, stronghold construction, shipbuilding, merchantilism rules can all be included in book like this.

Basically this book would be a player aid and would relieve the GM of having to "wing it".

I would buy this the day it hit the shelves. Especially for the stronghold & ship building stuff.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I don't personally have major need for it, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to see it, or that I wouldn't use it at all.

"Winging it" is made easier the more the rulebooks fill in the gaps so the DM doesn't have to.

 

[El Mahdi]

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[Zaran]

Oh, Wilbur...you're just asking for trouble.

But, I voted anyways.


I chose I use info printed elsewhere or before 4e but would buy a 4e DnD version...although that's not entirely accurate.

More accurately for me: I use info printed elsewhere or before 4E, but I think this is a good product for those who want it...however I don't want or need it.

Maybe I should have put a fourth option in there.

 

[Piratecat]

More accurately for me: I use info printed elsewhere or before 4E, but I think this is a good product for those who want it...however I don't want or need it.

That describes me as well. I think it's a very cool idea, but so far I haven't found a pressing need for updated equipment. I'd probably end up checking it out, though.

Zaran, I might be able to edit the poll if you want the other option. No problem either way.

 

[El Mahdi]

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[Obryn]

Sure, there's room. But I don't need it, myself.

-O

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

I voted "No" but that's as far as I agree with that poll option. I do not agree with "There is no place for this sort of thing in 4e. The GM should 'wing it'."

I have no personal use for the book you describe, but if such a book were published I'm sure it would find a place in many people's games. I would rather see more focused books though. A book devoted to stronghold building would serve me better than a section in a more general book. The same goes for shipbuilding, I would rather see that in a naval campaign supplement. Merchantilism rules I have absolutely no desire for as a mundane supplement, but a book devoted to merchant systems that aren't a mirror of real life could be interesting. Show me how things work uniquely in the City of Brass and other exotic locations and you might have a sale. Even people's ideas for what they'd like to see in the entry for the mule would seem more appropriate as part of a focused whole. An army handbook that describes the use of pack animals would be more interesting to me than having some disjointed conversation about that in a book of stuff.

And when I said "wing it" in the first thread it was more along the lines of "This doesn't exist now, so here's ways to wing it."

 

[Nifft]

No, there's no place for that kind of thing in my games.

I'd enjoy reading it, but it would not be useful to me as a rules supplement.

Cheers, -- N