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"New" is a subjective term. Just because something is not new in an objective temporal sense does not mean that it is not new to my own experience.

And also getting a little stale.

...ah, right. I was thinking of the player's guide. As an aside, Jack, you could be less of a jerk about it.

Having taken a few-minute perusal of it, my initial response would be "no." It seems very heavy on crunch, with little about the setting itself. If you're just looking to mine for adventure ideas, it doesn't seem to have much material. It's possible that there's stuff in there that would be...

I was unaware there were that many. Could you do a breakdown of what they are? Adventures, monster books, etc?

Sorry to disappoint, but that's not really the point of my question. That's not really what I'm asking here. Assume that something exists that catches your interest, to the extent that an average WotC product catches your interest. Do you bother buying it (presuming it's got decent content...

So here's an honest question for all you 4e folk. I've heard talk from some 4e folk that they aren't interested in 3rd party products for 4e due to their lack of being in the DDI-based stuff, like the character builder and what-not. My question is thus - do you care about 3rd party products...

Not everything you run into is meant to be a "level-appropriate" encounter.

In effect, yes. What I want from a rulebook is a solid framework covering a wide variety of possible actions that may arise in-game. I do not expect every action to be covered by the rules; but I expect that, through extension and extrapolation, most actions should be resolvable without...

It disrupts my suspension of disbelief no matter which side of the screen I'm on. If I'm DMing and using a game that does not allow for a full range of sensible answers, or even allow for the possibility of ludicrous things (ie, give me rules for how long it will take to use a spoon to dig...

When the game insists on things that have no real-world correspondence, I usually resort to analogy and logic to assist me in reaching sensible conclusions. Given adamantine's ridiculous hardness, it makes complete sense to me for someone to be able to eventually work their way through any sort...

This statement makes me real twitchy. The moment a game or DM tells me that I cannot do something that would be completely and utterly reasonable to attempt in real life (and digging through a wall with a weapon - while difficult and time-consuming - would count, IMO), is the moment my...

You could say the same for 3.5 versus earlier editions...

Congrats!

That's not why I'm excluding setting-specific books. Setting books do not tend, IMO and IME, to contribute significantly to a system's mechanical bloat. Hence why they are not being counted; if someone threw numbers at me for 4e (or 3e, for that matter) that included setting books, then the...

...huh. That does not match at all my understanding of how they were doing things. No, see, it really does. WotC is a leader in the gaming industry. D&D is the most recognizable RPG. I may not like the 800 lb. gorilla, but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to keep an eye on it, or...

How many non-setting-specific books did WotC publish in the course of 3e and 3.5? I have a feeling that 4e is already creeping up on that number, and 4e has been out, what... about a year? Look at White Wolf's model for nWoD. Just because it's the "standard" doesn't make it the best idea...

Really? That's where you're going to take that? Perhaps an examination of the model itself would be in order. Perhaps something more sustainable would be more sensible, rather than pumping out book after book month after month. There is nothing wrong with making money. WotC is a business...

*golf clap* I see the supplement mill is still in full swing.

We also have lasers.