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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 7435477" data-attributes="member: 6667921"><p>D&D suffers from it's own legacy of multiple variants and popular settings developed in previous editions, most notably those developed and expanded during 2nd Edition days of TSR. If anything good can be said of it, it showed that different flavors of D&D were enjoyed greatly, as is evident by the ongoing cry for continued support from select sections of the masses. And what is so wrong with that? What basis do we have to say there is no room for what others want? Why shouldn't 5e stick to Forgotten Realms exclusively, since that is what seems to be the most popular consensus of what traditionally D&D should be? If the decision to focus on FR as the standard setting makes financial sense because the others are less popular, then why not release them for others to develop on their own? Is Adventures in Middle Earth fracturing the player base? Is Primal Thule? Hardly, but they are giving players different options without shaming them to "just do it yourself". I'm pretty sure people with the time, energy, and talent are already doing just that. We won't hear from them because a) they are the greater minority, b) they're busy working on it, and c) they can't share their work freely. (Also, d) not everyone playing the game is wasting time posting on public forums for the sake of having something to say.)</p><p></p><p>I say there is room for alternate D&D lines, but I would not expect WotC to handle it beyond a one-off supplement for their core product, not would I want them. They want to keep things consistent and uncluttered for organized play, and that makes sense. They would need a new team to focus on a different line, and frankly, it would not get the attention and support for the smaller, less profitable line suited for a smaller fan base. The demand is obviously there, but it is not big fish to them. So let someone else do what they are reluctant to do themselves. A 3rd party or independent Ebberon, or Dark Sun, or Mystara, etc is better than none at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacob Lewis, post: 7435477, member: 6667921"] D&D suffers from it's own legacy of multiple variants and popular settings developed in previous editions, most notably those developed and expanded during 2nd Edition days of TSR. If anything good can be said of it, it showed that different flavors of D&D were enjoyed greatly, as is evident by the ongoing cry for continued support from select sections of the masses. And what is so wrong with that? What basis do we have to say there is no room for what others want? Why shouldn't 5e stick to Forgotten Realms exclusively, since that is what seems to be the most popular consensus of what traditionally D&D should be? If the decision to focus on FR as the standard setting makes financial sense because the others are less popular, then why not release them for others to develop on their own? Is Adventures in Middle Earth fracturing the player base? Is Primal Thule? Hardly, but they are giving players different options without shaming them to "just do it yourself". I'm pretty sure people with the time, energy, and talent are already doing just that. We won't hear from them because a) they are the greater minority, b) they're busy working on it, and c) they can't share their work freely. (Also, d) not everyone playing the game is wasting time posting on public forums for the sake of having something to say.) I say there is room for alternate D&D lines, but I would not expect WotC to handle it beyond a one-off supplement for their core product, not would I want them. They want to keep things consistent and uncluttered for organized play, and that makes sense. They would need a new team to focus on a different line, and frankly, it would not get the attention and support for the smaller, less profitable line suited for a smaller fan base. The demand is obviously there, but it is not big fish to them. So let someone else do what they are reluctant to do themselves. A 3rd party or independent Ebberon, or Dark Sun, or Mystara, etc is better than none at all. [/QUOTE]
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