2006 WotC D&D Product Survivor - Round 5

[Glyfair]

Last round the D&D Basic Set & Cityscape got the boot.

Vote for the product you think least deserves to be on the "WotC's best D&D products of 2006" list. Again, I ask everyone to vote based on the product's virtues, rather than any side agendas (such as campaign world, cover artists, etc). This time the top 2 vote-getters will be removed.

 

[catsclaw227]

OK - same as before - Fantastic Locations: Dragondown grotto.

I also need to look at my Cityscape again to see what everyone hated so much.

 

[Retreater]

Since Cityscape was removed from the list, I had to put my vote on Scourge of the Howling Horde. Short on content and originality while boasting the highest price of any 32 page adventure module ever released by WotC. SotHH is a lousy direction for the future of the game.

Retreater

 

[crazy_cat]

Twilight Tomb (again) - I was really disappointed with this.

 

[Kunimatyu]

Dragondown Grotto. If the Fantastic Locations series was more like the Steel Sqwire Flipmats, I'd appreciate it a whole lot more.

I hope the Eberron Player's Guide survives -- I've found it a very valuable resource when I'm looking for info on a specific subject within Eberron. I also like how it gives places for the splatbook races and classes; even if I don't feel compelled to use them, it's nice to have Keith Baker's thoughts on where they'd be a good fit.

 

[Seeker95]

I've Got a Secret

I voted for Secrets of Xendrick only because I think the supplement was released too early. The world of Eberron has barely been played over, and releasing a sourcebook that gives the secrets of a place we are not supposed to know much about just isn't necessary.

Eberron is becoming the new FR, with every detail spelled out. It will not be long before DMs will have to un-learn their players things they think they know because they read it in a sourcebook the DM did not incorporate into his game.

 

[blargney the second]

Eberron is becoming the new FR, with every detail spelled out. It will not be long before DMs will have to un-learn their players things they think they know because they read it in a sourcebook the DM did not incorporate into his game.

Fairly early on in Eberron's life, one of the authors wrote that it's supposed to differ significantly from FR in one respect: nothing is canon.

Material in the sourcebooks is intended to be inspiration for DMs. Some books have different explanations for how an event happened, and DMs then have the leisure of choosing whichever one suits their purposes more. It's actually quite liberating and makes for fun games. (Especially when the players have read information that their characters aren't supposed to know!)

-blarg

 

[Glyfair]

Since Cityscape was removed from the list, I had to put my vote on Scourge of the Howling Horde. Short on content and originality while boasting the highest price of any 32 page adventure module ever released by WotC. SotHH is a lousy direction for the future of the game.

This is, and has been, my vote for a while. These reasons aren't even the main reason. The horrible production made a product with large sections that are unreadable. Whoever is responsible for that gaffe should move to a different department.

None of the adventures listed here come anywhere near this one in lack of playability.

 

[Wik]

God, the things you miss when your internet's down, eh? I like this little poll... I don't like the Fantastic Locations series. Buh Bye, Fields of Ruin.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Scourge of the Howling Horde again. Overpriced for its size and too dark background colours for a product that obviously was going to be released in colour originally.

Olaf the Stout