A bit of market research...

[Sholari]

This may seem a little bit redundant but it is based on the first part of a market research technique used for new product development. I'm not an expert or anything, but I'm putting it out here because I'm curious about the results in case any of you may be so willing. Answer this as if you were evaluating attributes of a 3rd edition D&D campaign setting (e.g. rapid advancement, high fantasy, detailed world, low price, etc.). Here goes...

- What positive aspects do you absolutely expect from the typical 3rd edition D&D campaign setting?
- What negative aspects annoy you about a typical 3rd edition D&D campaign setting but you typically put up with?
- What aspects of 3rd edition D&D campaign setting make no difference to you?
- What aspects of 3rd edition D&D campaign setting give you a postive impression of that setting?
- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting give you a negative impression of the setting?
- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting would really excite you?
- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting would really upset you?

 

[TeeSeeJay]

- What positive aspects do you absolutely expect from the typical 3rd edition D&D campaign setting?

A reasonably well-defined world with plenty of "hooks" and options for many different campaign styles.


- What negative aspects annoy you about a typical 3rd edition D&D campaign setting but you typically put up with?

One-trick pony settings that are better off as a generic adventure rather than a campaign setting.

- What aspects of 3rd edition D&D campaign setting make no difference to you?

The introduction of new feats and skills.

- What aspects of 3rd edition D&D campaign setting give you a postive impression of that setting?

Spells, Prestige Classes, and Equipment that are logical outgrowths of the setting itself.


- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting give you a negative impression of the setting?

Spells, Prestige Classes, and Equipment that lack context, or are there as filler.

- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting would really excite you?

The fact that reading the book makes me want to put it down so I can immediately start a campaign based on the paragraph I just read.

- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting would really upset you?

The fact that reading the book makes me want to put it down because it is lifeless, uninteresting, or offers no jumping-in points for games. These settings-as-mere-backdrop products are not useful.

 

[Sagan Darkside]

- What positive aspects do you absolutely expect from the typical 3rd edition D&D campaign setting?

A thought out history that explains the current situation present in the campeign book.

- What negative aspects annoy you about a typical 3rd edition D&D campaign setting but you typically put up with?

Campeigns that have nothing I can loot for my own campeigns- such as a setting revolved around a new race/monster/magic system and can't easily be taken away from it. I don't put up with them- I run homebrews.

- What aspects of 3rd edition D&D campaign setting make no difference to you?

I don't know. It does not make a difference to me.

- What aspects of 3rd edition D&D campaign setting give you a postive impression of that setting?

What would give me a positive impression? Travel times between locations. Geopolitical relations between sovreign powers. Economic information on those powers. Reasons to go adventuring in this world. Different roles for different races.

- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting give you a negative impression of the setting?

Too many internal pictures. Ugly/inappropriate cover. Generic roles for races.

- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting would really excite you?

An arabian setting similar to Al Qa *FRICKEN* Dim or Legend of the Burning Sands would excite me.

- What aspects of 3rd edition campaign setting would really upset you?

A setting trying to be "mature"- including inappropriate items/language.

SD