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A road not taken: What if there had been no 4E
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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4915498" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Fey have become a generally stronger theme in 4E. The Feywild, Eladrin, Fey Pact Warlock... Fiendish Codes might have kinda gone into the DDI articles regarding the Demons. Giants we haven't seen much of yet (except the announced Against the Giants title or how it is called). Settings in general we get little thanks to the 3-book policy - but there is the DDI series on Airspur, a new FR location.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what could have worked. The "experimental" books like Tome of Magic, Book of Nine Swords and so on already got too "niche", and the system was becoming unwieldly. </p><p></p><p>I think the only logical thing in absence of a 4E that was to happen was downsizing the RPG department considerably and reducing the output. But down-sizing might be cool and dandy if you promise that it will make you the same money for less expenses, but not so great if it just makes less money for less expenses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4915498, member: 710"] Fey have become a generally stronger theme in 4E. The Feywild, Eladrin, Fey Pact Warlock... Fiendish Codes might have kinda gone into the DDI articles regarding the Demons. Giants we haven't seen much of yet (except the announced Against the Giants title or how it is called). Settings in general we get little thanks to the 3-book policy - but there is the DDI series on Airspur, a new FR location. I don't know what could have worked. The "experimental" books like Tome of Magic, Book of Nine Swords and so on already got too "niche", and the system was becoming unwieldly. I think the only logical thing in absence of a 4E that was to happen was downsizing the RPG department considerably and reducing the output. But down-sizing might be cool and dandy if you promise that it will make you the same money for less expenses, but not so great if it just makes less money for less expenses. [/QUOTE]
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