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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7899430" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>My gut feel (and it's no more than that) is that the appeal of Spelljammer would be low and of Planescape not much more. I think both tend to take D&D away from the core experience which (presumably) is what the bulk of new players enjoy.</p><p></p><p>Related to that, I think that any new product has to be appealing to new as well as existing players. So any new product must, in some or other fashion, provide core D&D experience. Otherwise the whole 5e marketing strategy starts to collapse and become more like the rejected approaches of earlier eras.</p><p></p><p>On the issue of <em>departure from previous convention</em>, I think the 4e experience suggests a high degree of caution in that respect. If departures produce a hostile reaction from large groups of established fans, that can poison the whole well. I would look at something like Curse of Strahd as an example of how old but still well-regarded properties will be treated - closer to homage than to mere raw material.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7899430, member: 42582"] My gut feel (and it's no more than that) is that the appeal of Spelljammer would be low and of Planescape not much more. I think both tend to take D&D away from the core experience which (presumably) is what the bulk of new players enjoy. Related to that, I think that any new product has to be appealing to new as well as existing players. So any new product must, in some or other fashion, provide core D&D experience. Otherwise the whole 5e marketing strategy starts to collapse and become more like the rejected approaches of earlier eras. On the issue of [I]departure from previous convention[/I], I think the 4e experience suggests a high degree of caution in that respect. If departures produce a hostile reaction from large groups of established fans, that can poison the whole well. I would look at something like Curse of Strahd as an example of how old but still well-regarded properties will be treated - closer to homage than to mere raw material. [/QUOTE]
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