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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dias Ex Machina" data-source="post: 4230288" data-attributes="member: 58907">I think we all know that 4.0 will sell very well.  That is not the issue.  We are balancing what is best for the setting in comparison to what is best for the product.  To quote the post on our page...By choosing D&D 4.0, we believe we are opting for a "shotgun" approach by jumping on the back of a very big train which could expand our circle of distribution. There is no refuting that a lot of people will be playing 4.0 very quickly and releasing Amethyst as 4.0 could net us higher sales, which would be translated to further books, quicker releases, and glossier final products.  Alas 4.0 is more combat orientated with a special skew towards unrealistic heroic roles (given enough levels). The final result may involve more than a few sacrifices of the setting's feel as Amethyst has a story-based gaming foundation and D&D 4.0 appears more designed for continuous grinding combat. Amethyst was trying to be a more realistic fantasy and our real climb would be to attempt that within the 4.0 GSL's guidelines....and thanks for the comment and no, don't feel bad about not picking up the 3.5 version.  We knew it was coming.  Words cannot describe the feelings through our camp half-way through development when 4.0 got announced.  With so little information on it, we decided to continue with the 3.5 edition and see how it ran.  We had hoped to garner enough interest (and funds) to continue on with a new edition (regardless of which one that would be).  Suffice to say, we were not expecting 4.0 to divide the community so much.  Suddenly, moving onto 4.0 didn't appear like an obvious choice.  When the rules began to be posted, a chill ran down our spines as we realized we may not be able to work with it.  Like I said, it will depend a lot on the freedom the GSL.On that, I WILL say that the 3.5 current version has certain attributes a future version (like 4.0) will lack.  The story segments (amounting to nearly 20 pages of the 3.5 book) will be gone and some of our proudest achievments like our Paladin and Ranger prestige classes and our Focus Paths may not carry over.  Oh, and I can't wait to hear what you think of the book, Crothian.<img src="http://www.diasexmachina.com/Zoom3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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