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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4453802" data-attributes="member: 22779">I realize I have absolutely no credibility left (if I had any before), but a thought did occur to me.Randy Buehler's statement shows that they are concerned that any overview of the AP would become common knowledge very quickly.&nbsp; The question in my mind, is&nbsp; this a reasonable concern?Before Dungeon went online, we'd get maybe one thread a month about each issue.&nbsp; Possibly a thread or two about the AP, but, usually not much than that.Now, we get a thread devoted to every single article in every single issue.&nbsp; That's a great deal more attention being paid to the magazine.&nbsp; If they did post an overview, it's quite likely it would be on the front page of En World news within minutes.&nbsp; It would be read by a large number of gamers and probably dissected in numerous threads.&nbsp; At least one anyway.In other words, a truckful of people are going to read this.&nbsp; Many of which are players and not DM's.&nbsp; So, there is some validity to his concern that it would be widely disseminated very quickly.Now, his second concern, that this would make the AP less fun to play in, is more problematic IMO.&nbsp; I cannot really see how, if you write in very high altitude ways, an overview of the campaign would spoil every surprise.&nbsp; It would likely spoil some though.&nbsp; If the AP is going to go planar (a high probability in Epic tier), then even just knowing where you are going could be a problem.In the end, I think they should post at least the Heroic tier overview.&nbsp; That's enough to keep everyone sort of on the same page without spoiling too much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4453802, member: 22779"] I realize I have absolutely no credibility left (if I had any before), but a thought did occur to me. Randy Buehler's statement shows that they are concerned that any overview of the AP would become common knowledge very quickly. The question in my mind, is this a reasonable concern? Before Dungeon went online, we'd get maybe one thread a month about each issue. Possibly a thread or two about the AP, but, usually not much than that. Now, we get a thread devoted to every single article in every single issue. That's a great deal more attention being paid to the magazine. If they did post an overview, it's quite likely it would be on the front page of En World news within minutes. It would be read by a large number of gamers and probably dissected in numerous threads. At least one anyway. In other words, a truckful of people are going to read this. Many of which are players and not DM's. So, there is some validity to his concern that it would be widely disseminated very quickly. Now, his second concern, that this would make the AP less fun to play in, is more problematic IMO. I cannot really see how, if you write in very high altitude ways, an overview of the campaign would spoil every surprise. It would likely spoil some though. If the AP is going to go planar (a high probability in Epic tier), then even just knowing where you are going could be a problem. In the end, I think they should post at least the Heroic tier overview. That's enough to keep everyone sort of on the same page without spoiling too much. [/QUOTE]

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