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<blockquote data-quote="QuaziquestGM" data-source="post: 3358821" data-attributes="member: 22559"><p>I have noticed one situation where a rpg company has not given sufficient support for a product line while producing many other products.</p><p></p><p>the company (or liscense holder, i'm a bit iffy on this point) is FanPro.</p><p></p><p>The product line is The Dark Eye rpg. </p><p></p><p>This is a game and system almost as old as D&D that was using a d20 type mechanic for decades before D&D3.5 . I understand that it has quiet a following....in Germany. </p><p></p><p>When fanpro published the English translation 4 years ago one copy made it to my LGS. Pretty book. Interesting mechanic. Full range of classes. But...the magic system was only mentioned, and not included. And they wanted the same price as the new 3.5 phb.</p><p></p><p>I couldn't justify buying a fantasy game that didn't include the magic system. Oh, it included the Wizard and Priest classes, and how many spell points each got at each level and the basic mechanic for casting the spells, but no spell lists, no descriptions, not even instuctions for creating spells. The company didn't even have to invent them, the spells already existed, they just needed to be translated from German.</p><p></p><p>Last year, Fanpro released the second english book for the system. Lands of Adventura. It is a campaine setting book. Still no magic system!</p><p></p><p>How can a company be so boneheaded? </p><p></p><p>The copy of the first book is in the 1/2 off bin at my LGS, and I still can't justify buying it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuaziquestGM, post: 3358821, member: 22559"] I have noticed one situation where a rpg company has not given sufficient support for a product line while producing many other products. the company (or liscense holder, i'm a bit iffy on this point) is FanPro. The product line is The Dark Eye rpg. This is a game and system almost as old as D&D that was using a d20 type mechanic for decades before D&D3.5 . I understand that it has quiet a following....in Germany. When fanpro published the English translation 4 years ago one copy made it to my LGS. Pretty book. Interesting mechanic. Full range of classes. But...the magic system was only mentioned, and not included. And they wanted the same price as the new 3.5 phb. I couldn't justify buying a fantasy game that didn't include the magic system. Oh, it included the Wizard and Priest classes, and how many spell points each got at each level and the basic mechanic for casting the spells, but no spell lists, no descriptions, not even instuctions for creating spells. The company didn't even have to invent them, the spells already existed, they just needed to be translated from German. Last year, Fanpro released the second english book for the system. Lands of Adventura. It is a campaine setting book. Still no magic system! How can a company be so boneheaded? The copy of the first book is in the 1/2 off bin at my LGS, and I still can't justify buying it. [/QUOTE]
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