Buying Silver Marches

[Yuan-Ti]

Okay, a little poll about Silver Marches (SM). I am sure everyone has read the Reynolds parable Morrus posted on his news page a couple days ago. Let's be clear: the moral of the story is not "buy SM or WotC will stop supporting Faerun", rather "buy SM or WotC will axe so-called 'fluff' in favor of 'crunch'". Okay, given that, please answer the poll question.

Btw, for the record, I love/hate the FR. I bought the original boxed set all those years ago and absolutely LOVED the setting. I read several of the novels and heard about the Time of Troubles, etc., that was later released. I hated most of that. Nonetheless, I love the setting, the geography, the history, the intrigue and MOST IMPORTANTLY, the wide-open wilderness that goes along with much of FR (same reason I like Scarred Lands so much). I will buy the Silver Marches, because it sounds like it is about these kinds of things. The "crunch" interests me very little. I have not and will not purchase Magic of Faerun, Monsters of Faerun, or any of that stuff, because I use FR as a setting for a campaign I design. In other words, players are unlikely to even hear about Elminster, let alone meet him...

Okay, thanks for listening and please "vote" in the poll.

 

[Gez]

I really don't think my money will have an influence on the "Haze Brothers"... By the time that book will be available in my little third-grade country, the 3-month period will be more than over...

Furthermore, I don't have an use for it now.

That said, maybe I'll buy it... It depends on the money I get, mainly. However, I will NOT buy it to "save" FR. That's a kind of blackmail:
"If you want to save the Realms, buy Silver Marches !
- What if I don't care about that region ? My campaign is all about sorcerous pirate in the southern islands. If they release a sourcebook on Nimbral or Lantan, I'll buy it, but Silver Marches I can't care less...
- Buy nonetheless, otherwise it's unlikely they'll feel compelled to cover other regions. If you want a Southern Islands sourcebook, you need to buy the Silver Marches sourcebook.
-I still don't have any garantee they'll make what I need next. Their next book will rather cover a well-played area, like Waterdeep or the Dalelands who already got tons of 2e material for it, and...
- And you'll have the moral duty of buying them to save FR !"


No way. It don't work with me. If the setting needs everyone to buy everything for it, let it lie in peace, it is already dead. If the setting don't need everyone, then it was just a nice bluff from mister Reynolds to bring more buyers for his books (since he's no longer an employee, and as I don't think his contract with WotC involve royalties, that would be a way to say to WotC "I'm a popular designer, remember to call me for other products").

 

[Lady Dragon]

I have already bought it,in fact I bought it before Mr. Reynolds little story came out so I was not influenced in any way.However lets be honest it does not appeal to the gerenal audience that say a magic of Faerun does. At most half the number of people who Bought the FRCS will buy Silver Marches.

I will say however that a campaign setting with minimal "fluff"is not worth investing in however.And If WoTC stops really supporting FR in favor of an occasional crunch piece,they will lose the confidence of the customers in this area.And when there next campaign world comes out nobody will trust that they will really support it.Things like Magic of Faerun are nice don't get me wrong but with a little different wording in the book and a new title it could have been released as a generic book.

 

[Setanta]

I won't be buying it as I don't run a game in FR (and will not in the future). However, I hope WotC continues to make books like this to help DM's who do run games in FR. I generally prefer source material to rules material when it comes to world supplements. I buy quite a bit of Scarred Lands "fluff", and I'd happily buy Silver Marches if I was running a game in Faerun.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I've already bought it. Material like this is very rich in detail and background. One thing I like about the Realms that I'm really starting to dislike about the Scarred Lands is the Gods Factor. You an pretty much throw whatever you want wherever and it's not going to make a huge impact on the setting due to the size and number of pantheons. It's a lot easier to explain adding this or that in FR than SL.

 

[kristov]

Does it matter...

Originally I was trying to buy all of the DnD D20 products to support it in general, but at this point ive given up.

Im just too tired of seeing prominent figures/developers say "Nothing to worry about, WOTC is ok" and then quitting the next month, and then the next month after that Hasbro slashes some other product or screws it over in some way.

Hasbro is going to kill it slowly but surely, we are just witnessing the awesome slow and painful death - but make no mistake - it will die.

(I just kinda wish the Developers wouldnt have lied to us on thier way out the door)

-Kristov

 

[CrazyMage]

I bought it right when it came out, mainly because I was interested in the content--still new to DND and the Realms.

 

[drowdude]

You left out "Already bought it" as an option


I am one of the "40" who bought Lords of Darkness as well. *Really* good book...

 

[bwgwl]

Things like Magic of Faerun are nice don't get me wrong but with a little different wording in the book and a new title it could have been released as a generic book.

i for one wish Magic of Faerun had been released as a generic book without any FR fluff.

if WOTC describes their typical customer as preferring "crunch" over "fluff," well then, i must be a typical WOTC customer.

i always do homebrew campaigns in D&D. i have no interest in any campaign setting material. however, i can always use new monsters, new spells, new feats, new prestige classes, etc.

i bought Magic of Faerun and Monsters of Faerun because they both looked to have crunchy stuff i could steal for my campaign.

it is much harder to steal fluff from one campaign world to use in another. so books like Silver Marches hold absolutely no interest for me.

 

[SurfMonkey01]

I already bought it, before all of this "Crunch vs fluff" started. And I'm also one of those 40 people who bought Lords of Darkness. And you know what, I think they're both great books. I've always liked the Forgotten Realms -- sure, it has its faults :cough:: Elminster) but all in all it's a phenomenal setting. My group and I are going to do whatever we can to try to help keep the Realms in its current form... the last thing we need are even more straight-out crunch books from WotC... especially considering a good amount of them so far (class books, Psionics Handbook) were pretty damned bad...