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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7734074" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>I don't think it is the planar book at all. It's the racial conflicts book, which happens to include some conflicts between planar races, as well as some conflicts between material plane races.</p><p></p><p></p><p>They could have done but that wouldn't have been in line with their publishing model for 5th edition. They're moving away from the "one book with everything you want to know about X" model, presumably because that involves a lot of work dedicated to X, and produces a product that no one who isn't interested in X will buy. Instead, they're trying a "One book with a little bit of X, a little bit of Y, and a little bit of Z." model, in hopes that most people who are interested in Z will buy the book, even if X and Y aren't really their thing. You want more elf subraces? How about playable Gith? Or are dwarves more your thing? Monsters for your high level campaign? Ok, wait, I got this. Lore! You're interested in lore, right? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book has something for you!</p><p></p><p>I have mixed feelings about this approach, but like it or not it's the direction WotC is going. So if you have any expecations about a "planar book," or a "Campaign setting book," or a "complete Arcane book," or whatever, 5e releases are probably going to continue to disappoint you.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You joke, but something like that really wouldn't surprise me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7734074, member: 6779196"] I don't think it is the planar book at all. It's the racial conflicts book, which happens to include some conflicts between planar races, as well as some conflicts between material plane races. They could have done but that wouldn't have been in line with their publishing model for 5th edition. They're moving away from the "one book with everything you want to know about X" model, presumably because that involves a lot of work dedicated to X, and produces a product that no one who isn't interested in X will buy. Instead, they're trying a "One book with a little bit of X, a little bit of Y, and a little bit of Z." model, in hopes that most people who are interested in Z will buy the book, even if X and Y aren't really their thing. You want more elf subraces? How about playable Gith? Or are dwarves more your thing? Monsters for your high level campaign? Ok, wait, I got this. Lore! You're interested in lore, right? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book has something for you! I have mixed feelings about this approach, but like it or not it's the direction WotC is going. So if you have any expecations about a "planar book," or a "Campaign setting book," or a "complete Arcane book," or whatever, 5e releases are probably going to continue to disappoint you. You joke, but something like that really wouldn't surprise me. [/QUOTE]
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