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<blockquote data-quote="DamionW" data-source="post: 2719568" data-attributes="member: 18649">You know, for the number of times this has been posted, it would be nice if WotC marketed a product that chose the first two instead of the latter two.&nbsp; It wouldn't even have to fall under the DnD Minis brand name to avoid offending the skirmisher/collector market.&nbsp; Call them &quot;Dungeons and Dragons: The RPG.&nbsp; 1 inch scale props&quot; for all I care.&nbsp; I don't need fifty variants of each humanoid race/class combination to be satisfied.&nbsp; I'd settle for 1 medium and 1 small race figure for each main class in the PHB, and a set of generic figures for each monster race.&nbsp; One &quot;orc&quot; figure, and possibly an &quot;orc leader&quot; figure to head up a warband.&nbsp; A simple humanoid &quot;skeleton/zombie&quot; figure which has a roughly humanoid shape with flesh on some parts and bones exposed on others.&nbsp; One generic &quot;giant&quot; figure.You get the idea.&nbsp; I don't need fifty variations of &quot;Orc from the Glittering Sword tribe&quot; or &quot;Excorcist of the Silver Flame&quot; or &quot;Arrowhawk, now in ELDER size!&quot; to match every possible PrC or every monster from any source.&nbsp; I'll give up that third tenet of Merric's Law just to have some simple, reliable figures to purchase in order to play out battles for the RPG rather than collect and skirmish like a CCG.&nbsp; It would be in a product line like this where you could include stuff like scenery or spell effects because it has nothing to do with the skirmishing game but is useful to the RPG.&nbsp; Obviously those would only come later after the basic market of adventurers and monsters could be tested for market utility, but it would break away from the idea these are meant to be collectible.I'd even settle for reduced detail and quality.&nbsp; You want to distinguish your Medium size fighter character from the guy next to you who's playing?&nbsp; Get some miniature paint and change his armor from silver colored to red colored, or go out and try and to get one of the collectible DnD Mini brand.&nbsp; However, don't deprive the basic DnD RPG DM from having a reliable product to populate his battlespace with just to make the only product line a collectible one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DamionW, post: 2719568, member: 18649"] You know, for the number of times this has been posted, it would be nice if WotC marketed a product that chose the first two instead of the latter two. It wouldn't even have to fall under the DnD Minis brand name to avoid offending the skirmisher/collector market. Call them "Dungeons and Dragons: The RPG. 1 inch scale props" for all I care. I don't need fifty variants of each humanoid race/class combination to be satisfied. I'd settle for 1 medium and 1 small race figure for each main class in the PHB, and a set of generic figures for each monster race. One "orc" figure, and possibly an "orc leader" figure to head up a warband. A simple humanoid "skeleton/zombie" figure which has a roughly humanoid shape with flesh on some parts and bones exposed on others. One generic "giant" figure. You get the idea. I don't need fifty variations of "Orc from the Glittering Sword tribe" or "Excorcist of the Silver Flame" or "Arrowhawk, now in ELDER size!" to match every possible PrC or every monster from any source. I'll give up that third tenet of Merric's Law just to have some simple, reliable figures to purchase in order to play out battles for the RPG rather than collect and skirmish like a CCG. It would be in a product line like this where you could include stuff like scenery or spell effects because it has nothing to do with the skirmishing game but is useful to the RPG. Obviously those would only come later after the basic market of adventurers and monsters could be tested for market utility, but it would break away from the idea these are meant to be collectible. I'd even settle for reduced detail and quality. You want to distinguish your Medium size fighter character from the guy next to you who's playing? Get some miniature paint and change his armor from silver colored to red colored, or go out and try and to get one of the collectible DnD Mini brand. However, don't deprive the basic DnD RPG DM from having a reliable product to populate his battlespace with just to make the only product line a collectible one. [/QUOTE]

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