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<blockquote data-quote="Estlor" data-source="post: 1431937" data-attributes="member: 7261">D&amp;D to the designer and the player may be, at its heart, a creative effort, but I'm really heartened to see this kind of stuff coming out of WotC.&nbsp; Bottom line - D&amp;D is a franchise and a brand name.&nbsp; It provides awareness to consumers and drives sales.&nbsp; It's a business.&nbsp; And business conducted without strategy, planning, and goals rarely works.&nbsp; What we're seeing here is a concentrated effort by WotC to set down guidelines and barriers to keep D&amp;D focused on providing useful supplements that drive sales.I'm behind it 100%.Recent WotC products have shown more care in the planning, balancing, and producing areas than ever before.&nbsp; We're getting genuinely useful books that fill big aspects of the hobby, not just niche markets.&nbsp; Materials since 3.5e suffer from very few balance snafus, a sign that the company and its designers have a handle on the D20 rules system.&nbsp; Compare Complete Warrior to Sword and Fist and you'll see exactly what I mean.&nbsp; One is useful, balanced, and attractive as a product.&nbsp; The other is all over the board in terms of quality, usefulness, and balance.It's about time WotC got their act together and made a vision and mission for the continued life of D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Estlor, post: 1431937, member: 7261"] D&D to the designer and the player may be, at its heart, a creative effort, but I'm really heartened to see this kind of stuff coming out of WotC. Bottom line - D&D is a franchise and a brand name. It provides awareness to consumers and drives sales. It's a business. And business conducted without strategy, planning, and goals rarely works. What we're seeing here is a concentrated effort by WotC to set down guidelines and barriers to keep D&D focused on providing useful supplements that drive sales. I'm behind it 100%. Recent WotC products have shown more care in the planning, balancing, and producing areas than ever before. We're getting genuinely useful books that fill big aspects of the hobby, not just niche markets. Materials since 3.5e suffer from very few balance snafus, a sign that the company and its designers have a handle on the D20 rules system. Compare Complete Warrior to Sword and Fist and you'll see exactly what I mean. One is useful, balanced, and attractive as a product. The other is all over the board in terms of quality, usefulness, and balance. It's about time WotC got their act together and made a vision and mission for the continued life of D&D. [/QUOTE]

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