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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Perpetrated Press" data-source="post: 511845" data-attributes="member: 7204">Should have been a just supplement?Several posters here have suggested that d20 Modern could have been just a supplementary 100-page book to the PHB and DMG.Also, most of the comments have only touched on the rules presented in the book. But there is more to it than that.  It's at thing called marketing.By publishing a very high-quality, substantial, and attractive book, WotC is saying to the other d20 publishers out there: "Look at this! We're investing a lot of money in d20 Modern, and we're going to support it." They didn't invest in a book of this quality only to let it wither away.When I (or , Sword & Sorcery, Green Ronin, Mongoose, or Malhavoc)  look at this book I see quality. I see a definite effort at producing something that will get players excited. I see two years of improvements from the PHB. I see ingenious solutions to modern issues. I see real thought, playtesting, and design skill. I see something worth making a 3rd-party supplement for.Does anyone here actually think that a 100-page Modern splatbook would garner the industry support that this book will? Would you be as impressed with it if were 1/3 the size and had the quality of Tome and Blood, etc.? And you wouldn't be saving any money.  A 100-page supplement would cost $20, just like the other splatbooks. Then you'd have to buy the PHB at $20 and the DMG at $20. Then you'd be searching through 3 books for the rule you wanted. No, WotC went the right way by creating one self-contained book.WotC needs d20 Publishing community to embrace d20 Modern because the more supplements that get made, the more d20 Modern books get sold. They have made a grand statement with this book.  And we publishers have taken notice.</blockquote>

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