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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 140765" data-attributes="member: 326">Re: Actually....Hello mate! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Unsubstantiated I'm afraid! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Also the majority of D&Dg is Pantheon write-ups, so presumably WotC thought that had the better draw!Obviously most of the ELH is optional material and therefore not strictly necessary. Unsubstantiated again. The only thing that is clear is that the ELH doesn't have rules for divinity and that people are unhappy that D&Dg doesn't draw upon the Epic rules. We don't know they were given the option of combining both sets of rules!?Presumably if they had been presented with the option of a combined Epic/Divinity rules they would have structured things differently. WotC are not omniscient, and the designers also have the added aspect of big brother looking over their shoulder - if you have read over some of the recent transcripts on ENWorld (with Ryan Dancey, Monte Cook and Chris Pramas) you would know that sometimes they have business men influencing content instead of designers.That in itself is good news. But only a trivial factor in dismissing a combined set-up.If so, then I submit that I know more than WotC on such matters!Its plainly obvious the products are complementary - otherwise why would WotC even go to the trouble of trying to make them so compatible.In fact in a conversation with Ed Stark (WotC - in charge of D&Dg and the ELH) on the WOtC boards he went out of his way to stress the complimentary nature of the two books!True, they have the resources, but exactly how often/to what extent such resources are used is unknown. I was surprised (in the D&Dg commentary) that Rich Redman mentioned they just determined between themselves what Pantheons to have in D&Dg.**As it happens the top 3 they selected were identical to a poll I undertook about 6 weeks ago on these very boards (Favourite Pantheons) with Celtic a close 4th! But then of course you don't see the validity of ENWorld polls do you mate!? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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