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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6279569">And I agree that you shouldn't.&nbsp; I said as much.&nbsp; I don't buy products I don't like, because products I don't like I won't use.I have the time and energy to create my own worlds and stories, so I do.&nbsp; I completely agree that you shouldn't buy anything you don't like.In response to this I'll reiterate what I've said before:&nbsp; After 40 years, things change, sometimes in contradictory matters, and while DDN is trying to please as many people as possible (a laudable goal is not a tad misguided), things that weren't will be.&nbsp; Things that are won't be.&nbsp; That's just how the cookie crumbles and they can't please everyone.Because it's not two versions of D&amp;D, one with Lloth and one without.&nbsp; It's your version without Lloth as a goddess, and mine with, and that other guy's without Lloth at all, and that other person's with Lloth as a male deity and patron of light elves, and that other guy's with Lloth as a snake-themed diety and so on and so forth.&nbsp; As much as a dictionary of rules as &quot;Core&quot; might allow supplements to bring the fluff, I've got a dictionary and it's a very, very dull read.&nbsp; On the other hand, I have older edition manuals which run in particular ways that I enjoy and am unconcerned if DDN runs like them.&nbsp; While I hope DDN plays favor to some parts of older editions (4e with 3.x templates and some standard form of LA would be a dream come true), I expect DDN to be a beast of it's own and not merely a hodge-podge of this and that from the past.&nbsp; And simply put, I don't think a crunch-only, fluff-less Core would sell very well, at least I wouldn't be interested.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6279569"] And I agree that you shouldn't. I said as much. I don't buy products I don't like, because products I don't like I won't use. I have the time and energy to create my own worlds and stories, so I do. I completely agree that you shouldn't buy anything you don't like. In response to this I'll reiterate what I've said before: After 40 years, things change, sometimes in contradictory matters, and while DDN is trying to please as many people as possible (a laudable goal is not a tad misguided), things that weren't will be. Things that are won't be. That's just how the cookie crumbles and they can't please everyone. Because it's not two versions of D&D, one with Lloth and one without. It's your version without Lloth as a goddess, and mine with, and that other guy's without Lloth at all, and that other person's with Lloth as a male deity and patron of light elves, and that other guy's with Lloth as a snake-themed diety and so on and so forth. As much as a dictionary of rules as "Core" might allow supplements to bring the fluff, I've got a dictionary and it's a very, very dull read. On the other hand, I have older edition manuals which run in particular ways that I enjoy and am unconcerned if DDN runs like them. While I hope DDN plays favor to some parts of older editions (4e with 3.x templates and some standard form of LA would be a dream come true), I expect DDN to be a beast of it's own and not merely a hodge-podge of this and that from the past. And simply put, I don't think a crunch-only, fluff-less Core would sell very well, at least I wouldn't be interested. [/QUOTE]

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