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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pants" data-source="post: 2470440" data-attributes="member: 8849">Hm, well yes and no I guess...I expect WotC to release either A) Very, 'down home' classic D&D styled products with a little restraint on innovation (though when they do innovate, it seems that a vocal few shout it down as 'sucking' ...) or B) Arriving very late to the party with innovative material (ie, someone else has already 'done it'). I also expect WotC to have good (color) art production, solid quality bindings, and generally well executed rules.I usually expect 3rd party books to push the d20 system in new directions and be innovative with how rules and flavor work... nevermind whether the rules actually work. I have different expectations based upon publishers, say Green Ronin generally does really solid rules work, but I don't care for their art and presentation. Privateer Press is the other way around, great art and presentation, but kinda wonky rules.Will I buy something just because a certain company publishes it? No, the book has to be something I want. Will I refuse to buy something based on the company? Maybe, I always used to look past most FFE books, but generally I'll check out a book first.I have no real preference for certain authors, as some of the authors I generally like have released products that either did not appeal to me or were.... well, to be kind, 'less than stellar.' Also, seeing as every company release crappy books now and again, I really have no real expectation of quality over certain companies, though I do tend to gravitate towards Privateer Press and WotC, just cause I tend to like what they release.EDIT: Does my opinion of a product change based on a publisher? No, not really, though I may blast certain products just to irritate the more vocal fanboys. <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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