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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Schindehette" data-source="post: 6164714" data-attributes="member: 6689960">Interesting discussion...as always.All I ask is that you be careful of collapsing the brand of D&D, with the worlds of D&D. D&D is a brand. Forgotten Realms is a world. Erberron is a world. Dragonlance is a world. Okay to be precise, they are settings with their own distinct world, but I think you get the gist of what I'm saying. Sure, they are all worlds under the brand of D&D, but in my mind, each is distinct. Now, I don't get to make the rules for D&D, but my belief is that each world should have a distinct tone, flavor and vision. The idea of Ebberon and Dark Sun having the same look, feel and tone seems ridiculous to me. In my world, if I had complete freedom, I would make every world it's own "special snowflake" as was mentioned earlier. Does that mean that a goblin in FR would be completely different than a goblin in another campaign world? Maybe. I think that depends on the flavor, mythos, and role the goblin plays in each distinct world. Since I'm focused on FR at the moment, that is where I'm living. Once we get the relaunch of FR underway, and I get pointed towards a new world to flesh out. I'll be digging into those worlds and trying to bring the visuals back in alignment with the vision of the world.The whole point of my article was about bringing the stories of D&D into as many experiences of the brand as possible. If you love drizzt, wouldn't you want to experience Drizzt the same way, in whatever experience you engage in? Or would you prefer to see Drizzt (or enter the name of your favorite character or monster) completely differently every time you engaged with the brand? Think about the screams and hollers that go up every time one of the comic companies change an outfit of a superhero. You hear bellows of "that is really stupid, why don't they stick with the outfit from _____". That is the point. Providing you a common and consistent touch point within the brand. Whether it be the look of a character, a consistent story arc, or even a specific look of a monster within a world....and don't forget. If you limit yourself to the TRPG experience, you get to have your world look and be what ever you want. Isn't that cool!?!</blockquote>

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