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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6756181" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>It's one of those moments that makes the SCAG seem a little unfocused and raises the question of who the target audience is. SWORD COAST ADVENTURER'S GUIDE it says, and then spends its first dozen pages going on about things that are not the Sword Coast or really relevant to the Sword Coast. For a DM, this might not be a big problem - the rest of the world might be where you send your Sword Coast adventurers. For a player, this seems like a good chunk of superfluous information right up front, when the book should still be selling you that a Sword Coast Adventurer is what you want to be and talking about how awesome that is! Raises the question of why Steve Kenson (or whoever) decided that this was the way it should be. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I went into this a bit in my reply to [MENTION=6680011]garnuk[/MENTION], but I don't know how useful it is in play. I can pretty much assure you that my HotDQ groups won't be doing much with it. </p><p></p><p>It's a section actually makes me think the main audience for the SCAG is FR lore fans who want a post-Sundering update. God list is super useful for that. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's a disappointment after the really high quality initial release. Some of the wailing and gnashing of teeth is it falling short of that (admittedly, high!) expectation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6756181, member: 2067"] It's one of those moments that makes the SCAG seem a little unfocused and raises the question of who the target audience is. SWORD COAST ADVENTURER'S GUIDE it says, and then spends its first dozen pages going on about things that are not the Sword Coast or really relevant to the Sword Coast. For a DM, this might not be a big problem - the rest of the world might be where you send your Sword Coast adventurers. For a player, this seems like a good chunk of superfluous information right up front, when the book should still be selling you that a Sword Coast Adventurer is what you want to be and talking about how awesome that is! Raises the question of why Steve Kenson (or whoever) decided that this was the way it should be. I went into this a bit in my reply to [MENTION=6680011]garnuk[/MENTION], but I don't know how useful it is in play. I can pretty much assure you that my HotDQ groups won't be doing much with it. It's a section actually makes me think the main audience for the SCAG is FR lore fans who want a post-Sundering update. God list is super useful for that. It's a disappointment after the really high quality initial release. Some of the wailing and gnashing of teeth is it falling short of that (admittedly, high!) expectation. [/QUOTE]
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