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Essentials doing what it was supposed to do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 5348485" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p>I'm fairly certain that despite WOTC saying otherwise, Essentials is not designed to bring in "new" players. It appears to be squarely aimed at lapsed players from any of the previous editions. Which is a pretty big market. It also is slightly simpler, so it might make it a little easier for completely new players, but I think this is a happy side effect rather than the goal.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I think, once again despite WOTC saying otherwise, that Essentials isn't really MEANT to be combined with pre-essentials D&D. It can be, and once again, that's a happy side effect but not the goal.</p><p></p><p>It works best when running ONLY Essentials stuff. Which is why non-essentials stuff is not allowed in the current season of Encounters. WOTC wants new players to see how the game works without any of the complications of the old books or the incompatibilities between old material and new material.</p><p></p><p>Not that there are many incompatibilities. We've had some Essentials characters added to our home game for a while now without noticing any problems at all. Really it's just a change in..."feeling" more than an incompatibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 5348485, member: 5143"] I'm fairly certain that despite WOTC saying otherwise, Essentials is not designed to bring in "new" players. It appears to be squarely aimed at lapsed players from any of the previous editions. Which is a pretty big market. It also is slightly simpler, so it might make it a little easier for completely new players, but I think this is a happy side effect rather than the goal. Well, I think, once again despite WOTC saying otherwise, that Essentials isn't really MEANT to be combined with pre-essentials D&D. It can be, and once again, that's a happy side effect but not the goal. It works best when running ONLY Essentials stuff. Which is why non-essentials stuff is not allowed in the current season of Encounters. WOTC wants new players to see how the game works without any of the complications of the old books or the incompatibilities between old material and new material. Not that there are many incompatibilities. We've had some Essentials characters added to our home game for a while now without noticing any problems at all. Really it's just a change in..."feeling" more than an incompatibility. [/QUOTE]
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