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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fiery James" data-source="post: 1416066" data-attributes="member: 625">Curse you, Allen!  Stop paying attention! <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=";)" />Here's my preface: We're just finishing up the CC:Gold layout, so everything's still a little fluid.  Truthfully, we had fully intended to include everything possible in the Gold Collection -- except maybe the Tarrasque, which just won't fit.  (Look for Web Downloads on that and possibly some of the bigger creatures to make up for this).  However, there are a lot of creatures in the SRD, and it turns out that not all of them are Tiny or Small sized!  So, in order to actually cram everyone in, we're going to have to make some sacrifices.  For me, the easiest thing to do (at this point) is remove some of the repeated creatures that are in the Summoned Creatures collection.  That thing is full -- and it's done, so I know what I'm working with.  The Summoned Creatures collection will be the source for all the appendix stuff -- animals and vermin.  It's also got all of the dire animals, dinosaurs, and mephits, so I think that we'll just leave them in that collection.  We could really stretch things and include them in CC:Gold, but then we'd likely have to lose something else and really limit the humanoids (wow, I got 1 orc!  Great!)So, we've had to compromise a bit and leave some critters out of the Gold Collection -- but only the ones released in the Summoned Creatures collection.As to your direct questions:1) Yes, we will have to update those things.  To be fair (I'm cheating here), those were our announced plans -- we did plan to have that all in there, but we've since changed plans.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />2) Yeah, we have to update our product pages.  I've just created a complete (and reliable) catalogue for 2004 for the GAMA Trade Show next week.  I will use that info (now that everything's finally set up) to update the website.  I mean, we still list Of Sound Mind 2 and Beyond All Reason on there -- and I can't really say when those will appear.  (Some day, but not this day).3) No, the celestial/fiendish animals aren't visibly different than normal animals.  We like to think that this broadens the potential use of each counter, and it saves us some space recreating the same critter without adding a glowing aura or something to distinguise.  Animals will (at this point) likely not be featured in Gold so that we can add dragons and monsters to the mix.4) What sizes/types of dragons would you like to see?  I'm setting that up right now, and very interested in input.In short, we're trying to get a counter out for everything possible, and buying the Summoned Creatures and Gold Collections will pretty much accomplish that -- far cheaper than buying 600 miniatures, that's for sure! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  And if, in the end, someone wants 1,000 orcs, well there's always the Digital Collection coming out later this year. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Thanks for your interest, and throw me some ideas on what dragons to include -- give 'em a priority ranking, so I know what's most important and what's least important.Thanks,James</blockquote>

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