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Forgotten Rums....? Evil Overlords...?
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dagger
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Its funny to me because thats how I deal with things that are sad and pathetic. I laugh because its sad, and there is nothing I can do about it, so why let it bother me.
I did buy the Silver Marches though, and I will buy all the other FR books. Not because of that news item, but because I like the realms.
I did buy the Silver Marches though, and I will buy all the other FR books. Not because of that news item, but because I like the realms.
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CRG
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Truly suckful.
The Rum-history is basically the only reason to play with the Rums. The crunchiness borders on munchkin and the only reason it is widely accepted is because of the creamy fillings, stories and histories fabricated in the other books.
I'm not the biggest FR fan. I'm also not a hater and to see the most freaking successful long-running FRPG world shut down in favor of crunchiness, well that would be sad. What would that set us up to see? Two books on Wheel of Time? Followed by two books on "Reign of Fire" followed by a book on "the Bourne Identity" followed by a book on "the Minority Report"? No more meat between the crunchy Rum books?
On the upside, that irritating Rum inhabitant Drizzle would meet his end as being largely "story" with no useful "crunch"...unless there was to be a crunchy book called something like "Drizzle stats through all Drizzle stories even though we won't be writing any more Drizzle stories but you can read this one anyway because we think Drizzle crunch is what you REALLY want".
The Rum-history is basically the only reason to play with the Rums. The crunchiness borders on munchkin and the only reason it is widely accepted is because of the creamy fillings, stories and histories fabricated in the other books.
I'm not the biggest FR fan. I'm also not a hater and to see the most freaking successful long-running FRPG world shut down in favor of crunchiness, well that would be sad. What would that set us up to see? Two books on Wheel of Time? Followed by two books on "Reign of Fire" followed by a book on "the Bourne Identity" followed by a book on "the Minority Report"? No more meat between the crunchy Rum books?
On the upside, that irritating Rum inhabitant Drizzle would meet his end as being largely "story" with no useful "crunch"...unless there was to be a crunchy book called something like "Drizzle stats through all Drizzle stories even though we won't be writing any more Drizzle stories but you can read this one anyway because we think Drizzle crunch is what you REALLY want".
I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
It's scary 'cuz it's true.
Not scary to me, personally, in this instance...I'm rather ambivalent about how much they butcher the Realms. (
) But rather scary from a general standpoint.
I mean, if these yahoos are eeking every bit of crunchy outta every supplement.....it's scary. Scary that not only are they encouraging crunchy, they're actively discouraging the fluff that makes the crunchy interesting.
Really gives credence to the claims that WotC is focusing too much on the crunch, and not enough on the things that make the crunch worthwhile.
.....which is why 3rd parties are destined to succeed.
Not scary to me, personally, in this instance...I'm rather ambivalent about how much they butcher the Realms. (
) But rather scary from a general standpoint.I mean, if these yahoos are eeking every bit of crunchy outta every supplement.....it's scary. Scary that not only are they encouraging crunchy, they're actively discouraging the fluff that makes the crunchy interesting.
Really gives credence to the claims that WotC is focusing too much on the crunch, and not enough on the things that make the crunch worthwhile.
.....which is why 3rd parties are destined to succeed.
starwolf
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This is what happens when the bean-counters are put in charge.
Now bean-counters have their place in the universe, just not in charge. It is even worse when the bean-counters that have never even stepped into the kitchen, let alone made a Donut Core or a Forgotten Rum, think that they, and they alone, KNOW the secret recipe for making the kind of Donut Cores or Forgotten Rum's that will entice the gnomes to trade their hard-earned beans to the elves.
Just my little *rant*!
Starwolf (who's having bean-counter issues of his own).
Now bean-counters have their place in the universe, just not in charge. It is even worse when the bean-counters that have never even stepped into the kitchen, let alone made a Donut Core or a Forgotten Rum, think that they, and they alone, KNOW the secret recipe for making the kind of Donut Cores or Forgotten Rum's that will entice the gnomes to trade their hard-earned beans to the elves.
Just my little *rant*!
Starwolf (who's having bean-counter issues of his own).
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