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<blockquote data-quote="DM_Jeff" data-source="post: 4663973" data-attributes="member: 3687">You know, while developing Toolbox over the past few years Dawn and I originally had a lot of ruleswork written into the text. When the 'edition community' began to fragment and everyone started taking sides, we had very little discussion about how to go about it.When a game master is sitting staring blankly at a small library of rule books trying to put together a story for the upcoming session, numbers aren't the main ingredient. They're important, but there are already so many stats available. Including them would mean any given entry of any given table wouldn't necessarily be scaled to your group (and thus not as useful).So, despite the fact I've been personally wary of &quot;statless&quot; game books before, for Ultimate Toolbox it seemed a much better fit. There's that much more room for entries. There will be no clutch of numbers to 'skip over' on your way to the good, meaty stuff.Ultimate Toolbox is aimed at breaking the writer's block. It's end goal is clear: inspiration, sparks of enthusiasm, and turning the old new again. And although this is available on the UT website, here is one last sneak peak, one of our favorites: PLOT. After going over the entire chapter, we're hoping you might actually forget about tossing those old modules or magazines on EBAY and instead recycle them for a new generation...with all new surprises and twists.-DM Jeff</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DM_Jeff, post: 4663973, member: 3687"] You know, while developing Toolbox over the past few years Dawn and I originally had a lot of ruleswork written into the text. When the 'edition community' began to fragment and everyone started taking sides, we had very little discussion about how to go about it. When a game master is sitting staring blankly at a small library of rule books trying to put together a story for the upcoming session, numbers aren't the main ingredient. They're important, but there are already so many stats available. Including them would mean any given entry of any given table wouldn't necessarily be scaled to your group (and thus not as useful). So, despite the fact I've been personally wary of "statless" game books before, for Ultimate Toolbox it seemed a much better fit. There's that much more room for entries. There will be no clutch of numbers to 'skip over' on your way to the good, meaty stuff. Ultimate Toolbox is aimed at breaking the writer's block. It's end goal is clear: inspiration, sparks of enthusiasm, and turning the old new again. And although this is available on the UT website, here is one last sneak peak, one of our favorites: PLOT. After going over the entire chapter, we're hoping you might actually forget about tossing those old modules or magazines on EBAY and instead recycle them for a new generation...with all new surprises and twists. -DM Jeff [/QUOTE]

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