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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thorin Stoutfoot" data-source="post: 175736" data-attributes="member: 1887">extras vs. product I don't see minis as being a big draw, personally. I think that they require too much work if they require painting, and if they don't require painting, then they are likely to be plastic and not that attractive. I think counters, voice-CDs, soundtracks, tactical maps that can be geomorphed and illustrations to be more to the point for a campaign.I don't think that most DMs have the artistic ability to draw their own. (I certainly can't! If you can, consider me impressed) Many DMs I know either crib from the internet, or do without. Regardless, illustrations that accurately reflect NPCs is darn near impossible to generate for your homebrew campaign, while for a pre-made campaign, the artist would have enough information to be able to draw a good illustration.The same goes for voices. I'd certainly say that as a DM, I'd love for there to be other voices than my own available during a game. There was a company a few years back that was working on electronic "voice fonts", that would electronically morph your voice, real time into one male or female, old or young, rough or smooth, etc, and I'd buy THAT in a second for DMing use, but I don't see that as being realistic at a gaming table. A CD with major exposition and set pieces spoken by real actors made available for an adventure/scenario/campaign, however, would be convenient to use, easy to carry, and give the DM a break (and the players a break from the DM's voice).I think the video thing for me would be superfluous (no easy access to a DVD player/TV in the same area where I'm playing), though a flash thing might not be, given the availability of community web-sites and shared access.The one thing I'm surprised hasn't happened yet is the electronic BBS support. It's cheap, easy to do, and I'm surprised companies haven't started doing so. I guess it's not really a selling point per se, though for a high end product it would be expected.</blockquote>

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