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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 4385008" data-attributes="member: 7883">But isn't whether WotC does something better entirely subjective?  I'd generally say that sales numbers are not always indicative of quality.  WotC has more reputation, better marketing, better distribution channels, and a bunch of other advantages....including simple history and brand recognition.  These factors can help lead to increased sales.But whether a book on spellcasting is better just because it's from WotC is something that I'd question....because a question like that is ultimately answerable only by the players themselves.  There are many products where, as a consumer, I just didn't feel that WotC's efforts were worth spending money on.  Or they just didn't seems to want to tackle something I wanted.....like freeform spellcasting.....that was done with Elements of Magic and True Sorcery, for instance.  Or a Knight class.....as a consumer, I preferred Green Ronin's Cavalier, or RPG Objects' "Knight" from Legends of Excalibur, over the Knight from PHB II.  And I liked the Ninja from Legends of the Samurai better than WotC's ninja, for instance.  That doesn't mean my opinion is right.  It's just my opinion as one DM.I'm just one consumer, but to me, the advantage of the OGL and D20 licenses was that we had choice....instead of being forced to accept what one company decided we should like.  I understand that they're not dumb, and they do their research, etc.  But that doesn't necessarily mean that their solutions work for any particular customer.  Just like stats can predict broad trends, and behaviour in groups, but are inaccurate when you try to apply their findings to an individual.Banshee</blockquote>

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