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<blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 3345315" data-attributes="member: 1325">I've been a T$R/WotC fanboy / DnD junkee for a long time. Almost long enough to earn the title grognard. Not quite, but almost.IMO, I think we have reached the point of saturation, were what is produced has very little meaning/influence on our community, and only serves to fragment it even further. That said, at all stages of the game I've participated in (1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5), I've always found gems produced that have enriched my game and added to my fun. These days, production values are higher: the books are glossier, better bound, colour pictures throughout. Yet none of that actually adds to the quality of the game. It just increases its saleability. Durability at the table is nice, but hardly neccessary when it is just collecting dust on my bookshelf.I find I own many more 3.x books that have recieved no more than a single casual reading,&nbsp; than any previous edition. In fact, I think I still look at my 1e PHB and DMG more often than some of the later purchases. I too, find much of the latest 3.e fluff either corny, completely inappropriate for my campaign, or uninspiring. The crunch can often be described in the same words. IMO, the same symptoms were occuring at the end of 2e.There are fantastic gems: Tome of Magic was nothing if not inspiring (too bad it fell over at the finish line), Libris Mortis, &amp; Book of Horror.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="green slime, post: 3345315, member: 1325"] I've been a T$R/WotC fanboy / DnD junkee for a long time. Almost long enough to earn the title grognard. Not quite, but almost. IMO, I think we have reached the point of saturation, were what is produced has very little meaning/influence on our community, and only serves to fragment it even further. That said, at all stages of the game I've participated in (1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5), I've always found gems produced that have enriched my game and added to my fun. These days, production values are higher: the books are glossier, better bound, colour pictures throughout. Yet none of that actually adds to the quality of the game. It just increases its saleability. Durability at the table is nice, but hardly neccessary when it is just collecting dust on my bookshelf. I find I own many more 3.x books that have recieved no more than a single casual reading, than any previous edition. In fact, I think I still look at my 1e PHB and DMG more often than some of the later purchases. I too, find much of the latest 3.e fluff either corny, completely inappropriate for my campaign, or uninspiring. The crunch can often be described in the same words. IMO, the same symptoms were occuring at the end of 2e. There are fantastic gems: Tome of Magic was nothing if not inspiring (too bad it fell over at the finish line), Libris Mortis, & Book of Horror. [/QUOTE]

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