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<blockquote data-quote="broghammerj" data-source="post: 1730764" data-attributes="member: 1869"><p>It was to illustrate a point.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>No you're not beating your head into the wall. I hear you. I already know sourcebooks are MORE PROFITABLE than adventures. That is drastically different than saying adventures can't make a profit. I am not asking any small RPG companies to throw themselves into martyrdom by undertaking unprofitable ventures. Someone needs to fill the adventure market, if that's WOTC then so be it.</p><p></p><p>I'm just a customer who's sick of non-innovative source books. Now I would argue that RPGO has done some very innovative things with Darwins World and Blood and etc lines. Your products seems to fill niches in the d20 market. According to many, Darwins World covers what people have wanted in a post apocalyptic world ala old school Gamma World. Blood and "Fill in the Blank" serve a very underserved D20 Modern crowd.</p><p></p><p>Other companies have not been so intelligent, creating the same old same old splatbooks.</p><p></p><p>My next purchase is will probably be Darwins World since the setting looks damn cool. One of the big reasons is that you've got some adventures to support it because I certainly don't have time to write things like the good ol days. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I agree with this to some extent. WOTC appears to be going down the prim rose path that TSR did. Here's your class/race/prestige class/etc books all over again</p><p></p><p>I wave the white flag of truce on this thread. I thought things took a sour turn in our discussion and for that I apologize.</p><p></p><p>Edited for the removal of snide comments and lack of personal judgement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="broghammerj, post: 1730764, member: 1869"] It was to illustrate a point. No you're not beating your head into the wall. I hear you. I already know sourcebooks are MORE PROFITABLE than adventures. That is drastically different than saying adventures can't make a profit. I am not asking any small RPG companies to throw themselves into martyrdom by undertaking unprofitable ventures. Someone needs to fill the adventure market, if that's WOTC then so be it. I'm just a customer who's sick of non-innovative source books. Now I would argue that RPGO has done some very innovative things with Darwins World and Blood and etc lines. Your products seems to fill niches in the d20 market. According to many, Darwins World covers what people have wanted in a post apocalyptic world ala old school Gamma World. Blood and "Fill in the Blank" serve a very underserved D20 Modern crowd. Other companies have not been so intelligent, creating the same old same old splatbooks. My next purchase is will probably be Darwins World since the setting looks damn cool. One of the big reasons is that you've got some adventures to support it because I certainly don't have time to write things like the good ol days. :D I agree with this to some extent. WOTC appears to be going down the prim rose path that TSR did. Here's your class/race/prestige class/etc books all over again I wave the white flag of truce on this thread. I thought things took a sour turn in our discussion and for that I apologize. Edited for the removal of snide comments and lack of personal judgement. [/QUOTE]
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