Kelleris said:
If you're referring to the reviews of "Future: 13 Mecha Devices", I thought it was rather unfair of the reviewers to knock your product down simply because it filled in stuff that was necessary but not in D20 Future.
I'm one of the people who reviewed
Future:13 Mecha Devices and commented on the items not being in d20 future. I don't think giving it 4 stars is "knocking" it. I liked it, I really did. But I could not bring myself to give it 5 stars.
In the case of 13MD it was like
Future d20 was soup and 13MD was the spoon. Soup should come with the spoon. It's amazing the soup did not come with the spoon and no one noticed. But I can't justify 5 stars for Phil handing me a spoon. A great spoon. A well balanced spoon. A spoon that matched the bowl's pattern. But still a spoon.
If the 13MD had been items I had never seen before it would have been different but the 13MD were things that I, as someone who has played a number of mecha games over the years, think of as common place. Pretty much everything in 13MD is in Warhammer 40k, Battletech, Heavy Gear, Rifts and even Shadowrun.
Imagine if Phil had put out "13 Fantasy Things" that contained a shortsword, longsword, backpack, chainmail, horse, saddle, tent, paper, quill pen, holy symbol, boots, cloak, and a water skin. Could you give this a 5 out of 5?
Phil, if I made you question what you write, don't. Your stuff is great. Some of it is workhorse stuff that won't result in critical acclaim. Good, solid work doesn't always get acclaim. It does, however, keep you in high regard.
